PURPOSE To highlight recent advances in amblyopia and strabismus. DESIGN Literature review. METHODS A literature search of articles published in the English language was performed in PubMed or MEDLINE between May 2012 and April 2013 using the terms amblyopia or strabismus. Articles deemed relevant were selected. RESULTS The review highlights articles that increase our understanding of str...

The management of strabismus in Cameroon is not well developed and the average age of first consultation is beyond the age amblyopia reversal. It is with the aim of improving strabismus management that we undertook this prospective and descriptive study which spanned 11 months. The objective was to describe amblyopia in patients with comitant strabismus at their first visit. Data collected incl...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to use amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) to investigate local features of spontaneous brain activity in patients with congenital comitant strabismus and clarify their relationship with emotional and psychosocial problems. METHODS A total of 20 patients with congenital comitant strabismus (ten males and ten females), and 20 healthy controls (ten ...

The references are listed out of order. Please see the complete, correct References list here. 1. Chia A, Lin XY, Dirani M, Gazzard G, Ramamurthy D, Quah BL, et al. Risk factors for strabismus and amblyopia in young singapore chinese children. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 2013; 20(3): 138–147. 2. Fu J, Li SM, Liu LR, Li JL, Li SY, Zhu BD, et al. Prevalence of amblyopia and strabismus in a populatio...

Strabismus is a visual disorder in which the eyes are misaligned and point in different directions. This misalignment may be constant or intermittent. The aim of this study was to assess pediatric strabismus outcomes andcomplications in a tertiary hospital. The study was conducted at University Hospital Center “Mother Theresa” in Tirana, Albania over the period 2012 -2014.This study includes 82...

PURPOSE Myelomeningocele is one of the most common birth defects. It is associated with severe neurological deficiencies, and ocular changes, such as strabismus, are very common. The purpose of this study was to describe indications for strabismus surgery in patients with myelomeningocele and to evaluate the results achieved with surgical correction. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed record...

Abstract Background Strabismus is the leading risk factor for amblyopia, which should be early detected minimized visual impairment. However, traditional school screening strabismus can challenged due to several factors, most notably training, mobility and cost. The purpose of our study evaluate feasibility using a smartphone application in vision detection strabismus. Methods beta application,...

Purpose: To describe the clinical features and response to treatment of patients with decompensated monofixation syndrome (MFS) and to propose a hypothesis for a decompensation mechanism in such patients. Methods: Fourteen adults with MFS who had been symptomatically stable for a mean duration of 25 years developed diplopia in the absence of neurologic or orbital disease. After retrospective ch...

purpose: to evaluate the effect of limited dissection of tenon sheath on the outcome of horizontal strabismus surgery. methods: patients with horizontal strabismus, aged between six and 50 years, were enrolled in this non-randomized study. patients with pattern and vertical strabismus or a history of strabismus surgery were excluded. the strabismus surgeries consisted of bimedial recession (bmr...