opia. The use of a common set of records for all the children referred either to the school clinic or the hospital requiring treatment for squintoramblyopiawouldbe administrativelymuch easier and be more sensible from a clinical point of view. In this particular area a child with a squint and amblyopia detected as a result of a sight test at school could have three sets of records each kept in ...

PURPOSE To assess whether the early light deprivation induced by congenital cataract may influence the cone-driven retinal function in humans. METHODS Forty-one patients affected by congenital cataract (CC) who had undergone uncomplicated cataract extraction surgery and intraocular lens implant, and 14 healthy subjects (HS) were enrolled. All patients underwent complete ophthalmological and o...

OBJECTIVE Thyroid dyshormonogenesis is a genetically heterogeneous group of inherited disorders in the enzymatic cascade of thyroid hormone synthesis that result in congenital hypothyroidism (CH). Thyroid peroxidase gene (TPO) mutations are one of the most common causes of thyroid dyshormonogenesis. The aim of this study was to identify TPO gene defects in a cohort of patients with thyroid dysh...

Aims: To determine what practising orthoptists consider to be a normal AC/A ratio and on what evidence this is based. To assess which method of measurement is most commonly used and whether the ratio itself contributes to the diagnosis and management of strabismus in current practice. Methods: A prospective cross-sectional survey was designed and distributed to all orthoptists registered with t...

REVIEWING a series of sixty-odd cases of concomitant squint upon which I have operated, two points were brought out very clearly 1. The high percentage of amblyopic eyes found due to neglect in starting treatment early and in carrying it out efficiently. 2. That the operation is as a rule successful and gives real satisfaction to the patient. Next, the value of orthoptic training (eye exercises...

SINCE contact lenses have been used for monocular conditions of impaired vision in which the eye is divergent, e.g., aphakia and corneal scars, it has been found that although vision could be improved the affected eye remained divergent. Some of these eyes, i.e. those with small degrees of divergence, attained single binocular vision with orthoptic treatment; others with larger angles had to be...

Dr. Wagner is on the speaker’s bureau of Alcon Laboratories. doi: 10.3928/01913913-20130610-01 Nearly a decade ago, the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) presented a set of risk factors for amblyopia. The intent was to promote uniformity of reporting and to assist industry and investigators to set referral cut-offs. This would allow for uniform validation c...

BACKGROUND Intermittent exotropia (IXT) is an exodeviation intermittently controlled by fusional mechanisms. Patients with IXT may present with asthenopic symptoms, blurred vision, headaches, diplopia or visual confusion and reading difficulties; especially after prolonged periods of near work. OBJECTIVE To report the presentation and management of a young adult with intractable accommodative...

AFIER operations for convergent squint, a comparatively frequent result is that the eyes are straight for distance, but on attempting near vision, the squint reappears. It happens even after a full recession of both medial recti and after the fullest possible spectacle correction. This residual acconmmodational squint proves a great handicap to the full restoration of binocular single vision an...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to define the nature of functional visual loss in amblyopia and to identify those subjects whose amblyopia is chiefly due to one or more of the following deficits: abnormal contour interaction, abnormal eye movements, abnormal contrast perception, or positional uncertainty. METHODS Fifty amblyopic children with a mean age of 5.6+/-1.3 years were referred from...