Parastou Pakravan, Araliya N Gunawardene, James Lai, Jayanth Sridhar, Kara M Cavuoto
{"title":"What Are Patients Asking Online About Strabismus? An Analysis of the Strabismus Subreddit.","authors":"Parastou Pakravan, Araliya N Gunawardene, James Lai, Jayanth Sridhar, Kara M Cavuoto","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Reddit is particularly popular due to its anonymity and discussion forum-type format. As an increasing number of patients seek medical advice on social media online, understanding patients' activity regarding strabismus on Reddit will help assess their concerns and guide patient education.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study of Reddit posts (www.reddit.com/r/strabismus/) was conducted from July 2021 to July 2022. Posts were sorted by date, type, content, emotional tone, and users' sex and age (when available).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 709 posts were analyzed. Of the 164 (23%) posts in which users identified sex, 85 (52%) were female. The average age of patients to whom the post regarded was 23.7 ± 11.4 years (range 1-60 years). The most common content was surgical treatment (453, 63.9%), non-surgical treatment (263, 37%), seeking a diagnosis of their condition (190, 26.8%), and sharing personal journeys (136, 19.2%). Of the 289 (41%) posts that conveyed a clear emotional tone, the most common were anxiety (48, 18.3%), happiness (31, 11.8%), insecurity (24, 9.2%), frustration (22, 8.4%), and excitement (22, 8.4%). \"Anxiety\" posts had a significantly greater association with pre-surgery concerns whereas \"happy\" posts had a significantly greater association with post-operative updates (<i>p</i> = .003).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Patients with strabismus who post on Reddit tend to be young adults interested in surgical treatment options. Although the pre-operative tone was anxiety, post-operative posts tended to be happy.</p>","PeriodicalId":37288,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Binocular Vision and Ocular Motility","volume":"73 4","pages":"160-164"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71487002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Role of Intraocular Lens Implantation in Children","authors":"Erick D Bothun","doi":"10.1080/2576117X.2023.2221908","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2576117X.2023.2221908","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Purpose To summarize recent literature and provide an update on the role of intraocular lens implantation in children. Design AOC/AACO/AAO 2022 Symposium Summary Intervention None Results Literature review surrounding the use of intraocular lenses in children. Attention was given to multicenter study efforts including the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study, the Toddler Aphakia and Pseudophakia Study, and the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group Cataract Registry. Conclusions Intraocular lenses are a valuable tool in the care of children with lens abnormalities. Recent studies and advancements in fixation techniques have complimented our care and highlighted age and ocular dependent risks. Thorough initial clinical assessment and long-term postoperative management are critical in maximizing outcomes.","PeriodicalId":37288,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Binocular Vision and Ocular Motility","volume":"13 1","pages":"93 - 96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139324752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Short Loop Modification of the Semiadjustable Suture Strabismus Procedure for Optional Adjustment","authors":"K. Chatzistefanou, D. Papaconstantinou","doi":"10.1080/2576117X.2023.2241306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2576117X.2023.2241306","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Purpose To present a modification of the semiadjustable suture technique allowing for optional adjustment. Methods Short suture loops buried under closed conjunctiva were used instead of the exposed long muscle and sliding noose sutures involved in the standard semiadjustable suture procedure; an additional temporary tracing suture facilitated the retrieval of the buried muscle suture loop during adjustment. Results Fifty-three consecutive patients (57 rectus extraocular muscles) underwent recession with the modified semiadjustable short loop technique. The mean age was 44.5 years (range: 16–81) and mean follow-up time 8.8 months (range 1.5–28 months). Postoperative adjustment was carried out in 21 patients (39.6%). In the remaining 32 patients, cutting and removing the exposed tracing suture and the nonabsorbable traction suture was the only necessary postoperative maneuver. Five cases of persistent conjunctival hyperemia, two cases of conjunctival dehiscence and two cases with a clinically significant delle were noted; all responded to topical treatment. There were no cases of suspected muscle slippage. Conclusions The short loop modification of the semiadjustable suture procedure allowed for postoperative adjustment while offering the benefit of minimal manipulation for the majority of cases in which adjustment was unnecessary. No major