Characterization, passive and active treatment in strabismic amblyopia: a narrative review
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David P. Pi?ero. Department of Optics, Pharmacology and Anatomy, University of Alicante, Crta San Vicente del Raspeig s/n 03016, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante 03690, Spain. david.pinyero@ua.es

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Supported by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness of Spain within the program Ramón y Cajal (RYC-2016-20471).

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    Strabismic amblyopia is characterized by a distorted spatial perception. In this condition, the neurofunctional disorder occurring during first years of life provoke several monocular and binocular anomalies such as crowding, deficits in the accommodative response, contrast sensitivity, and ocular motility abilities. The inhibition of the binocular function of the brain by the misaligned amblyopic eye induces a binocular imbalance leading to interocular suppression and the reduction or lack of stereoacuity. Passive treatments such as occlusion, optical and/or pharmacological penalization, and Bangerter foils has been demonstrated to be potentially useful treatments for strabismic amblyopia. Recent researches have proved new pharmacological options to improve and maintain visual acuity after occlusion treatment in strabismic amblyopia. Likewise, the active vision therapy, in the last years, is becoming a very relevant therapeutic option in combination with passive treatments, especially during and after monocular therapy, in the attempt of recovering the imbalanced binocular vision.

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Myriam Milla, David P. Piñero. Characterization, passive and active treatment in strabismic amblyopia: a narrative review. Int J Ophthalmol, 2020,13(7):1132-1147

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  • Received:August 23,2019
  • Revised:March 15,2020
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  • Online: May 27,2020
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