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Which hyperopic patients are destined for trouble?
Numerous studies of animal models have clearly demonstrated that abnormal visual experience can lead to abnormal visual development. Although there are a number of logical parallels in clinical patien...
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T. Rowan Candy
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107-109
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Arguing with success: Pulley surgery versus conventional surgery for convergence excess esotropia
In the strabismus literature, introduction of an innovative new surgical procedure typically takes the form of a retrospective case series in which good results are taken as validation of the procedur...
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Steven M. Archer
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110-111
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| Major Articles |
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Accommodative lag and refractive error in infants and toddlers
19 March 2012
Purpose: To measure accommodative performance as a function of refractive error in very young children. Methods: This was a prospective study of accommodation lag in multiethnic typically developing c...
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Kristina Tarczy-Hornoch
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112-117
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Incidence of strabismus and amblyopia in preverbal children previously diagnosed with pseudoesotropia
Purpose: To determine how frequently children diagnosed with pseudoesotropia before 3 years of age are later found to have true strabismus or amblyopia. Methods: Records of all patients presenting to ...
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Ariel L. Silbert,
Noelle S. Matta,
David I. Silbert
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118-119
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Variability of angle of deviation measurements in children with intermittent exotropia
Background: A change in the angle of deviation is often used to monitor the change in severity of intermittent exotropia over time; nevertheless, thresholds for a clinically significant change in angl...
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Sarah R. Hatt,
David A. Leske,
Laura Liebermann,
Brian G. Mohney,
Jonathan M. Holmes
et al.
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120-124
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Medial rectus muscle pulley posterior fixation sutures in accommodative and partially accommodative esotropia with convergence excess
Background: The use of medial rectus pulley posterior fixation sutures to treat esotropia with convergence excess has limited support in the literature. We describe our results using this technique to...
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Logan Mitchell,
Lionel Kowal
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125-130
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Comparison of superior oblique suture spacers and superior oblique silicone band expanders
Purpose: To compare suture spacers with silicone band expanders in superior oblique-weakening surgery. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of consecutive patients who had superior oblique ...
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Ahmed Awadein,
Ghada Gawdat
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131-135
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Intraoperative monitoring of torsion to prevent vertical deviations during augmented vertical rectus transposition surgery
Background: Total transposition of the superior and inferior rectus muscle laterally, with augmentation sutures, may be complicated by induction of an undesirable vertical deviation. Induced vertical ...
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Jonathan M. Holmes,
Sarah R. Hatt,
David A. Leske
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136-140
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Torsional augmentation for the treatment of lateropulsion and torticollis in partial ocular tilt reaction
Purpose: We describe a new surgical treatment for lateropulsion and torticollis arising from an ocular tilt reaction. Methods: Visual sensory parameters and postural abnormalities were retrospectively...
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Michael C. Brodsky,
Jonathan M. Holmes
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141-144
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Unilateral rectus muscle recession in the treatment of Duane syndrome
Purpose: To determine the outcome of unilateral single horizontal rectus recession surgery in patients with Duane retraction syndrome. Methods: A retrospective review was conducted of 27 medical recor...
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Kristina Natan,
Elias I. Traboulsi
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145-149
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Predictors of adherence to occlusion therapy 3 months after cataract extraction in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study
Background: Little information is available on factors that predict adherence to patching in infants. We evaluated data from the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study, a randomized clinical trial of treatmen...
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Carolyn D. Drews-Botsch,
E. Eugenie Hartmann,
Marianne Celano,
Infant Aphakia Treatment Study Group
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150-155
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Fixation control and eye alignment in children treated for dense congenital or developmental cataracts
Background: Many children treated for cataracts develop strabismus and nystagmus; however, little is known about the critical period for adverse ocular motor outcomes with respect to age of onset and ...
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Eileen E. Birch,
Jingyun Wang,
Joost Felius,
David R. Stager,
Richard W. Hertle
et al.
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156-160
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Clinical characteristics, course, and visual prognosis of partial cataracts that seem to be visually insignificant in children
Purpose: To report the clinical characteristics and visual prognosis of pediatric partial cataracts that seem to be visually insignificant. Methods: In this retrospective case series, the morphologic ...
