PURPOSE. To determine the prevalence of amblyopia and strabismus in young Singaporean Chinese children. METHODS. Enrolled in the study were 3009 Singaporean children, aged 6 to 72 months. All underwent complete eye examinations and cycloplegic refraction. Visual acuity (VA) was measured with a logMAR chart when possible and the Sheridan-Gardner test when not. Strabismus was defined as any manif...

PURPOSE To assess the validity of a novel, simplified, noninvasive test for strabismus using video goggles. DESIGN Cross-sectional method comparison study in which the new test, the strabismus video goggles, is compared with the existing reference standard, the Hess screen test. PARTICIPANTS We studied 41 adult and child patients aged ≥6 years with ocular misalignment owing to congenital or...

purpose : to compare the psychosocial status before and after successful strabismus surgery on iranian strabismic patients methods : one hundred twenty-four strabismic patients, older than 15 years were evaluated between 2009 and 2010. they were asked to complete a questionnaire about their psychosocial experiences, before and three months after successful strabismus surgery. effects of strabis...