Journal Reviews

Supranuclear palsy

1 December 2016 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Double elevator palsy, Knapp procedure, hypertropia, innervational surgery, monocular elevation deficiency, strabismus surgery, supranuclear palsy

This paper reports the results of surgery for supranuclear monocular elevation deficiency. Contralateral superior rectus maximal recession was undertaken without interfering with the superior oblique tendon position, transection of the superior oblique to the superior rectus frenulum and directly suturing...

A case of progressive supranuclear palsy-like syndrome following aortic aneurysm repair

1 August 2015 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | MRI tractography, fMRI, gradient-echo imaging, progressive supranuclear palsy

This original article illustrates the case of an 18-year-old woman who developed progressive supranuclear palsy-like syndrome following an uneventful aortic aneurysm repair. The patient was unaffected for the first 48 hours after surgery and then developed dysarthria, dysphagia (requiring a...