Pediatrics Strabismus News

DENVER — A study used census data to find a high prevalence of pediatric myopia in the United States, including a disparity between urban and rural children.

WASHINGTON — Corneal cross-linking is an option to slow keratoconus progression in pediatric patients, according to a speaker here.

I have a long experience with pseudoaccommodating IOLs in pediatric patients.

In this Healio Video Perspective, Tamara Wygnanski-Jaffe, MD, discusses results from a pivotal trial with the CureSight digital amblyopia treatment vs. patching.

Children with strabismus may be at an increased risk for mental illness, according to a large cross-sectional study. A moderate association was found between strabismus and anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, depression and bipolar disorder.

A cohort study of lensectomy in children found a high cumulative incidence of glaucoma-related adverse events at 5 years, higher in aphakic eyes, and a modest myopic shift after placement of an IOL.

CureSight, a digital treatment device, was noninferior to eye patching for pediatric amblyopia in a pivotal clinical study, NovaSight announced in a press release.

Home confinement and distance learning significantly increased the number of hospital visits for myopia at a university hospital in Istanbul, although no correlation was found with myopia progression.

The expanding myopia epidemic and the increasing number of children who develop myopia at a young age will likely result in increased prevalence of pathologic myopia in the future.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Systemic effects of anti-VEGF in retinopathy of prematurity have not been ruled out, so it may be wise to use bevacizumab in lower doses or switch to agents with less systemic exposure, according to one presenter.