OPHTHALMOLOGY

Strabismus in Children with Cataracts

Nov 21, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Strabismus in Children with Cataracts

Fig. 19.1 Life-table estimates of the cumulative percent of patients developing strabismus over time [15] 19.2 Cataract Morphology There are conflicting reports on the association between the etiology and morphology…

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Perioperative Care of the Child with Congenital Cataract-Intraoperative and Post-operative Medication

Nov 21, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Perioperative Care of the Child with Congenital Cataract-Intraoperative and Post-operative Medication

Intraoperative medication Intracameral heparin Intracameral antibiotic Subconjunctival corticosteroid (Orbital floor corticosteroid) Topical anaesthetic Postoperative medication Topical antibiotic for 2 weeks Topical corticosteroid, tapered over 4–6 weeks Topical cycloplegics 13.1.2 Intracameral…

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Epidemiology of Congenital Cataract

Nov 21, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Epidemiology of Congenital Cataract

Fig. 2.1 The objectives of epidemiology in understanding and managing disease processes determine the burden of congenital cataract and cataract related blindness/visual impairment study the natural history identify the underlying…

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Baseline Predictors of Visual Outcome

Nov 21, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Baseline Predictors of Visual Outcome

Baseline characteristic # Patients Summary statisticsa Characteristics of treated eye Type of cataract (mild/possibly developmental) 114 14 (12 %) Orthotropic (yes) 108 80 (74 %) Corneal diameter (mm) 114 10.5…

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Selecting an Intraocular Lens Power

Nov 21, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Selecting an Intraocular Lens Power

Study Age at surgery (mean) Number of eyes Mean follow-up Myopic shift, diopters (D) Comments Dahan and Drusedau (1997) [15] <18 months (9.36 ± 6.12 months) Subset of 156 eyes…

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Diagnosis of Cystoid Macular Edema: Imaging

Oct 18, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Diagnosis of Cystoid Macular Edema: Imaging

Fig. 1 Diffuse retinal thickening pattern of diabetic macular edema (DME) with increased retinal thickness and a “spongy” appearance of the retina. There is a reduction in the reflectivity of…

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Mechanisms of Macular Edema

Oct 18, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Mechanisms of Macular Edema

Fig. 1 Macular edema: fluid accumulation within and/or under the retina. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) section (a) and histology (b) of a healthy human retina. Note the different retinal…

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