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J Curr Ophthalmol 2018 Dec 27;30(4):343-347. Epub 2018 Apr 27.

Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate two psychophysical contrast sensitivity testing methods in amblyopic patients.

Methods: Thirty-three adults with anisometropic amblyopia participated in this study. Psychophysical contrast sensitivity was measured for both amblyopic and fellow eyes of the participants at 1, 3, and 5 cycles per degree (cpd) spatial frequencies by Freiburg visual acuity and contrast test (FrACT) and Metrovision contrast sensitivity test, which employ sine-wave gratings for measurement of contrast sensitivity. Read More

Int J Retina Vitreous 2018 30;4:45. Epub 2018 Nov 30.

Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California Irvine, 850 Health Sciences Road, Irvine, CA 92697 USA.

Background: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic disease caused by loss of expression of the paternally inherited copy of several genes on the long arm of chromosome 15. Ophthalmic manifestations of PWS include strabismus, amblyopia, nystagmus, hypopigmentation of the iris and choroid, diabetic retinopathy, cataract and congenital ectropion uvea. An overlap between PWS and oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) has long been recognized and attributed to deletion of OCA2 gene located in PWS critical region (PWCR). Read More

Eye (Lond) 2018 Dec 5. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

Department of Ophthalmology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel.

Purpose: To assess Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) without performing a peripheral iridotomy (PI) prior to or during surgery ("PI-less DMEK").

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study included consecutive patients that underwent PI-less DMEK by a single surgeon (E.L) between February 2016 and February 2017 at the Rabin Medical Center, a Tertiary Hospital. Read More

Can J Ophthalmol 2018 Dec 7;53(6):609-613. Epub 2018 Apr 7.

McGill Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, McGill University, Montreal, Que. Electronic address:

Objective: Both genetic and environmental factors are thought to play a role in the pathogenesis of strabismus and subsequent ocular dominance and amblyopia. Our purpose was to compare the characteristics of sensory visual function in 2 adult monozygotic (genetically identical) twins who presented with esotropia at different ages.

Methods: Monocular and binocular visual function was measured in the twins. Read More

Can J Ophthalmol 2018 Dec 7;53(6):560-567. Epub 2018 Apr 7.

Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kasr Alainy Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.. Electronic address:

Objective: We compare the predictability, safety, and efficacy of posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens (PCpIOL) versus small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) for correcting myopic anisometropia in amblyopic children.

Methods: A prospective randomized study enrolled 30 children, aged 4-12 years, with unilateral myopic anisometropic amblyopia whose refraction ranged between -5 and -10 diopters (D) and myopic astigmatic error -1 to -6 D. Patients were subdivided into group A for unilateral PCpIOL implantation and implantable collamer lens (Visian ICL/TICL) of V4C design and group B for SMILE procedure. Read More

Curr Opin Neurol 2019 Feb;32(1):75-81

Departments of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Purpose Of Review: To review the recent advances in understanding how primary brain tumors affect vision in children.

Recent Findings: Children with primary brain tumors may have vision loss due to involvement of their afferent visual pathways or from papilledema. These vision deficits may go unrecognized until later in life, years after treatment of the primary lesion. Read More

Semin Ophthalmol 2018 Dec 5:1-7. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

a Department of Ophthalmology , Inonu University School of Medicine , Malatya , Turkey.

Purpose: To describe the clinical features of patients with Duane retraction syndrome (DRS) and evaluate the outcomes of surgical approaches based on the characteristics of each patient.

Methods: The records of 38 Caucasian subjects with DRS were retrospectively reviewed. The patients were classified as type I, II, or III based on the Huber Classification. Read More

Case Rep Ophthalmol Med 2018 29;2018:2534042. Epub 2018 Oct 29.

Department of Ophthalmology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan.

Purpose: Iris mammillations are related to oculodermal melanosis and iris nevi. We report a rare case of bilateral simple iris mammillations without ocular melanosis or systemic neuronal disorders.

Case Report: A healthy 10-year-old Japanese girl was found incidentally to have bilateral iris mammillations while being treated for amblyopia. Read More

Singapore Med J 2018 Nov 29. Epub 2018 Nov 29.

Paediatric Ophthalmology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.

Introduction: Amblyopia treatment in the form of glasses and/or patching in children poses a great challenge to parents. This study aimed to assess the factors that influence visual outcome in amblyopia and children's perception towards treatment.

