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Trial reportScientific reports2025

Syntonic phototherapy versus part time occlusion for treatment of refractive amblyopia.

Sanaa Ahmed Mohamed, Adel Mohammed Abdel-Wahab Khalil, Maha Emhammed Almokhtar Aljaghmani

Abstract readRandomized Controlled TrialComparative Study
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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sanaa Ahmed MohamedDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, New Damietta, Egypt. asanaa@azhar.edu.eg.
Adel Mohammed Abdel-Wahab KhalilDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Maha Emhammed Almokhtar AljaghmaniDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To evaluate the effectiveness of syntonic phototherapy and compare it with partial time occlusion to improve visual acuity in cases of refractive amblyopia. This study is a prospective, comparative, and randomized study. It included 40 patients. Their mean age ± SD was 14.45 ± 10.03 years (Range: 6-45 years). Twenty patients were subjected to partial time occlusion of the sound eye, and 20 received syntonic phototherapy treatment.The study revealed that there was statistically significant improvement in visual functions, UCVA, BCVA, AOP, and functional visual field in patients who were subjected to syntonic phototherapy, whereas the improvement of UCVA and BCVA in patients who were subjected to conventional treatment was satisfactory but less than that reported by syntonic therapy. Visual acuity increased significantly in patients with amblyopia after syntonic phototherapy as compared to partial occlusion therapy.

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AmblyopiaPhototherapyAdolescentAdultChildFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesTreatment OutcomeVisual AcuityYoung AdultAmblyopiaAnisometropiaPart-time occlusionSyntonic phototherapy

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PMID40016333
PMCPMC11868522

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