Pediatrics Strabismus News

A computer program shows promise at being able to provide a second opinion of plus disease at the bedside, according to a study.

I am a young doctor from the Republic of Moldova. I work as an ophthalmologist for children in the department of pediatric ophthalmology at the National Mother and Child Health Care Institute. Our department deals with eye diseases in children from 1 month to 18 years of age.

Handheld keratometry measurements were as reliable in patients under anesthesia as in awake patients, regardless of positioning, according to a study. However, readings trended toward being flatter in patients when muscle relaxants were used at induction.

Primary probing in children with congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction who were 2 to 3 years of age showed a higher success rate than older age groups, according to a study.

Nasolacrimal duct obstruction, or NLDO, is a commonly encountered pathology in pediatric ophthalmology clinics, with an estimated prevalence of 20%. NLDO in children results from failure of canalization of the nasolacrimal duct. The site of obstruction is commonly at the valve of Hasner where the nasolacrimal duct would enter the nose. The obstruction can be membranous or bony stenosis or be the result of narrowing of the inferior meatus.

“Don’t wait for your ship to come in; swim out to it.”

Implantation of a second glaucoma drainage device for the treatment of refractory pediatric glaucoma was shown to have moderate success over time, according to study results.

Adult strabismus patients who underwent corrective surgery demonstrated beneficial gains in their ocular misalignment and improvement in quality of life, according to study findings.

In this News You Can Use from UPMC Eye Center publication exclusive, Lea Ann Lope, DO, at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, provides insight into the use of Botox to treat strabismus in adults.

A new eye scanner identified strabismus and/or amblyopia in preschool-aged children more accurately than a widely-used autorefractor, according to study findings.