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Refractive amblyopia

MedGen UID:
508919
•Concept ID:
C0152190
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Ametropic amblyopia; ametropic amblyopia; Meridional amblyopia; refractive amblyopia
SNOMED CT: Ametropic amblyopia (90927000); Meridional amblyopia (90927000); Refractive amblyopia (90927000)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0001021

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Practice patterns in the management of amblyopia among optometrists in Ghana.
Acheampong HO, Kumah DB, Addo EK, Asare AK, Agyei-Manu E, Mohammed AS, Baah-Konadu B, Osei Duah Junior I, Mintah P, Darrah S, Akuffo KO
Strabismus 2022 Mar;30(1):18-28. Epub 2022 Jan 13 doi: 10.1080/09273972.2021.2022715. PMID: 35023425
Update on management of herpes keratitis in children.
Revere K, Davidson SL
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2013 Jul;24(4):343-7. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32836227d8. PMID: 23665524
Refractive surgery in children: treatment options, outcomes, and controversies.
Daoud YJ, Hutchinson A, Wallace DK, Song J, Kim T
Am J Ophthalmol 2009 Apr;147(4):573-582.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.12.028. PMID: 19327445

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The 100 most cited papers on amblyopia: a bibliographic perspective.
Allon G, Moisseiev E, Dichter S, Wygnanski-Jaffe T, Mezer E
Int Ophthalmol 2023 Mar;43(3):1075-1089. Epub 2022 Sep 3 doi: 10.1007/s10792-022-02487-z. PMID: 36057007
Evaluation of Choroidal Vascular Index in Amblyopic Patients.
Furundaoturan O, Değirmenci C, Akkın C, Demirkılınç Biler E, Üretmen Ö, Nalçacı S, Afrashi F
Turk J Ophthalmol 2022 Jun 29;52(3):168-173. doi: 10.4274/tjo.galenos.2021.48275. PMID: 35769903Free PMC Article
Contrast Sensitivity and Stereoacuity in Successfully Treated Refractive Amblyopia.
Jia Y, Ye Q, Zhang S, Feng L, Liu J, Xu Z, Zhuang Y, He Y, Zhou Y, Chen X, Yao Y, Jiang R, Thompson B, Li J
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2022 Jan 3;63(1):6. doi: 10.1167/iovs.63.1.6. PMID: 34989762Free PMC Article
Interventions for unilateral and bilateral refractive amblyopia.
Taylor K, Powell C, Hatt SR, Stewart C
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 Apr 18;(4):CD005137. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005137.pub3. PMID: 22513928
Interventions for unilateral refractive amblyopia.
Shotton K, Powell C, Voros G, Hatt SR
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2008 Oct 8;(4):CD005137. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005137.pub2. PMID: 18843683

Diagnosis

Evaluation of Choroidal Vascular Index in Amblyopic Patients.
Furundaoturan O, Değirmenci C, Akkın C, Demirkılınç Biler E, Üretmen Ö, Nalçacı S, Afrashi F
Turk J Ophthalmol 2022 Jun 29;52(3):168-173. doi: 10.4274/tjo.galenos.2021.48275. PMID: 35769903Free PMC Article
Practice patterns in the management of amblyopia among optometrists in Ghana.
Acheampong HO, Kumah DB, Addo EK, Asare AK, Agyei-Manu E, Mohammed AS, Baah-Konadu B, Osei Duah Junior I, Mintah P, Darrah S, Akuffo KO
Strabismus 2022 Mar;30(1):18-28. Epub 2022 Jan 13 doi: 10.1080/09273972.2021.2022715. PMID: 35023425
Contrast Sensitivity and Stereoacuity in Successfully Treated Refractive Amblyopia.
Jia Y, Ye Q, Zhang S, Feng L, Liu J, Xu Z, Zhuang Y, He Y, Zhou Y, Chen X, Yao Y, Jiang R, Thompson B, Li J
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2022 Jan 3;63(1):6. doi: 10.1167/iovs.63.1.6. PMID: 34989762Free PMC Article
Refractive Errors and Amblyopia in the UCLA Preschool Vision Program; First Year Results.
Hendler K, Mehravaran S, Lu X, Brown SI, Mondino BJ, Coleman AL
Am J Ophthalmol 2016 Dec;172:80-86. Epub 2016 Sep 14 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2016.09.010. PMID: 27640004
Refractive amblyopia.
Raab EL
Int Ophthalmol Clin 1971 Spring;11(1):155-68. doi: 10.1097/00004397-197101110-00010. PMID: 5129705

