The management of squint.

The management of squint

Squint may be the first sign of a serious ocular or systemic disorder, and yet it is also one of the most common ocular conditions of childhood. It follows that while most ocular deviations have no such sinister connotations, an understanding of the range of associations is essential to be prepared for this comparatively infrequent but important possibility. Screening for squint has been covere...

Aetiology and management of the 'detached' rectus muscle.

The clinical features and management of 17 cases of detached extraocular muscles are described. They are classified into four groups: (1) the muscle which is cut and lost during squint surgery, (2) the muscle which breaks during squint surgery, (3) the muscle which slips following squint surgery, and (4) the muscle which is damaged during facial or orbital trauma. The prognosis for group 1 is p...

استرابیسم متناوب روزانه ( Alternate day squint )

Update on squint and amblyopia.

At birth a baby’s vision is very immature, with an acuity of around 3/601,2. Visual experience in infancy and childhood has a major influence on the development of the visual pathways, particularly the visual cortex3,4. During the critical periods of visual development visual acuity develops as do other modalities such as contrast sensitivity, colour, pattern and motion perception, and binocula...

Surgical management of primary exotropia in Cameroon

AIM To assess the results of surgery of primary exotropia in Cameroon. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a retrospective study of all patients operated for primary exotropia in the Reference Hospital, Douala-Cameroon, between January 1992 and December 2005. Each case was operated once. The preoperative squint angle was measured the previous evening to surgery and the postoperative angle one year a...