Early treatment for amblyopia improves outcome

Children who received orthoptic screening for amblyopia between the ages of 8 and 37 months have better outcomes from their treatment at 7.5 years than children who are screened only at 37 months. Williams and colleagues (p 1549) randomised 3490 children to receive either intensive or once only orthoptic screening. They found that those children given intensive screening had a lower prevalence of amblyopia and better visual acuity in the worse seeing eye, supporting the hypothesis that early treatment leads to better outcomes.

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