Journal Reviews

Characteristics of age-related distance esotropia

5 June 2023 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Adult, distance esotropia, divergence insufficiency, esotropia, strabismus

The primary aim of this study was to describe clinical characteristics and natural history of age-related distance esotropia (ARDET) within an adult cohort over a 20-year period. This was a retrospective review of 73 patients from 751 with adult onset...

Vertical disparity effects on horizontal fusion

1 December 2018 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Binocular vision, convergence, divergence, fusional reserves, horizontal, vertical disparity

This study was designed to investigate the effect of induced vertical disparity by prisms on horizontal fusional reserves at near distance. One hundred and seventy students were recruited and vertical disparity was induced by small vertical prisms of 0.5 and...

Testing fusional amplitude

1 August 2018 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Convergence, divergence, encouragement, fusional amplitudes, vergence

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of varied testing distance and order of testing on fusion amplitudes in subjects with normal eye examinations, along with impact of examination encouragement and subject level of alertness. Average age...

Systematic review on vergence neural pathways

1 December 2016 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | degeneration, divergence, neural pathways, review, vergence, Convergence

A full systematic review of the literature was carried out by the authors, to identify literature available on vergence neural pathways and associated disorders. The review included articles related to vergence neural pathways, along with articles that discussed the anatomy,...