complications in conjunctival incision or extraocular muscle healing were encountered.","PeriodicalId":37288,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Binocular Vision and Ocular Motility","volume":"32 2 1","pages":"115 - 120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139349088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Prevalence of Astigmatism and Spectacle Wear in Polish Schoolchildren","authors":"P. Kanclerz, Natasza Bazylczyk, C. Lança","doi":"10.1080/2576117X.2023.2237839","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2576117X.2023.2237839","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Introduction Unilateral or asymmetric astigmatism is considered a principal refractive error leading to amblyopia and regular eye examinations should be carried out during childhood to prevent visual impairment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of astigmatism and spectacle wear among Polish schoolchildren. Methods A cross sectional study was carried out in children aged 6 to 14 years old from 50 schools in Poland. The presence of astigmatism was assessed by non-cycloplegic autorefraction, and defined as a cylinder equal or greater than 0.75 D. Children were classified as living in urban or rural areas according to the school location. Spectacle wear was defined as having spectacles at school. Results The study included 1041 children and 52.3% were girls (n = 544). The mean age was 8.62 ± 2.04 years. The prevalence of astigmatism was 7.3% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 5.8–9.1%). Only 21.7% of children with astigmatism wore spectacles at school. Astigmatism was diagnosed in 8.2% of boys (95% CI: 6.0–11.0%) and 6.4% of girls (95% CI: 4.5–8.8%; p = .13); cylindrical anisometropia was present in 19/76 (25.0%) of children with astigmatism (95% CI: 15.8%–36.3%). Against-the-rule astigmatism was the most common; it was observed in 48.7% of children with astigmatism, followed by with-the-rule astigmatism (44.7%) and oblique astigmatism (6.6%). The prevalence of astigmatism was not linearly correlated with age (r = 0.24; p = .53). Gender, age and place of living were not significantly associated with the presence of astigmatism. Conclusions This study reports a low prevalence of astigmatism in Polish school children. However, the majority of children with astigmatism were uncorrected. Further longitudinal studies are warranted.","PeriodicalId":37288,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Binocular Vision and Ocular Motility","volume":"24 1","pages":"124 - 130"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139352954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia Caused by Dengue Fever","authors":"Tanvi Choudhary, Sheetal Malviya, H. Thakkar","doi":"10.1080/2576117X.2023.2229813","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2576117X.2023.2229813","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A 22-year-old male was referred from the medicine department with the chief complaint of double vision for 2 months. The patient had suffered from dengue viral hemorrhagic encephalitis for 2 months for which intensive medical care was given. On ocular examination, both eyes (OU) showed limited adduction with contralateral abducting nystagmus on attempted horizontal gaze. Magnetic resonance imaging of brain showed pontine and midbrain hemorrhages which involved the region of medial longitudinal fasciculus and caused bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO). Bilateral INO is very rare and most commonly caused by multiple sclerosis. The presentation of dengue fever causing midbrain and pontine hemorrhages which resulted in bilateral INOs has not been previously reported, to our knowledge.","PeriodicalId":37288,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Binocular Vision and Ocular Motility","volume":"47 1","pages":"121 - 123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139359680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"20/20: Where are Orthoptists Going?","authors":"Virginia Karlsson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The year 2020 has been greatly anticipated by the entire ophthalmic community. This year's Scobee lecture will be a photographic look at our past with the orthoptists and pediatric ophthalmologists we have learned from, taught, and worked with. A sobering snapshot of our present will reveal a world with extreme medical access inequality. This creates a need for an inexpensive screening device for amblyogenic anisometropia. A technique for such a fast and inexpensive screening device will be shown using first retinoscopy; and then compare the effectiveness of the direct Heine streak ophthalmoscope, a common ophthalmic instrument, will be shown to be effective in screening for ≥1 diopter of spherical anisometropia. The challenges of the present hint at an optimistic future for orthoptists, expanding their role as physician extenders to help ease the medical access inequalities in the world. Finally, I introduce the patron saint of the blind and those with vision impairment.