Journal Reviews

Ocular motor score in spastic hemiplegia

1 June 2018 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Brain pathology, cerebral palsy, ocular motor function, ocular motor score, spastic hemiplegia

The authors aimed to assess the oculomotor functions in children with spastic hemiplegia (SH) caused by different brain pathologies and evaluate the results obtained by the ocular motor score (OMS). The study included 34 children with a median age of...

Medial rectus surgery with development delay

1 August 2017 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | BMR, cerebral palsy, consecutive exotropia, developmental delay, esotropia

The long-term results of bilateral medial rectus surgery are evaluated in 42 children with development delay. Mean age pre-surgery was 2.9 years with a mean follow-up of 4.6 years. Mean angle of esotropia was 44.29±13.9PD; 57% achieved surgical success; 31%...

BT outcome for CP and ET

1 April 2016 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Botulinum toxin, cerebral palsy;, esotropia

The authors evaluate the clinical outcome of botulinum toxin (BT) injection in the correction of esotropia in 44 patients with cerebral palsy (CP). BT was injected under general anaesthesia without EMG guidance. Of the children, 47.7% were male and mean...