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Jin Choi,
Jeong Hun Kim,
Seong-Joon Kim,
Young Suk Yu
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161-167
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Malyugin ring for pediatric cataract surgery
We have modified our normal pediatric cataract surgery technique to allow for use of the Malyugin ring (MicroSurgical Technology; Redmond, WA) in children with small pupils after maximal dilation (acc...
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Luke Clifford,
Peter R. Hodgkins
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167
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Periorbital infections after Dermabond closure of traumatic lacerations in three children
Purpose: To report the occurrence of periorbital infections in 3 children treated with the tissue adhesive 2-octyl cyanoacrylate (Dermabond) after traumatic periorbital laceration. Methods: We retrosp...
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Ruth H. Yeilding,
Denis M. O'Day,
Chun Li,
Pauline T. Alexander,
Louise A. Mawn
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168-172
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Success rates of primary probing for congenital nasolacrimal obstruction in children
Purpose: To determine the success rate of nasolacrimal duct probing for the treatment of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction and to identify the age at which the success rate decreases. Methods: ...
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Sourabh Arora,
Keyvan Koushan,
John T. Harvey
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173-176
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Training fellows for retinopathy of prematurity care: A Web-based survey
Purpose: To characterize the training received by pediatric ophthalmology and retina fellows in retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) management. Methods: Pediatric ophthalmology and retina fellowship prog...
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Ryan K. Wong,
Camila V. Ventura,
Michael J. Espiritu,
Yoshihiro Yonekawa,
Laure Henchoz,
Michael F. Chiang,
Thomas C. Lee,
Robison V. Paul Chan
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177-181
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The prevalence of ocular structural disorders and nystagmus among preschool-aged children
Purpose: To describe the prevalence of structural disorders of the eye and nystagmus in preschool-aged children. Methods: Population-based evaluation of children 6 months through 71 months of age in B...
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Michael X. Repka,
David S. Friedman,
Joanne Katz,
Josephine Ibironke,
Lydia Giordano,
James M. Tielsch
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182-184
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Testability of refraction, stereopsis, and other ocular measures in preschool children: The Sydney Paediatric Eye Disease Study
Purpose: To determine the testability and lower age limits for applying common eye tests to preschool children. Methods: Investigators from the Sydney Paediatric Eye Disease Study examined 2,461 child...
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Amy Shih-I Pai,
Kathryn A. Rose,
Chameen Samarawickrama,
Reena Fotedar,
George Burlutsky,
Rohit Varma,
Paul Mitchell
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185-192
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Chronic keratoconjunctivitis with dermatitis as a presenting sign of child abuse
A 13-month-old girl presented with chronic keratoconjunctivitis with dermatitis. She was initially diagnosed with corneal abrasion and mild preseptal cellulitis and was treated with topical and oral a...
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Daniel B. Moore,
Erin P. Herlihy,
Avery H. Weiss
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193-195
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Developmental conjunctival cyst of the eyelid in a child
Conjunctival cysts unrelated to surgery or trauma are uncommon adnexal lesions in children and may be difficult to recognize. We report the clinical and pathological findings of an apparently spontane...
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Richard M. Robb,
Alexandra T. Elliott,
Caroline D. Robson
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196-198
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Iris cyst after iris-sutured intraocular lens implantation in a child
Iris cysts are uncommon in childhood and can present diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. We present the case of a 5-year-old boy with Marfan syndrome who, 9 months after an uncomplicated lensectomy...
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Ryan K. Wong,
Daniel J. Salchow
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199-200
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Lens-preserving excision of congenital hyperplastic pupillary membranes with clinicopathological correlation
Persistent pupillary membrane is a congenital, incomplete involution of the tunica vasculosa lentis. These membranes are usually tenacious, with fine fibrils attached to the iris collarette on one sid...
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Muralidhar Ramappa,
Somasheila I. Murthy,
Sunita Chaurasia,
Rushmika Singhla,
Varsha M. Rathi,
Geeta K. Vemuganti,
Virender S. Sangwan
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201-203
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Coats-like retinopathy in an infant with preclinical facioscapulohumeral dystrophy
Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD) is an autosomal-dominant disorder characterized by weakness of the face, upper arm, shoulder, and lower limb musculature, with an onset between the first and third...
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Anuradha Ganesh,
Swathi Kaliki,
Carol L. Shields
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204-206
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Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in a child with optic disk drusen
Optic disk drusen are calcific deposits that form in the optic nerve head secondary to abnormalities in axonal metabolism and degeneration. The clinical course is variable, ranging from stable vision ...
