The most common treatments for Amblyopia include glasses, occlusion with patches or atropine drops, special contact lenses, and vision therapy.
But, if those weren't working would you SEW YOUR CHILD'S EYE SHUT?
I read on Dr. Maino's blog about the use of a silicon eyelid closure which is sutured into the eye in order to occlude the eye. Complications were present in half of the test cases but the study suggested this was a way to safely treat severe cases of amblyopia where occlusion by other methods had failed. Read more about it here
What are your thoughts on this?
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