Journal Reviews
Decline in paediatric ophthalmology strabismus fellowships and posts
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the paediatric ophthalmology strabismus (POS) fellowship match rate to determine the adequacy of the replacement rate in addressing the ongoing subspeciality shortage. The authors reviewed the period of 2016 to 2024 during...
Ethnic variation in strabismus patterns in Down syndrome
The authors present a systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the prevalence and aetiology of strabismus in individuals with Down syndrome, with particular focus on ethnic variation in the esotropia to exotropia ratio. Data from multiple studies across diverse populations were...
Changes in phoria measurements after physical activity
This study aimed to evaluate effects of physical activity (aerobic and anaerobic) on the latent eye deviation. The study recruited 20 competitive soccer players (10 myopes (mean -0.63D) and 10 emmetropic: 19 males), who underwent a total 90-minute exercise of...
OCT changes after occlusion therapy in amblyopic and fellow eyes
This study compared optical coherence tomography (OCT) data of fellow and amblyopic eyes, and reported OCT changes after long-term electronically monitored occlusion therapy. The study recruited 30 patients with mean age of 16.7 ±11.2 years (range 5.1–44.7 years): 53% males....
3D modelling of orbital measurements to develop and education resource for orbital pulleys
In this study, 3D modelling software was used to visualise the orbital pulleys and create educational content to facilitate visual understanding of this system. Input of measures were from published data on quantitative anatomy of the globe and extraocular muscles...
Surgical outcomes for acute acquired comitant esotropia with vs without prism adaptation testing
The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of preoperative prism adaptation test (PAT) in cases of acute acquired comitant esotropia (AACE) in an Indian population. This was a prospective study of 40 patients. 20 patients had 1...
Outcomes for symptomatic esophoria with or without prism adaptation test
The authors aimed to compare the frequency of repeated interventions between patients who had prism adaptation test (PAT) and conventional orthoptic measurements, and those that did not, in order to measure changes in angle after PAT and surgical outcome. This...
Investigation of PAX7 positive satellite cells in extraocular muscle surgery
PAX7 is a transcription factor and is expressed in non-active and activated satellite cells. It is needed for muscle progenitor function, survival and expansion. This study investigates the effect of recession/resection surgery on PAX7-positive satellite cells in extraocular muscles of...
Outcome of surgery for infantile exotropia after long-term follow-up of 4 years
The purpose of this study was to report long-term motor and sensory outcomes after unilateral lateral/medial rectus recession/resection (RR) in infantile constant exotropia. This was a retrospective review from 1995–2020 of 20 children (10 female, 10 male) with minimum 4-year...
Surgical management of 2 cases of synergistic adduction during elevation; aberrant regeneration
The authors present 2 cases with unusual findings of aberrant regeneration of the third cranial nerve palsy with coexisting sixth cranial nerve palsy. The first case was a 44-year-old male with head trauma from a road traffic accident. The second...
Lateral rectus superior plication surgery as an option for adult onset esotropia
This study presents results of bilateral superior plication of the lateral rectus for treatment of adult onset esotropia, as a less invasive surgical option. This was a retrospective study of 15 patients with mean age of 51.5 ±12.6 years; 67%...
Choice and definitions of surgical outcomes for intermittent exotropia
This review was conducted to address a number of questions: (1) define successful surgical outcome; (2) criteria for successful alignment, (3) consideration of aetiology when deciding surgery, and (4) are visual acuity, fusion and stereoacuity routinely investigated as surgical outcomes?...
