Prognosis for vision in amblyopia after the loss of the good eye
E. P. Vereecken and P. Brabant
Two hundred three cases of unilateral amblyopia with the loss of the good
eye included 59 taken from literature and 144 obtained from a questionnaire
sent to ophthalmologists. The improvement noted in both sources was quite
different: 47.5% v 28.5%. Because the cases from the questionnaire
constituted a much more random selection than those from the literature,
the former serve as a basis for discussion and conclusions. In 17.4% of the
cases improvement was obtained without treatment. This result is closely
linked to the existence of foveal fixation (93.7%). In 11.1% of the cases,
the improvement was obtained with pleoptic treatment. The important
prognostic factors were the existence of foveal fixation and the loss of
the good eye. Pleoptic treatment was valuable in our sample, especially for
patients with eccentric fixation.
