BACKGROUND Strabismus and amblyopia are known to cause visual dysfunction, self-image disorders, difficulty in seeking employment and social and emotional barriers. These factors can have a serious and detrimental effect upon the patients' health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Presently, a condition-specific questionnaire is not available for assessing the HRQOL in Chinese patients. This stud...

From an analysis of the cases in the Strabismus Clinic in the New Haven Dispensary some facts are presented concerning: 1) the different types of squint; 2) amblyopia; 3) the incidence of surgical advisability; and 4) hypertropias. Muscle cases in the New Haven Dispensary were segregated into a special strabismus clinic, carried on in connection with the regular clinic, during 1933-34. The stra...

Objective: To translate and validate the Adult Strabismus Quality of Life Questionnaire into Brazilian Portuguese. Methods: A cross-sectional study for linguistic cross-cultural validation in order to assess quality life patients with strabismus. We have followed previous published guidelines on translation process ensure equivalence between original translated versions. The final version was a...

PURPOSE To highlight recent advances in amblyopia and strabismus. DESIGN Literature review. METHODS A literature search of articles published in the English language was performed in PubMed or MEDLINE between May 2012 and April 2013 using the terms amblyopia or strabismus. Articles deemed relevant were selected. RESULTS The review highlights articles that increase our understanding of str...

The management of strabismus in Cameroon is not well developed and the average age of first consultation is beyond the age amblyopia reversal. It is with the aim of improving strabismus management that we undertook this prospective and descriptive study which spanned 11 months. The objective was to describe amblyopia in patients with comitant strabismus at their first visit. Data collected incl...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to use amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) to investigate local features of spontaneous brain activity in patients with congenital comitant strabismus and clarify their relationship with emotional and psychosocial problems. METHODS A total of 20 patients with congenital comitant strabismus (ten males and ten females), and 20 healthy controls (ten ...

X lasticity in the visual cortex underlies amblyopia, which may result from strabismus, anisometropia, astigmatism, form deprivation from cataract, or other optical defects in the eyes. This is sensory-dependent or experience-dependent plasticity, in which optical or motor changes lead to an abnormal pattern of signals that reach the visual cortex. The abnormal pattern of signals in turn leads ...

The references are listed out of order. Please see the complete, correct References list here. 1. Chia A, Lin XY, Dirani M, Gazzard G, Ramamurthy D, Quah BL, et al. Risk factors for strabismus and amblyopia in young singapore chinese children. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 2013; 20(3): 138–147. 2. Fu J, Li SM, Liu LR, Li JL, Li SY, Zhu BD, et al. Prevalence of amblyopia and strabismus in a populatio...

Strabismus is a visual disorder in which the eyes are misaligned and point in different directions. This misalignment may be constant or intermittent. The aim of this study was to assess pediatric strabismus outcomes andcomplications in a tertiary hospital. The study was conducted at University Hospital Center “Mother Theresa” in Tirana, Albania over the period 2012 -2014.This study includes 82...

purpose: to evaluate demographic and ocular features, etiologies and outcomes of surgery in patients with sensory strabismus as well as to detect factors influencing the type of deviation and outcomes. methods: one hundred and seventy-seven patients with strabismus related to low vision included in this interventional case series. data related to demographic features, visual acuity, refraction,...