Methods: 180 children (aged 3. Read More

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2018 Nov;59(14):DES29-DES35

Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Dry eye (DE) causes irregularity of the ocular surface and reduces the quality of vision. An intact, regular tear film is essential for high-quality retinal images; however, visual tasks requiring sustained gazing can disrupt the tear film, eventually degrading visual function. A functional visual acuity (FVA) measurement system has been uniquely developed in Japan to evaluate visual function related to tear stability in patients with DE. Read More

Int J Pharm 2018 Nov 19;555:184-197. Epub 2018 Nov 19.

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, United States. Electronic address:

Blocking a selected wavelength range from the light spectrum can have multiple benefits. Ultra-violet (UV) radiation is detrimental to the retina, necessitating its blocking through sunglasses and contact lenses. The near-visible light also has enough energy to cause damage but, is typically not blocked by commercial lenses. Read More

BMC Ophthalmol 2018 Nov 21;18(1):302. Epub 2018 Nov 21.

Department of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386 Ta-Chung 1st RD, Kaohsiung, 81346, Taiwan.

Background: Amblyopia is a main concern in children undergoing frontalis sling surgery for repairing congenital ptosis. This study aimed to evaluate factors related to amblyopia in children undergoing frontalis sling surgery.

Methods: IRB-approved retrospective review of children under the age of 12 who received frontalis sling surgery. Read More

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2018 Nov;59(13):5462-5472

School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Purpose: Suppression in amblyopia may be an unequal form of normal interocular suppression or a distinct pathophysiology. To explore this issue, we examined the orientation tuning and contrast dependence of continuous flash suppression (CFS) in adults with amblyopia and visually normal controls.

Methods: Nine patients (mean age, 26. Read More

JAMA Ophthalmol 2018 Nov 15. Epub 2018 Nov 15.

School of Optometry and Vision Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Importance: Reading and eye-hand coordination deficits in children with amblyopia may impede their ability to demonstrate their knowledge and skills, compete in sports and physical activities, and interact with peers. Because perceived scholastic, social, and athletic competence are key determinants of self-esteem in school-aged children, these deficits may influence a child's self-perception.

Objective: To determine whether amblyopia is associated with lowered self-perception of competence, appearance, conduct, and global self-worth and whether the self-perception of children with amblyopia is associated with their performance of reading and eye-hand tasks. Read More

JAMA Ophthalmol 2018 Nov 15. Epub 2018 Nov 15.

Stein Eye Institute, Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles.

Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2018 Dec 30;12:97-100. Epub 2018 Oct 30.

Department of Ophthalmology, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.

Purpose: We report a case of cataract surgery in a patient with a detectable angle gamma due to macular heterotopia.

Observation: A 48-year-old man had angle gamma due to macular heterotopia secondary to retinopathy of prematurity. The preoperative corrected distance visual acuity was 20/32 in the right eye and 20/200 in the left eye. Read More

Int J Ophthalmol 2018 18;11(11):1870-1874. Epub 2018 Nov 18.

State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, Guangdong Province, China.

This study aims to evaluate the clinical results of posterior chamber implantable collamer lens (ICL) implantation in adults with high myopic anisometropic amblyopia. Thirteen patients aged 27.04±7. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Nov;97(46):e13084

Department of Ophthalmology.

Rationale: Limbal dermoids are choristomas known as congenital benign tumors found in abnormal locations. Despite the benign nature, enlarging limbal dermoids may cause visual abnormalities by cornea infiltration with fat component, visual axis invasion, gradually induced corneal astigmatism, and finally result in anisometropic amblyopia. Here we report a rare case of progressive, large pediatric corneal limbal dermoid in a newborn, managed with tissue glue-assisted monolayer amniotic membrane transplantation. Read More

Ophthalmic Genet 2018 Dec 14;39(6):725-727. Epub 2018 Nov 14.

a Department of Ophthalmology , Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke , Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada.

Background: Leigh syndrome, French Canadian type is a rare neurodegenerative disease. To our knowledge, there have been no studies based on ocular findings published for this disease. The purpose of this study is to describe ophthalmic findings in these patients. Read More

Jpn J Ophthalmol 2018 Nov 12. Epub 2018 Nov 12.

Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of lamellar keratoplasty using preserved donor corneas to treat limbal dermoids.

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Methods: The clinical records of 19 patients with limbal dermoids, who underwent lamellar keratoplasty using preserved corneas that were observed for more than 6 months at the Keio University School of Medicine between January, 2000 and December, 2017, were retrospectively reviewed. Read More

Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2018 Nov 5. Epub 2018 Nov 5.

Department of Ophthalmology, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany.

Purpose: Since neurophysiological and clinical trials have shown evidence for plasticity in the adult visual system, the upper age limit for amblyopia treatment is not rigid. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of occlusion therapy and refractive adaptation in untreated amblyopic patients 12 to 40 years of age.

