Pediatrics Strabismus News

Decompression surgery yielded worsening of both esotropia and ductions, according to a study.

The annual Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium will take place in San Diego from Aug. 10 to 13 with a restructured format, new content and more networking opportunities, meeting chair Lisa Nijm, MD, JD, told Healio.com/OSN.

The FDA offices of Orphan Products Development and Pediatric Therapeutics have designated voretigene neparvovec as a drug for a rare pediatric disease, according to a Spark Therapeutics press release.

Eye abnormalities may be the initial finding in infants of women with polymerase chain-reaction confirmed Zika virus infection during their pregnancy, according to a study.

Retinal ganglion cell loss due to type 1 diabetes begins in early childhood and is detectable by OCT before any sign of diabetic retinopathy occurs, according to a study.

Whereas level I evidence supports the use of topical atropine to prevent myopic progression of up to 1 D per year in pediatric patients, higher doses have been shown to increase rates of myopic rebound, according to an American Academy of Ophthalmology report.

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Researchers found that a significant decline in reading efficiency was associated with reduced visual acuity.

KIAWAH, S.C. — At Kiawah Eye 2017, Amanda L. Marzolf, MD, a resident at the Medical University of South Carolina, discusses a study done at Storm Eye Institute that supports the idea of delaying IOL implantation in infants who undergo early cataract surgery. IOL selection is more accurate after the first year of life when the rapid rate of eye growth decreases, Marzolf said.

Pediatric patients who underwent cataract extraction with primary IOL implantation were found to have better visual acuity and less strabismus at final follow-up than patients who underwent secondary IOL implantation, according to a study.