Cataract : Complications

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Vision may not improve to 20/20 after cataract surgery if other eye diseases, such as macular degeneration, are present. Ophthalmologists can usually, but not always, determine this in advance. In infants, amblyopia and decreased visual developmen...
Source:ADAM
Date:August 8, 2006
Amblyopia is loss of visual acuity in one eye caused by lack of use of that eye in early childhood.
Source:ADAM
Date:August 8, 2006
Amblyopia refers to diminished vision in either one or both eyes, for which no cause can be discovered upon examination of the eye. Amblyopia is the medical term used when the vision in one of the eyes is reduced because the eye and the brain are not working together properly.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Lazy eye, or amblyopia, is an eye condition in which disuse causes reduced vision in an otherwise healthy eye. The affected eye is called the lazy eye.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Amblyopia is an uncorrectable decrease in vision in one or both eyes with no apparent structural abnormality seen to explain it. It is a diagnosis of exclusion, meaning that when a decrease in vision is detected, other causes must be ruled out.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
A common eye problem in which one eye does not develop normal vision. Amblyopia is also known as lazy eye.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
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