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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 112-115 |
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Efficacy of part-time occlusion in amblyopia in Indian children
Savleen Kaur, Indresh Bhatia, Nihkil Beke, Deepak Jugran, Srishti Raj, Jaspreet Sukhija
Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Jaspreet Sukhija
Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1439_19
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Purpose: To study the effectiveness of part-time occlusion (PTO) in different types of amblyopia in Indian population. Methods: Prospective case series of consecutive cases of amblyopia from a tertiary care center were subjected to PTO of the better eye and monitored periodically for 6 months. Those who failed to improve by 6 months were shifted to full-time occlusion of the better eye and followed for a further 3 months. Results: 175 eyes of 175 patients with amblyopia underwent PTO for 6 months. The mean age of the patients was 10.47 ± 4.69 years (range: 3–26 years). Major subgroups included 94 eyes with strabismic amblyopia and 70 with anisometropic amblyopia. Overall, 168 (96%) children benefited from PTO (improvement being defined as a gain of at least one line of Snellen's visual acuity). The improvement rates for strabismic amblyopes (97.9%) was significantly more than anisometropia (94.3%); P = 0.027. Of the seven patients not responding to PTO, six did not benefit even after full-time patching. Conclusion: PTO is a viable and effective modality of management of amblyopia in Indian patients. Strabismic amblyopia was the commonest and responded best to the occlusion therapy in our cohort.
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