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The results of the last survey Jun24
When I was in my training and even in my early years as a consultant, I did not fully understand the difference between different lenses. When asked my preference of hydrophilic versus hydrophobic intraocular lenses (IOLs) I really did not...
Distance esotropia due to excessive near work
1 October 2021
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Divergence insufficiency, diplopia, esotropia, excessive near work
The authors aimed to review cases with divergence insufficiency esotropia in 12 young adults associated with excessive near work. Patients were aged 28.17 ±4.06 years and had normal external, anterior / posterior segment examinations and no neurological signs. Ten had...
Cancer associated retinopathy
Abdul Muhyemin Tarin reviews the presentation, pathophysiology and management of this paraneoplastic syndrome. Case presentation A 60-year-old hypermetropic female patient presented with several months’ history of painless blurred vision. Visual acuity (VA) was 6/24 and 6/9-1 in right and left...
Fusional vergence measurement
5 June 2020
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Fusion, smooth vergence, step vergence, vergence
This paper reports a systematic review to address two objectives: 1, to compare the normative values of tests measuring fusional vergence; 2, to investigate sources of heterogeneity of prism accuracy. The review was conducted according to PRISMA guidelines with a...
Age versus heterophoria and fusional vergence measures
3 June 2021
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study aimed to establish the relationship between age, horizontal heterophoria, horizontal vergences, positive / negative fusional vergence and vergence facilities. The study recruited 112 subjects aged 39.8 ±14.97 years (range 18-65) of which 54.5% were female. There were 49...
Iranian prevalence of strabismus
4 August 2021
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Cross-sectional study, Iran, Phoria, Strabismus, Tropia
There is little prior evidence on prevalence of strabismus in Iran. Thus, this study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of strabismus types in Azad University students aged 18-25 years in South West Iran. A total of 752 of 826...
BT for retinal detachment strabismus (2020)
1 October 2021
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Diplopia, binocularity, botulinum toxin, fusion, retinal surgery
The authors report updated experience on factors influencing botulinum toxin (BT) outcomes for strabismus following retinal detachment surgery. This was a retrospective review of 32 patients with follow-up of 20 months (1-132). Mean age at BT injection was 44 years...
Detailed overview of diplopia causes and outcomes for a single tertiary care centre
1 December 2021
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Diplopia, double vision, nerve palsy, ophthalmology
The purpose of this study was to study the aetiology, progression and outcome in patients with binocular diplopia presenting to the ophthalmology department of a tertiary care centre in India. The study had a prospective observational design where all patients...
Testing fusional amplitude
1 August 2018
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Convergence, divergence, encouragement, fusional amplitudes, vergence
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of varied testing distance and order of testing on fusion amplitudes in subjects with normal eye examinations, along with impact of examination encouragement and subject level of alertness. Average age...
15 prism test for anisometropic amblyopia
1 June 2018
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Amblyopia, anisometropia, fixation preference, preverbal children, visual acuity
The authors aimed to investigate the accuracy of the 15^ base in prism test (BIPT) in detecting amblyopia in anisometropic patients. This was a retrospective study in which the 15^BI was placed before the right eye followed by the left...
Iranian prevalence of strabismus and heterophoria
1 June 2018
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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cross-sectional, phoria, rural areas, tropia
Previous studies in parts of Iran report a childhood prevalence of strabismus of 1.2 to 2.3%. The authors aimed to evaluate the prevalence of strabismus in underserved rural areas of Iran in all age groups. In 2015 they conducted a...
Iranian prevalence of convergence / accommodative disorders
1 June 2016
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Accommodation, binocular vision, convergence, facility, symptoms
The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of accommodative and convergence disorders in an optometric clinical population and ascertain tests with the highest sensitivity and specificity in detecting these anomalies. The authors gathered information on symptoms, near...
