Pediatrics Strabismus News

The FDA accepted a new drug application for SYD-101 to slow the progression of pediatric myopia and assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act date of Oct. 23, according to a press release from Sydnexis.

ORLANDO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Telling It Like It Is, William B. Trattler, MD, discusses a complex case of pediatric cataract surgery.

Children who wore soft multifocal contact lenses for myopia control had no loss of treatment effect after discontinuing the lenses as teenagers, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Some megatrends in health care are occurring that deserve our attention.

Retinopathy of prematurity occurs primarily in low birth weight premature infants who are admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit and require oxygen supplementation.

A study published in 2023 that analyzed more than 23 million births found that the proportion of premature infants diagnosed with retinopathy of prematurity nearly doubled in the U.S. from 2003 to 2019.

Optometrists sometimes suggest vision therapy to improve visual skills, addressing perceptual vision and myopia.

Eyenovia’s phase 3 CHAPERONE study evaluating low-dose atropine delivered via the company’s Optejet dispenser is not meeting its primary endpoint of a less than 0.50 D progression in visual acuity over 3 years, according to a press release.

Unexplained mydriasis with cycloplegia in children and teens can cause great parental concern, especially if the patient reports an inability to do schoolwork.