Introduction:

amblyopia is a neurological disorder, the result of an abnormal stimulation of the brain during the critical period of visual development.

Objective:

to determine the epidemiological clinical characterization of amblyopia.

Method:

an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out on 95 patients, who attended the Ophthalmology consultation of the Hermanos Cordové Children's Hospital, in the period January-December 2016, the variables age, sex, background were studied pathological ocular family, type of amblyopia, associated refractive defect and etiology.

Results:

a predominance of patients between 6 and 9 years, male and without ocular family pathological antecedents was obtained, the most affected visual acuity was between 0.25 and 0.5 that is, moderate amblyopia, associated with myopic astigmatism composed as refractive defect more frequent, and strabismus as a more frequent etiology.

Conclusions:

strabismus is the most frequent cause, from the moment the patient is diagnosed, behavior is taken to avoid further deterioration of visual acuity.

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