Pediatrics Strabismus News

When the COVID-19 pandemic spread and governments worldwide enforced school closure as part of their containment strategy, digital technology and virtual learning played a vital role in ensuring some degree of class continuity.

Computer vision syndrome, sometimes called digital eye strain, is real, as is the epidemic increase in myopia worldwide.

The parents of children in my practice are worried about increased screen time during the pandemic.

Bausch Health has licensed Eyenovia to develop and commercialize an investigational formulation of atropine delivered by Optejet dispenser, according to a press release.

Ocular Therapeutix has dosed the first patients in a phase 3 clinical trial of Dextenza for postoperative ocular inflammation and pain in children after cataract surgery, according to a press release.

In this Healio Video Perspective, M. Edward Wilson, MD, of the Storm Eye Institute at MUSC, discusses the use of Omidria (phenylephrine 1% and ketorolac 0.3% intraocular solution, Omeros) in children undergoing cataract surgery.

A 5-year-old girl was referred to the New England Eye Center for an eye exam after failing a vision test at her pediatrician’s office.

There are benefits to using Omidria during pediatric cataract surgery, including in infants, according to a study.

Retinopathy of prematurity patients treated with panretinal photocoagulation may present years later with the triad of pachyphakia, microcornea and angle closure, or PMAC, according to a presenter.

Eyenovia resumed patient enrollment for its phase 3 study of a progressive myopia treatment following a pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a press release.