Anesthesia
Fig. 2.1 Retrobulbar anesthesia used in glaucoma surgery Retrobulbar Anesthesia in Glaucoma Surgery Generally-speaking, a blunt 25G needle is used (Atkinson retrobulbar needle Eagle Labs, Rancho Cucamonga, California). The technique…
Fig. 2.1 Retrobulbar anesthesia used in glaucoma surgery Retrobulbar Anesthesia in Glaucoma Surgery Generally-speaking, a blunt 25G needle is used (Atkinson retrobulbar needle Eagle Labs, Rancho Cucamonga, California). The technique…
Fig. 4.1 Epithelial keratopathy in atopic keratoconjunctivitis Complications can be severe and vision-threatening including corneal epithelial defects, keratitis, corneal scarring, and keratoconus. Atopic cataracts that are typically anterior and shield-like, but…
Fig. 8.1 Postoperative photograph of a child following suture removal. Fine neovascularization is visible along the superior suture tracks, showing the importance of early suture removal in children Once sutures are…
Fig. 5.1 Boston type I keratoprosthesis (KPro) in a teenager with a history of Stevens–Johnson syndrome. The device previously consisted of three components: a front plate with an optical stem, a…
Fig. 9.1 PROSE device being filled with sterile saline prior to application. Information on PROSE network sites can be found at www.bostonsight.org Case Study—Therapeutic Lens Options in Pediatric Ocular Surface Disease…
Fig. 2.1 A 1-week-old boy presented with a cloudy left cornea (a), noted at birth. On exam, the left cornea was opacified, the intraocular pressure was 9 in the right eye…
Age Treatment dose thrice daily Prophylactic dose twice daily Infants (up to 18 months) 100 mg (2.5 ml) 100 mg (2.5 ml) Toddlers (18 months–3 years) 200 mg (5 ml) 200 mg (5 ml) Young children (3–5 years) 300 mg (7.5 ml) 300 mg (7.5 ml) Older children…
Fig. 10.1 Teller acuity card. Reproduced from Quinn et al. (2002) © Springer Science+Business Media, New York 2002 Fixation preference, introduced by Dr. Kenneth Wright in the 1990s, is performed by…
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Kathryn Colby (ed.)Corneal Diseases in ChildrenEssentials in Ophthalmology10.1007/978-3-319-55298-9_7 7. Corneal Diseases in Children: Keratoconus Elena Albé1 (1) Department of Eye Clinic, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, MI, Italy…
Unilateral red eye Bilateral red eye 1. Corneal abrasion or foreign body (Gerstenblith and Rabinowitz 2012; Pavan-Langston 2008) (May have a history of trauma, abrasion may be visible as disruption…