Impact of Part-time Occlusion on Visual Outcomes in Pediatric Patients With Optic Nerve Pathology

Abstract

The visual outcomes of seven children with specific optic nerve pathologies and coexisting amblyopia after at least 1 year of part-time patching demonstrated a visual acuity improvement of greater than 0.1 logMAR. The results suggest that part-time patching may lead to improvement in visual function even in the setting of optic nerve pathology, albeit with a more limited response compared to full-time patching. [ J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus . 2023;60(3):e19–e21.]