Pediatrics Strabismus News

LISBON, Portugal — Posterior optic capture, whenever possible, is an alternative technique that can avoid vitrectomy as well as visual axis obscuration even in children younger than 4 years, according to one speaker.

Pediatric ophthalmologists often receive referrals, whether from optometrists or other ophthalmologists, for children with large cups, asymmetric cups and IOPs that may or may not be accurate.

Releasable sutures in combined trabeculotomy-trabeculectomy surgery for primary congenital glaucoma offered no advantages over conventional sutures, according to a study.

Vision impairment is a pervasive finding in infants with microcephaly related to congenital Zika virus syndrome, according to research.

Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis implantation in children was associated with a high complication rate, device failure and poor visual outcome in a retrospective case series generated at three tertiary referral centers in Canada.

Trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide, has been eliminated as a public health problem in Cambodia and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, according to a WHO press release.

A retrospective cohort study conducted on preterm infants registered in an international database showed considerable variation in the rate of retinopathy of prematurity and ROP treatment, likely reflecting differences in care practices, diagnosis and treatment thresholds.

A group of researchers used the Delphi consensus method to develop a pragmatic treatment algorithm to assist in the management of blepharokeratoconjunctivitis in children, based on published evidence and clinical experience.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force updated its 2011 recommendations for children aged 3 to 5 years and reaffirmed that children in this age range receive at least one vision screening to detect amblyopia or its risk factors.

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