Pediatrics Strabismus News

Robert S. Gold, MD: Let’s start with discussion of common presentations in your office. A child comes into your office and the mother says, “My child is blinking.” We see this very commonly, so I would like to know, how would you work up this patient?

Prismatic correction led to successful motor outcomes while maintaining or improving stereo acuity in children with consecutive esotropia and prior unilateral recession and resection surgery, according to a study.

Glaucoma valve implantation was associated with diminished endothelial cell density in children with uveitic glaucoma, according to a study.

BASSANO DEL GRAPPA, Italy — The use of femtosecond laser in congenital cataract surgery deserves consideration but is not feasible at the current stage of development of the technique, according to a pediatric ophthalmology specialist.

SAN FRANCISCO — Phacoemulsification with in-the-bag implantation of a scleral-sutured modified capsular tension ring and an IOL is a practical procedure that preserves capsular and anterior hyaloid anatomy and avoids unnecessary vitrectomy, according to a physician here.

SAN FRANCISCO — Phacoemulsification with in-the-bag implantation of a scleral-sutured modified capsular tension ring and an IOL is a practical procedure that preserves capsular and anterior hyaloid anatomy and avoids unnecessary vitrectomy, according to a physician here.

SAN FRANCISCO — Corneal transplant surgery in pediatric patients with keratoconus resulted in good visual recovery, according to a physician here.

SAN FRANCISCO — Corneal transplant surgery in pediatric patients with keratoconus resulted in good visual recovery, according to a physician here.

Multiple muscle surgery was more successful in patients with large primary position hypertropias due to unilateral superior oblique palsy than single-muscle surgery, according to a study.

As much as 80% of a child’s early learning is dependent on good vision. It is estimated that 25% of preschool children have some defect in their visual perception if we include refractive errors. Severe disorders, such as retinopathy of prematurity, significant unilateral or bilateral cataract, retinoblastoma with significant leukocoria, nystagmus or a significant lid hemangioma with secondary ptosis, are rarely missed. Unfortunately, the more common amblyopia secondary to anisometropia or subtle strabismus is undiagnosed in as many as 50% of preschool children.