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OCT findings after strabismus surgery for macular, choroidal and nerve fibre thickness
This study used OCT to investigate the changes in the central macular thickness, subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) and retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) after horizontal rectus surgery for patients with strabismus. This was a retrospective study and patients were grouped...
App usage to improve compliance with amblyopia therapy
In this study, the authors report the development of the software ‘Magical patching’ for iOS and Android (for smartphones and tablets) as the first version of the amblyopia treatment Chulalongkoru university (ATCU) app. In this randomised controlled trial, they aimed...
Randomised controlled trial of CAM training vs occlusion for amblyopia therapy
The main aim of this study was to compare the effect of Cambridge vision stimulator (CAM) therapy with passive occlusion in the management of unilateral amblyopia. This was an randomised control trial (RCT) with two groups; group 1 with CAM...Biometry and IOL choice errors
In the next instalment of this series I focus on problems associated with biometry and intraocular lens (IOL) selection for cataract surgery. I have taken previous medicolegal cases I have dealt with and tried to extract some learning points and...
PlusoptiX and SPOT screening
The goal of this study was to determine whether an instrument that uses referral criteria having a high specificity (plusoptiX S08) would fail to refer children who have significant amblyopia and who would have been detected by an instrument using...
Comparison of photoscreeners
The purpose of this study was to apply the GoCheckKids, iScreen, PlusoptiX and SPOT to young patients and developmentally challenged patients in a paediatric eye practice. One hundred and eight children were assessed with a mean age of 47 months...
Risk factors for amblyopia
The author presents a meta-analysis of published data to estimate American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) prevalence data for amblyopia risk factors. He extracted data from major paediatric comprehensive eye examination studies for children aged two to five...
OCT in microtropia
The aim of this study was to assess whether OCT could be useful in detecting and documenting fixation in children with microtropia. The study used spectral domain OCT (Cirrus) in 15 patients (10 female, five male) and 10 control eyes....
Improving vision screening access
The purpose of this study was to determine whether providing access to instrument-based screening equipment would increase the total number of high quality age-appropriate vision screenings provided to pre-school aged children. SPOT vision screening was placed in paediatric offices at...
Amblyopia risk factors with nasolacrimal duct obstruction in newborns
This study compares amblyopia risk factors in 1) newborns with congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO) and age-matched healthy controls, 2) newborns with unilateral and bilateral CNLDO and 3) affected eye and fellow eye of newborns with unilateral CNLDO. The authors...
Prevalence of visual function impairment in congenital ptosis
This study sought to evaluate the prevalence of visual function loss in the setting of congenital ptosis. This was a retrospective study of 155 eyes of 134 patients; 72 males and 62 females. Mean age at diagnosis was 7.8 ±5.8...
