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Potential mechanism of over / under actions of inferior oblique muscles
1 December 2022
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
In this paper, the authors hypothesise that fusional vergence adaptation, in patients who can fuse in at least some gaze positions, can cause curvature of the non-fixing eye movement paths of patients with apparent overaction or under action of the...
IO belly transposition surgery
1 February 2019
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors evaluated inferior oblique (IO) muscle belly transposition to correct mild to moderate IO overaction with small primary position hypertropia. They reviewed 10 patients aged 6-35 years (mean 18.6 years). Aetiologies were mild unilateral superior oblique (SO) palsy for...
How good does my vision have to be to drive this thing? Visual standards for various occupations
We can all picture that moment in clinic: you are about to tell someone that they’re no longer legally able to drive, ready to deploy our ‘breaking bad news’ techniques. For some patients this may have been expected, or they...Review of bupivacaine use in treatment of strabismus
5 June 2023
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Botulinum, bupivacaine, non-surgical, strabismus
This review aimed to assess the applications of bupivacaine (B) in the non-surgical treatment of strabismus in human and animal studies. Animal studies show that singly-innervated fibres with low concentrations of mitochondria and developed sarcoplasmic reticulum are more affected by...
Use of Strabocheck to measure angle of deviation
3 April 2024
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
Strabocheck (SK) is a free to access software and is a measurement of deviation angle based on the corneal light reflex in monocular and binocular photographs uploaded to the website. The purpose of this study was to evaluate SK in...
Management of restrictive diplopia after ptergium surgery
1 August 2019
| Tasmin Berman
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Cataract and Refractive
This single centre retrospective case series included 15 patients with restrictive diplopia after ptergium excision. The mean time from surgery to diplopia was six months and all patients had a moderate limitation of abduction in the operated eye causing an...
Management of squint with near-distance angle disparity
These are a group of strabismus disorders where the angle of misalignment is different between near and distance. The focus of this article will be on the patients where the angle for near exceeds the distance angle by more than...IO overaction surgery
1 August 2018
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of two surgical methods on the correction of inferior oblique overaction (IOOA). This was a retrospective study of 99 eyes of 56 patients; 47 myectomy and 52 anterior transposition procedures. Mean age was...
Self refracting – child’s play?
1 February 2018
| Eulee Seow
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Cataract and Refractive
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China, children, conventional refraction, conventional spectacles, myopia, eady-made spectacles, rural refractionist, self-refraction, visual function
Uncorrected refractive error was the leading cause of vision impairment in the world in 2010. Although refractive error may be safely and effectively corrected with spectacles, lack of well-trained refractionists in settings of limited resources may be a major barrier....
Amblyopia treatment review
1 December 2014
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This review paper summarises the main causes and neural mechanisms that characterise amblyopia. The authors analysed neuroanatomical, neurophysiological and electrophysiological studies in the literature to better understand actual treatment regimens and evaluate new therapeutic possibilities. They considered causes of strabismus,...
Development of testing protocols for high and low contrast visual acuity
1 April 2018
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, LCD tablet, high-contrast visual acuity, low-contrast visual acuity, pinhole
Dysfunction of the afferent visual system, characterised by impairments in high-contrast visual acuity (HCVA) and low-contrast visual acuity (LCVA) have been demonstrated in some neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease. HCVA and LCVA are also potential quantitative...
Amblyopia treatment
1 August 2019
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study was conducted to assess practice preferences in the management of amblyopia among paediatric ophthalmologists. A close-ended multiple choice questionnaire consisting of 10 questions was circulated to 113 paediatric ophthalmologists and fellows of which 74 completed the questionnaire. Seventy-six...