THE following series of 100 consecutive cases operated on for convergent concomitant squint is recorded to; show the degree of success which can be obtained by operation combined with orthoptic treatment. The patients were children from 6 to 14 years old, referred from the Salford Education. Committee Clinic and operated on at the Salford Municipal Hospital. It is estimated that in the orthopti...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between age at presentation of amblyopia and social deprivation before and after the introduction of changes to a vision screening service. DESIGN Two cohorts of children treated for amblyopia in 1983 and 1992. SETTING THe orthoptic department of Leicester Royal Infirmary. PARTICIPANTS The 209 patients treated for amblyopia who first attende...

PURPOSE To report orthoptic changes after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). METHODS This interventional case series included 297 eyes of 150 patients scheduled for PRK. Complete ophthalmologic evaluations focusing on orthoptic examinations were performed before and 3 months after PRK. RESULTS Before PRK, 2 (1.3%) patients had esotropia which remained unchanged; 3 (2%) patients had far exot...

Convergence Insufficiency (CI) affects around one in six schoolchildren. CI refers to one's ability focus inward and comfortably for an extended amount of time. exercises, a type vision treatment, can be used address insufficient convergence. In many cases, this entails working with specialist practice paying attention objects at varying distances. PubMed search parameters were narrow down the ...