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Profile of paediatric cranial nerve palsies
5 August 2022
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The purpose of this study was to retrospectively assess the aetiology of paediatric ocular cranial nerve palsies (CNP) using neuro-ophthalmic data from three hospitals. The study included 1263 patients aged <18 years suspected of having strabismus, from January 1999 to...
Literature review of isolated ocular motor nerve palsies
1 June 2015
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Abducens, cranial nerve, microvascular ischaemia, oculomoto, trochlear
Patients aged over 50 presenting with isolated nerve palsies of the third (pupil sparring), fourth or sixth nerves, are often described as having microvascular extraocular palsies. This review looks critically at the evidence surrounding these microvascular non-arteritic extraocular palsies and...
What are the features of facial nerve palsies in children?
3 April 2024
| Lauren R Hepworth
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The aim if this study was to report ophthalmic related findings and complications in children with facial palsy. Medical records from a tertiary centre were retrospectively searched for children 16 years and under with a diagnosis of facial palsy, over...
How common are ocular motor cranial nerve palsies following TBI?
4 December 2023
| Lauren R Hepworth
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
This retrospective cohort study aimed to report the incidence of ocular cranial nerve palsy as a result of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Patients were identified using an insurance database using codes from the International Classification of Disease 9th and 10th...
Care pathway to imaging delays for acute oculomotor nerve palsies
1 June 2022
| Lauren R Hepworth
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
A retrospective chart review is presented with the aim of evaluating arterial imaging in cases of third nerve palsy. The study reviewed patients seen with a suspicion of or a final diagnosis of third nerve palsy over a seven-year eight-month...
Prognosis prediction using clinical findings for fourth nerve palsies
3 February 2023
| Lauren R Hepworth
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
The authors present a retrospective review of a cohort of patients diagnosed with fourth cranial nerve palsy with more than six months follow-up, over a 10-year period at a single centre. Thirty-five patients were included in the study, and spilt...
Features of childhood cases of sixth nerve palsy
5 June 2023
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
Based on limited information available for cranial nerve palsies in children, the authors aimed to collect data on new onset paediatric sixth nerve palsies in a UK population. This was a retrospective study over 10 years for children aged <18...
Aberrant regeneration rates following traumatic oculomotor palsy
1 October 2018
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Aberrant regeneration, oculomotor nerve, steroids, synkinesis, trauma
Traumatic oculomotor nerve palsies can result in aberrant regeneration / synkinesis which impairs normal facial function. In this paper, the authors retrospectively reviewed the records of 16 patients with traumatic oculomotor nerve palsies who were treated with or without steroids....
Surgical outcomes in third nerve palsy
1 June 2015
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Adjustable suture, cranial nerve palsy, diplopia, strabismus, third nerve palsy
The authors of this article explore the factors associated with successful surgical outcomes in third nerve palsy, which is known to be difficult to treat. A number of case notes were reviewed for patients who underwent surgery or botulinum toxin...
Isolated trochlear (fourth cranial) nerve palsy in an Asian population
1 August 2018
| Lakana Kumar Thavaratnam, James F (Barry) Cullen
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
The authors report on 35 consecutive new cases of isolated fourth cranial nerve palsy seen over a period of six months in one neuro-ophthalmology clinic in Southeast Asia, with emphasis on their aetiology and management. We report on 35 patients...
Lateral rectus transposition for vertical rectus muscle palsy
3 April 2023
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study reports the surgical outcomes of patients with vertical rectus palsy in whom the vertical duction deficit is worse in abduction than in adduction. The procedure involved lateral rectus belly transposition without muscle splitting or disinsertion. The lateral rectus...
How a paediatric population presented with diplopia
1 October 2021
| Lauren R Hepworth
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors present the results of a retrospective records review of 244 children presenting with diplopia over a three-year period. The majority of cases presented to paediatric ophthalmology clinic; other routes of presentation included eye casualty, neuro-ophthalmology or another eye...