Journal Reviews

Change in hyperopia with strabismus

4 August 2021 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Screening, amblyogenic risk factors, amblyopia, hyperopia

This study aimed to evaluate hyperopic evolution patterns in children with early diagnosis (before three years) and treatment. This was a retrospective study of 78 eyes of 39 children. Forty-nine percent were males and mean follow-up was 130 months (72-193)....

GP contact lenses in nystagmus

1 April 2018 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | contact lens, hyperopia, nystagmus, rigid gas permeable, strabismus

The purpose of this study was to quantify and evaluate the effect of rigid gas permeable contact lenses (CLs) on visual acuity, contrast sensitivity and motor parameters of involuntary eye movements in hyperopic patients with infantile nystagmus syndrome (INS). This...

Glasses or not?

1 February 2014 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | visual development, accommodation, vergence, hyperopia, esotropia

In this excellent review article, the authors discuss how some hyperopes avoid strabismus but also ask why the youngest infants escape strabismus and older patients go on to decompensate. The review considers a number of related aspects and their inter-relations...