Orthoptics for exotropia of children

The Practice of Orthoptics

The development of myopia among children with intermittent exotropia.

PURPOSE To describe the long-term refractive error changes in children diagnosed with intermittent exotropia (IXT) in a defined population. DESIGN Retrospective, population-based observational study. METHODS Using the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, the medical records of all children (<19 years) diagnosed with IXT as residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, from January 1, ...

Vision therapy/orthoptics for symptomatic convergence insufficiency in children: treatment kinetics.

PURPOSE To evaluate the kinetics of change in symptoms and signs of convergence insufficiency (CI) during 12 weeks of treatment with commonly prescribed vision therapy/orthoptic treatment regimens. METHODS In a randomized clinical trial, 221 children aged 9 to 17 years with symptomatic CI were assigned to home-based pencil push-ups (HBPP), home-based computer vergence/accommodative therapy an...

Practical Orthoptics in the Treatment of Squint

SQUINT.?By K. Lyle, M.A., M.D., M.Chir. l^antab.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.;, ana S. Jackson. 1937. H. K. Lewis and Company, Limited, London. Pp. xiv plus 211 with 68 illustrations including 5 plates. Price, 12s. 6d. The early treatment of squint by exercises to abnormal retinal correspondence and suppression is perhaps new to many doctors in India. Although some ophthalmologists do not...

Surgical results for consecutive exotropia

PURPOSE To evaluate the surgical results of medial rectus (MR) muscle advancement with or without recession of the antagonist muscle for consecutive exotropia. METHODS Medical records of patients with consecutive exotropia (n = 27) were retrospectively reviewed. All patients received one-eye surgery with MR advancement, lateral rectus (LR) recession, or combined surgery. The pre- and post-ope...