Study of Macular and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness During Management of Unilateral Anisometropic Amblyopia

Abstract

Amblyopia is a neuroanatomical and neurophysiological ophthalmological disorder with no apparent pathology of the optical media or macula that could explain low vision. It may be treated if diagnosed at an early stage. Amblyopia may be classified as strabismic, refractive (anisometropic and ametropic), deprivational, idiopathic, and mixed. It is one of the most significant pediatric disorders in ophthalmic and orthoptic practice and it is the most common cause of monocular visual loss. It is usually unilateral. It can be bilateral, when there is high bilateral refractive error or other binocular pathology. In anisometropic amblyopia, focused and unfocused images coming from the point of fixation produce a blurred image in the fovea, this results in an abnormal binocular interaction to the disadvantage of the eye with blurred vision leading to inhibition of the fovea and poor vision in that eye. Treatment of amblyopia includes correcting refractive