Pediatrics Strabismus News

Pediatric cataract surgery can be challenging to learn and perform, sparking discussion on who should perform the procedure.

Two to three of every 10,000 children born each year in the U.S. have a congenital cataract.

SEATTLE —There was no significant difference in cognitive outcomes for patients with retinopathy of prematurity treated with intravitreal bevacizumab compared with those treated with laser photocoagulation, according to a speaker here.

Myopia is the most common refractive error in the United States and globally. Today, about 42% of Americans, or 141 million individuals, are myopic.

As everybody knows, the incidence and prevalence of myopia are increasing in every country around the world.

Myopia, which affects more than 1 billion people worldwide, has become a major global vision concern, and the problem is only getting worse.

John Wilmot once said, “Before I got married, I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories.”

Vyluma Inc. has announced that the FDA will review its new drug application for NVK002, a preservative-free, low-dose atropine eye drop for myopia in children aged 3 to 17 years.

VILAMOURA, Portugal — At the ESCRS winter meeting, Serge Resnikoff, MD, PhD, chair of the International Myopia Institute, discusses myopia, an issue that cuts across all subspecialties in ophthalmology.

VILAMOURA, Portugal — At the ESCRS winter meeting, Marie-José Tassignon, MD, PhD, speaks about the challenges of pediatric cataract surgery.