Therapy

Evaluation of the efficiency and safety of TransPRK and FS-LASIK refractive procedures on patients with astigmatism and amblyopia.
Sima G, Tătaru CI, Munteanu M
Rom J Ophthalmol 2023 Jul-Sep;67(3):267-274. doi: 10.22336/rjo.2023.44. PMID: 37876510Free PMC Article
Contrast Sensitivity and Stereoacuity in Successfully Treated Refractive Amblyopia.
Jia Y, Ye Q, Zhang S, Feng L, Liu J, Xu Z, Zhuang Y, He Y, Zhou Y, Chen X, Yao Y, Jiang R, Thompson B, Li J
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2022 Jan 3;63(1):6. doi: 10.1167/iovs.63.1.6. PMID: 34989762Free PMC Article
Update on management of herpes keratitis in children.
Revere K, Davidson SL
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2013 Jul;24(4):343-7. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32836227d8. PMID: 23665524
Interventions for unilateral and bilateral refractive amblyopia.
Taylor K, Powell C, Hatt SR, Stewart C
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 Apr 18;(4):CD005137. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005137.pub3. PMID: 22513928
Interventions for unilateral refractive amblyopia.
Shotton K, Powell C, Voros G, Hatt SR
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2008 Oct 8;(4):CD005137. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005137.pub2. PMID: 18843683

Prognosis

Practice patterns in the management of amblyopia among optometrists in Ghana.
Acheampong HO, Kumah DB, Addo EK, Asare AK, Agyei-Manu E, Mohammed AS, Baah-Konadu B, Osei Duah Junior I, Mintah P, Darrah S, Akuffo KO
Strabismus 2022 Mar;30(1):18-28. Epub 2022 Jan 13 doi: 10.1080/09273972.2021.2022715. PMID: 35023425
Refractive Errors and Amblyopia Among Children Screened by the UCLA Preschool Vision Program in Los Angeles County.
Margines JB, Huang C, Young A, Mehravaran S, Yu F, Mondino BJ, Coleman AL
Am J Ophthalmol 2020 Feb;210:78-85. Epub 2019 Oct 21 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2019.10.013. PMID: 31647932
New pediatric risk factors for amblyopia: strabismic versus refractive.
Guimaraes S, Vieira M, Queirós T, Soares A, Costa P, Silva E
Eur J Ophthalmol 2018 Mar;28(2):229-233. Epub 2017 Nov 9 doi: 10.5301/ejo.5001036. PMID: 28967080
Refractive Errors and Amblyopia in the UCLA Preschool Vision Program; First Year Results.
Hendler K, Mehravaran S, Lu X, Brown SI, Mondino BJ, Coleman AL
Am J Ophthalmol 2016 Dec;172:80-86. Epub 2016 Sep 14 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2016.09.010. PMID: 27640004
Refractive surgery in children: treatment options, outcomes, and controversies.
Daoud YJ, Hutchinson A, Wallace DK, Song J, Kim T
Am J Ophthalmol 2009 Apr;147(4):573-582.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.12.028. PMID: 19327445

Clinical prediction guides

The Effect of Refractive Amblyopia on the Frisby Stereotest.
Nanda KD, Nischal KK
J Binocul Vis Ocul Motil 2023 Jan-Mar;73(1):7-10. Epub 2022 Aug 19 PMID: 35984966
Evaluation of Choroidal Vascular Index in Amblyopic Patients.
Furundaoturan O, Değirmenci C, Akkın C, Demirkılınç Biler E, Üretmen Ö, Nalçacı S, Afrashi F
Turk J Ophthalmol 2022 Jun 29;52(3):168-173. doi: 10.4274/tjo.galenos.2021.48275. PMID: 35769903Free PMC Article
Contrast Sensitivity and Stereoacuity in Successfully Treated Refractive Amblyopia.
Jia Y, Ye Q, Zhang S, Feng L, Liu J, Xu Z, Zhuang Y, He Y, Zhou Y, Chen X, Yao Y, Jiang R, Thompson B, Li J
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2022 Jan 3;63(1):6. doi: 10.1167/iovs.63.1.6. PMID: 34989762Free PMC Article
SCHOOL INTEGRATION FOR PATIENTS WITH AMBLYOPIA.
Bogdanici ST, Roman A, Bogdanici C
Rom J Ophthalmol 2015 Jan-Mar;59(1):48-51. PMID: 27373116Free PMC Article
Corneal refractive surgery and phakic intraocular lens for treatment of amblyopia caused by high myopia or anisometropia in children.
Tian C, Peng X, Fan Z, Yin Z
Chin Med J (Engl) 2014;127(11):2167-72. PMID: 24890172

Recent systematic reviews

Corneal refractive surgery and phakic intraocular lens for treatment of amblyopia caused by high myopia or anisometropia in children.
Tian C, Peng X, Fan Z, Yin Z
Chin Med J (Engl) 2014;127(11):2167-72. PMID: 24890172
Interventions for unilateral and bilateral refractive amblyopia.
Taylor K, Powell C, Hatt SR, Stewart C
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 Apr 18;(4):CD005137. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005137.pub3. PMID: 22513928
Interventions for unilateral refractive amblyopia.
Shotton K, Powell C, Voros G, Hatt SR
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2008 Oct 8;(4):CD005137. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005137.pub2. PMID: 18843683

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