Fiona Rowe (Prof)

Professor of Orthoptics

Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, UK.

Journal Reviews – Section Editor

JOURNALS REVIEWED: Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science | Strabismus | Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Latest Contribution

Ocular neuromyotonia features

1 August 2019 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Carbamazepine, hypovitaminosis, ocular neuromyotonia, peripheral neuromyotonia

The authors present eight cases of ocular neuromyotonia (ONM) with an overview of the pathophysiology, aetiology, clinical presentations and possible treatments. Diagnosis was made only after thorough and repeated orthoptic examinations and review of medication history. An overview of the...

Microtropia as an amblyopia indicator

1 August 2019 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Amblyopia, anisometropia, microtropia, occlusion

This study was undertaken to determine if microtropia with identity (straight eye anisometropia) is a reliable indicator of amblyopia following optical correction. This was a retrospective review of 532 children aged four to five years. After two months of glasses...

Nishida procedure for VIcnp

1 August 2019 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Sixth nerve palsy, abduction limitation, tenotomy, transposition

This study reports results in treatment of complete sixth nerve palsy (VIcnp) by modified Hummelscheim (Nishida’s) procedure; vertical muscle halves after splitting were secured with anchoring sutures to the sclera with anchoring of only the temporal muscle margins to the...