| Comparison of Part-time Occlusion Therapy and Intermittent Atropine Penalization Therapy for Amblyopic Children of School Age. |
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Kyoungsook Lee, Ju Byung Chae, Mi Young Choi |
1Department of Ophthalmology, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University Medical Research Institute, Cheongju, Korea. mychoi@chungbuk.ac.kr
2Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. |
| 학동기 약시 환아에서 부분 가림치료와 간헐적 아트로핀 처벌치료의 비교 |
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이경숙1ㆍ채주병2ㆍ최미영1 |
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Department of Ophthalmology, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University Medical Research Institute1, Cheongju, Korea Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center2, Seoul, Korea |
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| Abstract |
PURPOSE
To compare the outcome of part-time occlusion therapy and intermittent atropine penalization therapy in amblyopic school-age patients. METHODS: In the present study, the authors retrospectively analyzed school-age amblyopic patients treated with part-time occlusion therapy (Group 1) and intermittent atropine penalization therapy (Group 2) as primary treatments. Age, visual acuity (logMAR) and interocular acuity differences at the beginning of treatment, cause of amblyopia, depth of amblyopia, and compliance for treatment were analyzed. Visual acuity and the lines of improvement from baseline visual acuity in the amblyopic eye were compared between the two groups with high compliance. RESULTS: The number of patients was 43 in Group 1 and 23 in Group 2. Age and the baseline visual acuity were not significantly different between Group 1 and Group 2. Group 2 had a higher level of compliance than did Group 1 (91.7; 63.4%), but there was no statistical difference between the groups (p=0.064). The visual acuity (logMAR, 0.27:0.05, p=0.020) and the lines of improvement of the amblyopic eye at the final follow-up (2.7:4.2 lines, p=0.010) were better in Group 1 than in Group 2 with high compliance. CONCLUSIONS: In amblyopic school-age children, part-time occlusion therapy could be conducted as primary treatment in cases with high compliance. Intermittent atropine penalization therapy can be attempted if there is low compliance in occlusion therapy. |
| Key Words:
Amblyopia;Atropine;Compliance;Occlusion;School age |
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