Methods: In a prospective study, all patients had full orthoptic and ophthalmic assessment including cycloplegic retinoscopy. Read More

Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi 2018 Nov;56(11):846-849

Department of Neurology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100045, China.

To investigate the clinical features, laboratory characteristics and genetic diagnosis of Kabuki syndrome (KS). Between September 2014 and September 2016, seven children with clinically diagnosed KS from the neurology department, Beijing Children Hospital, Capital Medical University were included in this study. Three of them were male and 4 were female aged from 19 days to 6 years and 4 months with a median age of 3 years and 1 month. Read More

Acta Ophthalmol 2018 Nov 2. Epub 2018 Nov 2.

Department of Ophthalmology, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark.

Purpose: Anterior polar cataract is an opacity in the anterior capsule of the lens. Anterior polar cataract has historically been considered as a relatively benign condition. The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of anterior polar cataract, to identify the risk factors for amblyopia and to estimate the risk of developing amblyopia in children with anterior polar cataract. Read More

Vision Res 2018 Nov 10;154:14-20. Epub 2018 Nov 10.

School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Amblyopia is associated with impaired visual acuity (VA) and reduced fixation stability (FS). To assess whether impaired VA may cause reduced FS, the effects of retinal-defocus-induced visual acuity reductions on FS were measured in observers with amblyopia and controls. Fixational eye movements were measured in 8 patients with amblyopia and 12 controls. Read More

J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 2018 Nov 2;55:e39-e41. Epub 2018 Nov 2.

A case of a 4 year-old boy with persistent fetal vasculature, lenticular coloboma, and a benign, multiloculated ciliary body mass is reviewed. The presence of ciliary body cysts in association with persistent fetal vasculature is sparsely reported. Its presence in a child can cause a diagnostic dilemma and lead to amblyopia. Read More

J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 2018 Oct 26:1-7. Epub 2018 Oct 26.

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of reduced visual acuity and ocular disease in the children of migrant farmworkers in Georgia.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of data acquired by a vision screening was performed on 156 Haitian and Hispanic children of migrant farmworkers attending a summer school in Georgia. Reduced visual acuity at presentation was analyzed and stratified by ethnicity, type of ocular disease, and immediate resolution with refractive correction. Read More

J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 2018 Oct 26:1-5. Epub 2018 Oct 26.

Purpose: To quantify the foveal avascular zone and the whole, parafoveal, and foveal vessel density of superficial and deep capillary plexus in amblyopic eyes and age-matched controls and to compare the measurements.

Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 49 eyes from 17 patients with amblyopia and 21 healthy children (aged 6 to 16 years). Optical coherence tomography angiography was performed for all participants and superficial capillary plexus, deep capillary plexus, and foveal avascular zone were evaluated. Read More

Int J Ophthalmol 2018 18;11(10):1698-1703. Epub 2018 Oct 18.

Tianjin Medical University Eye Hospital, Tianjin Medical University Eye Institute & Tianjin Medical University School of Optometry and Ophthalmology, Tianjin 300384, China.

Aim: To determine the prevalence of vision impairment (VI) and refractive error in first year university students at the Tianjin Medical University.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional observational cohort study of VI and refractive error among first year university students at the Tianjin Medical University. The first year university students were involved in this study and were given a detailed questionnaire including age, birth date, and spectacle wearing history. Read More

Int J Ophthalmol 2018 18;11(10):1663-1667. Epub 2018 Oct 18.

Department of Ophthalmology, Kayseri Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri 38010, Turkey.

Aim: To determine lamina cribrosa thickness (LCT) in the optic nerve head region of the eyes in children with hyperopic anisometropic amblyopia and to compare this thickness with that of fellow eyes, hyperopic non-amblyopia, and age-matched controls.

Methods: Thirty-two patients (12.0±1. Read More

J Fr Ophtalmol 2018 Nov 22;41(9):868-878. Epub 2018 Oct 22.

Unité de strabologie-polyclinique de l'Atlantique, avenue Claude-Bernard, BP 40419, 44819 Nantes-Saint-Herblain cedex, France. Electronic address:

Apart from the latent nystagmus, which arises as a consequence of failure to develop binocular vision, every case of childhood nystagmus needs an etiological assessment. Knowledge of the pathogenesis of the various types of nystagmus guides this assessment, particularly considering the morphological characteristics of the nystagmus. The clinical ophthalmologic examination is complemented by OCT and electrophysiologic testing (ERG, VEP). Read More

Ophthalmology 2018 Oct 20. Epub 2018 Oct 20.

Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.

Purpose: To compare visual acuity (VA) improvement in children aged 7 to 12 years with amblyopia treated with a binocular iPad game plus continued spectacle correction versus continued spectacle correction alone.

Design: Multi-center randomized clinical trial PARTICIPANTS: One hundred thirty-eight participants aged 7 to 12 years with amblyopia (33 to 72 letters, i.e. Read More

Exp Ther Med 2018 Nov 4;16(5):4303-4307. Epub 2018 Sep 4.

Department of Ophthalmology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.

The present study aimed to explore temporal frequency discrimination in amblyopia, and the influence of attentional load on amblyopic temporal cognition. Twenty anisometropic amblyopes, 20 strabismic amblyopes and 20 normal subjects were recruited. A flickering disk was used for visual stimuli. Read More

Medicina (Kaunas) 2018 Mar 20;54(1). Epub 2018 Mar 20.

Clinic of Paediatric Surgery, Emergency Children's Hospital Louis Turcanu, 300011 Timisoara, Romania.

Amblyopia is the leading cause of visual impairment in children and adults and is very common during childhood. The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence and the risk factors of amblyopia in a pediatric population with refractive errors from an Eastern European country. A total of 1231 children aged 5⁻16 years, who had refractive errors and were examined from January to August 2017, were enrolled in a cross-sectional population-based study. Read More

PLoS One 2018 18;13(10):e0205857. Epub 2018 Oct 18.

Archie's Cochlear Implant Laboratory, Cochlear Implant Program and Communication Disorders, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.

Background: Vision plays an important role in controlling posture and balance in children. Reduced postural control has been reported in children with strabismus, but little has been reported specifically in amblyopia.

Objective: To investigate whether children with amblyopia have reduced balance compared to both children with strabismus without amblyopia and healthy controls. Read More

J Binocul Vis Ocul Motil 2018 Oct-Dec;68(4):137-139. Epub 2018 Oct 17.

a Albany Medical College , Albany , New York.

Purpose: Spasmus nutans is an acquired form of nystagmus that is classically associated with torticollis and titubations of the head, often presenting in the first year of life and spontaneously resolving within the next 2 years. The purpose of our study was to record and characterize the long-term prognosis of children diagnosed with spasmus nutans.

Methods: All patients under the age of 21 years with a diagnosis of spasmus nutans were included. Read More

Jpn J Ophthalmol 2018 Nov 17;62(6):693-698. Epub 2018 Oct 17.

Department of Ophthalmology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Irwon-Ro 81, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Purpose: We investigated the clinical and demographic factors associated with horizontal muscle reoperation due to recurrent esotropia or consecutive exotropia in infantile esotropia.

Methods: One hundred forty-two patients with infantile esotropia who received at least 3 years of follow-up after their first surgery between January 2004 and December 2012 were included in this study. The patients were divided into 2 groups according to the reoperation, and the reoperation group was further subdivided into 2 groups [recurrent esotropia (RET) and consecutive exotropia (CXT)]. Read More

Ophthalmol Ther 2018 Dec 16;7(2):323-332. Epub 2018 Oct 16.

Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.

Introduction: Amblyopia therapy appears to be most effective in children under the age of 7 years, but results from randomized control trials (RCTs) have shown that occlusion therapy and/or atropine penalization therapy may improve visual acuity in an older age group. Which of these two therapies is the most effective with fewer adverse effects in an older age group has not yet been agreed upon.

Methods: We systematically searched the literature for RCTs that compared atropine penalization therapy and occlusion therapy in terms of their visual acuity outcomes and adverse events and performed a meta-analysis on the visual acuity data obtained. Read More

Ophthalmic Res 2018 16;60(4):231-237. Epub 2018 Oct 16.

Department of Ophthalmology, Kindai University Sakai Hospital, Sakai, Japan.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the utility of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in the quantification of eccentric fixation in amblyopic patients.

Material And Methods: In this study, 14 amblyopic patients and 10 healthy volunteers were enrolled. Under non-mydriatic conditions, fixation tests were performed directly using a fixation ophthalmoscope and indirectly using spectral-domain OCT. Read More

Strabismus 2018 Oct 16:1-5. Epub 2018 Oct 16.

a Department of Ophthalmology , Medical University - Sofia , Sofia , Bulgaria.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to establish the prevalence of amblyopia in children, aged 4 to 10 years, in Bulgaria, who underwent a complete eye examination.

