Nystagmus in the Child with Congenital Cataract

Nov 21, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Nystagmus in the Child with Congenital Cataract

Fig. 20.1 Waveforms seen on eye movement recordings in children FMNS is common in childhood cataract especially where there are significant interocular differences in visual acuity (such as typically seen…

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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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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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