Amblyopia

In this Healio Video Perspective, Ran Yam, CEO of NovaSight, discusses two upcoming product lines, CureSight and ActiveSight glasses, and their next steps.

A 56-year-old woman presented to the ophthalmology office at the Lahey Clinic with 1 week of left eye pain associated with burning, injection and a left-sided headache without any vision changes.

A meta-analysis of the global incidence of amblyopia identified a prevalence rate of 1.44%, with an estimated increase to 221.9 million cases by the year 2040.

Approaches for the detection and treatment of amblyopia have improved in the past 3 decades, but there is still room for improvement, according to a presenter at the virtual American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting.

Use of a short educational cartoon on patching for occlusion therapy improved compliance among children with amblyopia.

Leukocoria simply means that the pupil (coria) is white (leuko), and we see this in our adult patients who present with opaque white cataracts. But when we see leukocoria in a newborn infant, it is an urgent situation that needs immediate attention from an ophthalmologist.

Novartis has acquired Ambylotech’s outstanding shares and will develop its digital technology for the treatment of amblyopia, according to a press release.

A 7-year-old boy presented to a satellite office of the New England Eye Center after referral from a local optometrist for persistently decreased vision despite appropriate spectacle correction for myopia and astigmatism. The optometrist had diagnosed him with refractory amblyopia and referred him for further evaluation given minimal improvement in vision with glasses and a short trial with patching.

Meeting News

PARIS — Infectious keratitis is a serious cause of ocular morbidity in children, potentially causing amblyopia and severe, permanent visual impairment.