purpose: to describe three cases of exotropic mobius syndrome and to report outcomes of the surgical intervention. case reports: three patients including two boys and one girl were referred to our strabismus clinic. all had masked faces and non-progressive congenital bilateral facial palsy and dry eye. other abnormalities included large angle exotropia and bilateral horizontal gaze palsy. surgi...

IMPORTANCE Commercially available automated vision screening devices assess refractive risk factors, not amblyopia or strabismus, underreferring affected children and overreferring healthy children. Nearly half of affected children are not identified until after age 5 years, when treatment is less effective. OBJECTIVES To determine the diagnostic accuracy of the Pediatric Vision Scanner (PVS)...

INTRODUCTION A clinical audit of strabismus surgery in children in terms of functional and cosmetic outcomes helps improve the quality of services in pediatric ophthalmology. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcome of strabismus surgery and assess the satisfaction of the patients' parents with respect to the surgery outcome. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A study of an interventional series of cases that i...

Strabismus is misalignment of one eye in relation to the other, resulting in failure of the 2 eyes to simultaneously focus on the same image and loss of binocular vision. Strabismus affects 2% to 4% of the population and can result in amblyopia, which is often not discovered in time to initiate effective treatment. Thus, an understanding of the genetic underpinnings of strabismus may help ident...

Abstract Background To evaluate the distribution pattern and changes of strabismus surgery in northern China. Methods The records patients at Qingdao Eye Hospital from January 2014 to December 2019 were reviewed retrospectively. characteristics analyzed included gender, regional distribution, constituent ratio age type strabismus. Changes during periods 2014–2016 2017–2019 compared analyzed. Re...

AIMS To determine the influence of strabismus on the ability to find a partner. METHODS We interviewed Swiss dating agents retrieved from two Swiss online telephone directories using a validated questionnaire to determine whether strabismus has any impact on the ability to find a partner. During the interviews, subjects with internet access could view downloadable, digitally altered photograp...

PURPOSE To evaluate the feasibility and stability of ocular alignment of single-stage adjustable strabismus surgery (SSASS) in restrictive strabismus. METHODS This was an observational case series comprising 12 patients with restrictive strabismus (mean age, 54.8 years) who were treated with SSASS using intravenous midazolam, fentanyl, and topical anesthesia. All were studied in a retrospecti...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the characteristics of strabismus in infants who underwent cataract surgery with and without intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. DESIGN Secondary outcome analysis in a prospective, randomized clinical trial. PARTICIPANTS The Infant Aphakia Treatment Study is a randomized, multicenter (n = 12), clinical trial comparing treatment of aphakia with a primary IOL or contact...

Background: To evaluate ocular complications of strabismus surgery at the Department of Strabismus and Neuroophthalmology in our clinic. Methods: The medical records of patients who underwent strabismus surgery between March 1999 and February 2013 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with minor ocular complications such as wound irregularities, conjunctivitis, subconjunctival hemorrhage, and...