</p>","PeriodicalId":37288,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Binocular Vision and Ocular Motility","volume":"73 3","pages":"61-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9846744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gaze-Evoked Vision Changes.","authors":"Isdin Oke, Steven D Ness, Crandall E Peeler","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We describe an atypical presentation of aberrant regeneration of the 3<sup>rd</sup> cranial nerve causing vision changes with ocular motility. Abnormal communication between axons destined for the medial rectus and those destined for muscles involved in the accommodative response resulted in simultaneous pupil constriction and myopic shift of approximately 2.5 diopters with adduction. While there have been several reports of this pupillary response (Czarnecki sign), no cases have documented the change in refraction from ciliary muscle involvement.</p>","PeriodicalId":37288,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Binocular Vision and Ocular Motility","volume":"73 3","pages":"75-76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10149068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modified Nishida Procedure Combined with Lateral Rectus Disabling for Duane Retraction Syndrome.","authors":"Karthikeyan Arcot Sadagopan, Ling Ding Lin, Burton J Kushner","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Duane retraction syndrome (DRS) is a complex congenital cranial dysinnervation disorder. The choice of surgical procedure in esotropic-DRS depends upon several factors that include: the amount of esotropia in the primary position, the presence and severity of palpebral fissure narrowing, globe retraction, presence of medial rectus muscle (MR) contracture, the likelihood of improving abduction, age of the patient, and the presence of binocularity and stereopsis. In the presence of MR contracture, MR recession is performed either alone (unilaterally or bilaterally) or in conjunction with Y splitting plus recession of the lateral rectus muscle (LR) for reducing globe retraction. MR recession, with or without adjustable sutures, may be simultaneously combined with partial thickness vertical rectus muscle transposition (VRT) or with superior rectus muscle transposition (SRT). We describe a novel combination of surgical procedures in the management of esotropic-DRS in two patients. In our first patient, following an initial MR recession combined with LR disinsertion and periosteal fixation (LRDAPF), a modified Nishida procedure was performed. In our second patient following a prior simultaneous MR recession and LR Y splitting with recession, we combined periosteal fixation of the LR with a modified Nishida procedure of the vertical rectus muscles.</p>","PeriodicalId":37288,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Binocular Vision and Ocular Motility","volume":"73 3","pages":"69-74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10167254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Comparison of Near Strabismus Measurements with Different Fixation Targets.","authors":"Liz Carson, Ian Clark, Robert LaRoche","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and purpose: </strong>It has been reported there is a difference in the size of esodeviations when using letters compared to pictures or lights as a fixation target. In many clinics, small picture stickers are used as a target for preliterate or uncooperative children. In this study, experimental stickers with detailed pictures were compared to the Lang fixation cube and a monochromatic circle to assess their suitability as near fixation targets for the measurement of near deviations.</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>Participants were 3-5 years of age and had an esodeviation. The near angle of deviation was measured using the three targets and compared to determine if treatment would be affected. Clinical significance is based on a difference of 5 prism diopters (PD) as this could potentially change the treatment plan.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results of the study show no clinically significant difference when comparing the three near targets. The experimental sticker induced the most accommodation, followed by the Lang fixation cube and then the red circle sticker.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although none of the mean differences between the target comparisons reached the clinically significant threshold set, it should be considered that over one third of participants had a clinically significant difference in the esodeviation measurement at 33 cm when using the detailed picture sticker when compared to the red circle sticker.</p>","PeriodicalId":37288,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Binocular Vision and Ocular Motility","volume":"73 3","pages":"77-82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9846740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strabismus Surgery: Do Millimeters Matter?","authors":"Massimiliano Serafino","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37288,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Binocular Vision and Ocular Motility","volume":"73 3","pages":"59-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9789231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}