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Adaptation of visual distortions in children with strabismic amblyopia following strabismus surgery and occlusion therapy
Authors:Fronius M
Affiliation:Abt. Kinderaugenheilkunde und Schielbehandlung, Universit?ts-Augenklinik, J.-W.-Goethe-Universit?t Frankfurt am Main. fronius@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Abstract:BACKGROUND: Reduced visual acuity and deficient binocularity are well-known symptoms of amblyopia. Distortions of visual space perception were reported more recently in strabismic amblyopia. This study investigated whether strabismus surgery and occlusion therapy have an influence on these deficits in amblyopic children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two aspects of vertical alignment of amblyopic eyes, namely spatial distortion and spatial uncertainty, were investigated prospectively in 13 children (mean age 6 years 9 months) before and after strabismus surgery and in 12 children (mean age 6 years 11 months) during 6 months of occlusion therapy. RESULTS: A different impact of the two types of therapeutic intervention was observed: a slight (statistically not significant) increase of uncertainty was the only change noticed postoperatively after 1 week, spatial distortions were not affected. During occlusion treatment, both clear shifts of alignment and a decrease of uncertainty occurred. CONCLUSIONS: The geometry of visual space of amblyopic children showed modifications due to altered visual experience during treatment, most obviously during occlusion therapy. These changes are evidence for unknown features of plasticity of the amblyopic visual system initiated by treatment.
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