Pediatrics Strabismus News

At the annual American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus meeting in New Orleans, OSN Pediatrics/Strabismus Section Editor Robert S. Gold, MD, led a round table discussion on surgical approaches to correcting strabismus. Each of the participants had a different approach to correcting esotropia in patients with a large disparity in distance/near vision, some operating on the near angle, some on the distance angle and some with nuanced differences in the amount of correction to perform. Then the panelists took a new look at plication vs. resection for strabismus surgery, an idea that is not new, but one that is getting more consideration as an alternative to resection.

The cover story in this issue of Ocular Surgery News is a round table chaired by our section leader in pediatric ophthalmology, Robert S. Gold, MD. The round table took place at the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus meeting in New Orleans in March. All of the round table participants are members of AAPOS.

Establishing uniform care for infants with retinopathy of prematurity may alleviate the number of unnecessary examinations that are performed, a physician said in a presentation at the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus annual meeting in New Orleans.

At the Kiawah Eye 2015 meeting, Reid Turner, MD, presented results from a study at the Storm Eye Institute that investigated long-term outcomes of angle-supported ACIOLs in pediatric patients.

NEWPORT, R.I. — PRK in children with neurobehavioral disorders and severe isoametropia not only improves visual acuity but also improves communication skills, activities of daily living and socialization, according to a speaker.

Gene therapy resulted in a modest and temporary improvement in retinal sensitivity among patients with Leber’s congenital amaurosis, according to a study.

Según un estudio, los niños con queratocono progresivo que se sometieron a cross-linking corneal acelerado obtuvieron una mejora significativa en la agudeza visual.

Segundo um estudo, crianças com keratocono progressivo e que foram submetidas à interligação de córnea acelerada obtiveram significativa melhoria na acuidade visual.

The prevalence of clinically significant myopia among middle-income students in China may be almost twice that of lower-income students, according to a study.

A 6-year-old boy was referred to the New England Eye Center with symptoms of intermittent headaches for the last 3 months. The patient and his mother described the headaches as occurring three to four times per week, located primarily frontal and “on top of the head,” that would become progressively severe, lasting 1 to 2 hours, occasionally associated with nausea. Initially, it was thought the headaches may be related to concentrated activities such as reading. However, the pain was now occurring more often without any notable aggravating factors.