ALLMedicine™ Amblyopia Center

Feb 4th, 2023 - Lacrimal gland cysts are rare clinical entities in the pediatric population. Herein is described a 6-year-old male patient presenting with progressive left upper lid ptosis, found to have a large ipsilateral superotemporal orbital mass. Diagnosis ...

Feb 4th, 2023 - Amblyopia is a disorder of neurodevelopment that occurs when there is discordant binocular visual experience during the first years of life. While treatments are effective in improving visual acuity, there are significant individual differences in...

Feb 3rd, 2023 - The aim of this study was to evaluate characteristics and outcomes of pediatric phlyctenulosis at a tertiary care center in the United States. A retrospective cohort study of phlyctenulosis diagnosis in patients younger than 18 years was conducted...

Jan 31st, 2023 - This prospective study aims to observe the predictive effect of peripheral blood plasma biomarker on the outcome of treatment in children with different types of amblyopia. We also investigated the mechanism of neuromodulation in the visual develo...

Jan 31st, 2023 - Amblyopic children read 25% slower than their peers during binocular silent reading. We compared binocular reading to fellow eye reading to determine whether slow reading in amblyopic children is due to binocular inhibition i.e., the amblyopic eye...

Nov 27th, 2019 - As eye disease before age 5 years is common, some form of vision screening should be performed on children before attending primary school. However, the lack of consistent national recommendations creates confusion for patients, eye care professio...

Jan 7th, 2015 - This article provides recommendations for screening children aged 36 to younger than 72 months for eye and visual system disorders. The recommendations were developed by the National Expert Panel to the National Center for Children's Vision and Ey...

Jan 31st, 2013 - In 2003 the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Vision Screening Committee proposed criteria for automated preschool vision screening. Recent literature from epidemiologic and natural history studies, randomized control...

Jan 31st, 2023 - This prospective study aims to observe the predictive effect of peripheral blood plasma biomarker on the outcome of treatment in children with different types of amblyopia. We also investigated the mechanism of neuromodulation in the visual develo...

Jan 26th, 2023 - Retinal vascularization in humans develops between the 16th and 36th week of amenorrhea, centrifugally from the papilla. In case of premature birth, the immature retinal periphery is at risk of ischemia due to lack of vascular development. This la...

Jan 25th, 2023 - Amblyopia is the most common cause of monocular visual impairment in children and adults. There are well established therapies for this condition, which typically involve eye patching or atropine eye drops. Despite these therapies, a substantial p...

Dec 23rd, 2022 - Amblyopia is a visual neurodevelopmental disorder associated, more frequently, with the presence of strabismus and anisometropia. It is clinically most important visual condition in childhood because, apart from refractive error, it is the most fr...

Dec 22nd, 2022 - This is a single-site randomized clinical trial to compare treatment of amblyopia by viewing asynchronous movies to standard-of-care occlusion therapy with an adhesive patch. Participants will be referred from local pediatric ophthalmologists. Fol...

Jun 9th, 2022 - Jessica Oberoi, 13, can't exactly remember when her eyesight started getting blurry. All she knows is that she had to squint to see the whiteboard at school. It wasn't until last fall when her eighth grade class in Bloomington, Indiana, got vision...

Oct 21st, 2021 - The FDA approved the digital therapeutic device Luminopia One for pediatric amblyopia, or lazy eye. The device is approved for children ages 4 to 7 years with anisometropia and/or strabismus and is available by prescription only. By means of a vir...

Oct 19th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two-thirds of patients with diabetes achieve a good visual outcome of 20/40 or better after cataract surgery, according to one of the largest studies to assess visual acuity in people with diabetes undergoing cataract s...

Oct 4th, 2021 - A handheld vision screening device to test for amblyopia and strabismus has been found to have a sensitivity of 100%, a specificity of 85%, and a median acquisition time of 28 seconds, according to a study published in the Journal of American Asso...

Sep 17th, 2021 - The visual disorder amblyopia, also known as "lazy eye," can be impossible to treat once children reach adolescence. Now, a new Israel study links cases in older teenagers to higher rates of poverty, below-average cognitive scores, immigrant statu...