Dergiler / BEYOGLU EYE JOURNAL / 2022 / Cilt: 7 - Sayı: 1

Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction and Refractive Amblyopia Risk Factors: Effect of Age at the Time of Probing

Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction and Refractive Amblyopia Risk Factors: Effect of Age at the Time of Probing

Deniz KILIÇ, Ismail AYDIN, Muhammed Rasit SİREM, Hatice BİRGİN, Soner GÜVEN

Sayfa
30–34
DOI
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Abstract

Objectives: To determine whether treatment time of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO) has any effect on refractive amblyopia risk factors (ARFs). Methods: This is a cross-sectional study and it was conducted in the Pediatric Ophthalmology Department at Kayseri City Training and Research Hospital. The ages of 174 patients who underwent probing were obtained from electronic medical charts and used to divide the patients into two groups: an early-probing group (