Abstract
Few things in medicine are as gratifying as the successful treatment of amblyopia. Not only the treatment is inexpensive and noninvasive, but also the patient’s own effort and compliance play an important role in determining the outcome. The successfully treated patient can feel a great sense of triumph and accomplishment, which can be empowering for children and their parents.
With his right eye,
God looks after all he created,
except for the poor.
For them he uses his left eye, which is blind.
—Dale M. Kushner, Black Loaves.
With nothing more than a simple eye patch, we have brought amblyopia to its knees.
—Charles Schultz (Sally talking to Charlie Brown).
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Kushner, B.J. (2017). Functional Amblyopia. In: Strabismus. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63019-9_4
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