Journal Reviews

Graded Andersons procedure for nystagmus

5 June 2020 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Anderson’s procedure, Gradation, horizontal yoke muscle recession, idiopathic infantile nystagmus

The authors performed a recession of yoked muscles in patients with idiopathic infantile nystagmus (IIN) in a graded manner based on the amount of head turn. This was a retrospective case series of 37 patients; 26 males, 11 females aged...

IINS function

1 June 2019 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Nystagmus, VFQ25, congenital nystagmus, infantile nystagmus, quality of life

This study explored the impact of idiopathic infantile nystagmus syndrome (IINS) on quality of life in adults measured using the VFQ25 questionnaire. Of 38 subjects, 35 completed the questionnaire. Mean age was 35.1±13.0 years; 15 were British Caucasian and 14...

Contact lenses for adults with infantile nystagmus

1 April 2019 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Congenital nystagmus, contact lenses, infantile nystagmus, nystagmus, refractive correction

A pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) was conducted to determine recruitment rates, acceptability of and adherence to treatment and adverse events along with change in best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and nystagmus parameters from baseline to two weeks follow-up. The...