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Afshan A. Nanji,
Kathryn S. Klein,
Victoria S. Pelak,
Michael X. Repka
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207-209
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Sequential presentation of bilateral Brown syndrome
Brown syndrome, characterized by a limitation of elevation in adduction and positive forced duction testing, is usually unilateral but occurs bilaterally in 10% of all cases. It may present as a conge...
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Hande Taylan Şekeroğlu,
Peykan Türkçüoğlu,
Ali Şefik Sanaç,
Emin Cumhur Şener
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210-212
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Ocular myeloid sarcoma in a 10-year-old child
10 February 2012
To the Editor: In the recent case report by Hong and colleagues describing a case of conjunctival sarcoma in a child, what anatomic structure was affected by the tumor? The authors claim the lesion to...
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Roman Shinder
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213
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Reply
To the Editor: We appreciate the astute observation of Dr. Shinder with regard to the exact anatomic location of the mass. We believe that the confusion of the location is related to the sentence in p...
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Richard C. Allen,
Kenneth M. Goins,
Esther S. Hong,
Susannah Q. Longmuir
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213
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High prevalence of amblyopia risk factors in preverbal children with nasolacrimal duct obstruction
10 February 2012
To the Editor: In the article “High prevalence of amblyopia risk factors in preverbal children with nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO),” Matta and colleagues report that among the children with NLDO...
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Asimina Mataftsi,
Anthimos Vlavianos,
Konstantinos T. Tsaousis,
Argyrios Tzamalis,
Stavros A. Dimitrakos
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213-214
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To the Editor: We appreciate Dr. Mataftsi's comments. We previously published the rate of amblyopia risk factors in patients presenting with a nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO) in our practice. We ...
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Noelle S. Matta,
David I. Silbert,
Eric L. Singman
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214
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Primary superior oblique muscle–levator muscle synkinesis
We recently became aware of the report by Kothari and colleagues discussing a case of primary superior oblique muscle–levator muscle synkinesis. We wish to suggest that authors misdiagnosed what seems...
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Pramod Kumar Pandey,
Neha Rathi,
Anupam Singh,
Abhishek Sharma,
Vijay Shinde,
Sanjeev Sharma,
Ekta Sinha
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214-215
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To the Editor: We appreciate the opportunity to reply to the remarks of Dr. Pandey and colleagues regarding our case report. We were impressed by the authors' conviction that our patient was suffering...
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Mihir Kothari,
Prashant Bhagat
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215-216
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Isolated lateral rectus muscle involvement as a presenting sign of euthyroid Graves disease
10 February 2012
To the Editor: We would like to share some thoughts on the case of an isolated enlarged lateral rectus muscle belly attributable to presumed euthyroid orbitopathy reported by Erdurmus and colleagues. ...
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David Mostafavi,
Renelle Pointdujour,
Justin Gutman,
Roman Shinder
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216-217
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To the Editor: We thank Dr. Mostofavi and colleagues for their valuable comments on our case report. In fact, the authors have already indicated the unusual characteristics of the present case, includ...
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Mesut Erdurmus,
Fatih Ulas,
Serdal Celebi
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217
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Globe perforation during strabismus surgery in an animal model
To the Editor: We were disturbed by the last paragraph of “Globe perforation during strabismus surgery in an animal model: Treatment versus observation,” by Bagheri and colleagues. It stated, “Due to ...
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Lori Kirshner,
Peter Spiegel,
Lawrence A. Hansen
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217-218
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To the Editor: We respect the ideas of Dr. Kirshner and colleagues, who expressed concern regarding our methods, but they have missed some important facts:
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Abbas Bagheri,
Reza Erfanian-Salim,
Hamid Ahmadieh,
Ramin Nourinia,
Omid Safarian,
Shahin Yazdani
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218
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Editor's Note
We thank Drs. Kirshner, Speigel, and Hansen for their diligent surveillance of the literature seeking to safeguard animals from inappropriate research. Considering the seriousness of their concerns, w...
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David G. Hunter
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218-219
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Erratum
The Journal apologizes for the following article having been published with an error in the title. The correct information is: Sun LL, Gole GA. Augmented vertical rectus transposition for the treatmen...
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