Methods: The study was designed as cross-sectional epidemiological study, and the results were calculated in percentages. A complete ophthalmological examination was performed on 1,675 children, aged 4 to 10 years (mean age 7. Read More

Orbit 2018 Oct 16:1-5. Epub 2018 Oct 16.

a Ophthalmology Department , Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS , Rome , Italy.

Purpose: To evaluate the surgical outcome of a frontalis sling using deep temporal fascia in the treatment of severe congenital ptosis (SCP).

Methods: A retrospective, interventional case series was performed. The study involved 25 patients with SCP (>4 mm). Read More

Strabismus 2018 Oct 16:1-7. Epub 2018 Oct 16.

a Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology , Wills Eye Hospital , Philadelphia , PA , USA.

Treatment compliance is the most important factor for predicting a successful outcome in amblyopia treatment. Electronic applications have been successfully employed in other medical conditions in an effort to improve compliance.

Aim: To determine whether a smartphone medical adherence application (app) (RxmindMe® Prescription/Medicine Reminder and Pill Tracker) may be successfully incorporated into the treatment plan of patients 3-7 years of age who have not previously been treated for amblyopia. Read More

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2018 Oct;59(12):4775-4782

Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Eye & ENT Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Purpose: To develop a novel dichoptic optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) paradigm and investigate its effectiveness in objectively quantifying the interocular suppression in subjects with monocular amblyopia.

Methods: Centripetal moving gratings with different contrast ratios and constant velocity were dichoptically presented to eight monocular anisometropic amblyopes and eight normal subjects. We analyzed the OKN records with an eye tracker (EyeLink; SR-Research, Ontario, Canada) to obtain the relationship between ocular-dominance of OKN and the interocular contrast ratio by fitting power curves, and examined the correlation between the effective contrast ratio for a balanced OKN and the visual acuity of the amblyopic eye in amblyopes. Read More

J Cataract Refract Surg 2018 Dec 5;44(12):1446-1453. Epub 2018 Oct 5.

From the Children Eye Care Center (P. Sen), Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (Shah, Jain, Mohan), and the Department of Retina and Uvea (A. Sen), Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya, Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Purpose: To compare the visual and refractive outcomes and complications of primary and secondary intraocular lens (IOL) implantation after open-globe injury in pediatric patients.

Setting: Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Design: Retrospective case series. Read More

Vision Res 2018 12 22;153:60-69. Epub 2018 Oct 22.

UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, Bath St, London EC1V 9EL, UK; School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand; New Zealand National Eye Centre, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. Electronic address:

Clinicians rely heavily on stereoacuity to measure binocular visual function, but stereo-vision represents only one aspect of binocularity. Lab-based tests of sensory eye dominance (SED) are commonplace, but have not been translated to wider clinical practice. Here we compare several methods of quantifying SED in a format suitable for clinical use. Read More

Brain Res 2018 Oct 1. Epub 2018 Oct 1.

Universidad de Almería, Departamento de Psicología. Ctra. Sacramento S/N, 04120, La Cañada de San Urbano, Almería, Spain; Centro de Evaluación y Rehabilitación Neuropsicológica (CERNEP), Ctra. Sacramento S/N, 04120, La Cañada de San Urbano, Almería, Spain.

In this work visual functional improvement of amblyopic Long Evans rats treated with tDCS has been assessed using the "slow angled-descent forepaw grasping" (SLAG) test. This test is based on an innate response that does not requires any memory-learning component and has been used before for measuring visual function in rodents. The results obtained show that this procedure is useful to assess monocular but not binocular deficits, as controls and amblyopic animals showed significant differences during monocular but not during binocular assessment. Read More

Strabismus 2018 Dec 4;26(4):210. Epub 2018 Oct 4.

a School of Optometry , University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham , AL.

Eur J Ophthalmol 2018 Oct 4:1120672118803514. Epub 2018 Oct 4.

1 Ophthalmology Department, Ulucanlar Eye Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to perform a comparison of static and dynamic pupillometry measurements in patients with hyperopic anisometropic amblyopia and age-matched controls.

Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study consisted of 38 patients with hyperopic anisometropic amblyopia and 80 control subjects. A quantitative pupillometry system was used to evaluate the pupil characteristics of higher hyperopic eyes (Group 1), the fellow eyes (Group 2), and healthy eyes (Group 3). Read More

Acta Ophthalmol 2018 Oct 3. Epub 2018 Oct 3.

Ophthalmology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Purpose: In the Netherlands, youth health care physicians and nurses screen all children for general health disorders at Child Health Care Centers. As part of this, the eyes are screened seven times, with the first visual acuity (VA) measurement at 36 months with the Amsterdam Picture Chart (APK). The suitability of the APK has been questioned. Read More