Case reports of neuro-visual consequences of mild COVID-19 in children
31 October 2023
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - General
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COVID-19, Neurovisual manifestations, neuro-COVID19, opthalmoplegia, paediatric ophthalmology
Neuro-visual involvement has been reported in numerous patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 disease, mainly among adult patients. In children, such involvement has been reported in rare cases, often in those presenting with severe forms of COVID-19. The aim of this work...
Narrative review of idiopathic intracranial hypertension in children / adolescents
3 October 2023
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Adolescent, acetazolamide, intracranial pressure, paediatrics, papilloedema, pseudotumour cerebri
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) affects both children and adults. Whilst the majority of IIH is mainly seen amongst adults, it also affects children. There are currently no clinical trials in IIH for those who are adolescents or children. The aims...
Case report review of children with septo-optic dysplasia and optic nerve hypoplasia
3 April 2023
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Vision, nystagmus, optic nerve hypoplasia, paediatrics, septo-optic dysplasia, strabismus
Septo-optic dysplasia (SOD) and optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH) cause congenital visual impairment. Their aetiology is mostly unknown. The authors aim was to investigate the prevalence of specified ophthalmological features in patients with these disorders. These features included impaired visual acuity,...
Factors influencing the outcome of GT and TBT in PCG
1 February 2022
| Jonathan Chan
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EYE - Glaucoma
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goniotomy, trabeculotomy, angle surgery, prognostic factors, paediatric glaucoma
This is a retrospective study between 2013 to 2016 of 452 eyes of patients </=12 years with primary congenital glaucoma (PCG), who underwent either goniotomy (GT) (median age: six months, 120 eyes) or trabeculotomy (TBT) (median age: 5.2 months, 332...
Accuracy of intraocular lens power calculations in paediatric eyes
5 August 2020
| Ivan Yip
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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formulas, intraocular lens power calculation, paediatric cataract
A study comparing the accuracy of the SRK II, SRK/T, Hoffer Q, Holladay 1, T2 and Super formula in predictive refractive outcomes in children undergoing primary IOL insertion into the capsular bag following cataract surgery. A total of 377 eyes...
What about the children? Cornea cross-linking for children with keratoconus
1 October 2017
| Eulee Seow
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
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cornea, cross-linking, keratoconus, paediatric
Keratoconus can behave more aggressively in paediatric than in adult patients. Collagen cross-linking has been shown to slow the progression of keratoconus in adults. This systematic review determined the effectiveness of corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) in children. For this study,...
Characteristics and incidence of sixth nerve palsy in children with intracranial hypertension
1 August 2016
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Paediatric intracranial hypertension, paediatric pseudotumor cerebri, sixth nerve palsy
The authors report the incidence and characteristics of sixth cranial nerve palsy in paediatric patients with intracranial hypertension. A retrospective review of records was performed in central Ohio over a three year period and nine children were found to have...
Association between neuro-ophthalmology signs and chronic ataxia in children
1 October 2015
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Chronic ataxia, neuro-ophthalmology, paediatrics
Neuro-ophthalmological signs (N-OS) occur commonly in children with chronic ataxia. This study describes the N-OS and their frequencies, in general and by specific disease aetiology in paediatric patients with chronic ataxia. In total, 184 patients under the age of 17...
Comparison of bilateral lateral and unilateral recession resection for IXT
1 December 2013
| Jonathan Chan
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EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus
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Child health (paediatrics), Muscles, Treatment Surgery
This is a retrospective review study of patients between the ages of three and 15 years old with the basic type of intermittent exotropia (IXT) who had strabismus surgery between January 2003 to September 2009. There were 85 patients included...
