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| Managing posterior uveitis in children a must
| | The adequate management of posterior uveitis in children is difficult but imperative. Many treatment options exist, but to determine the best one for patients, it may be best to divide them into two groups at least initially: those with unilateral disease and those with bilateral disease. Treatment decisions then will follow, based on the severity of the disease. | |  |
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| When amblyopia treatment fails, adherence is likely an issue
| | Ophthalmology Times | | Parents of children with amblyopia may have several reasons (or excuses) for not following a prescribed patching regimen. Ophthalmologists who are following the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group guidelines but are not achieving the desired results, should first examine whether patients are adhering to the prescribed therapy. |
| | Researchers examine effect of horizontal strabismus surgery on refraction
| Unoperated eye may be affected as well, according to results of clinical study
| | Ophthalmology Times | | Significant changes in cylindrical measurements were observed following unilateral horizontal strabismus surgery in a retrospective study. In addition, investigators found clinically significant changes in a large number of operated eyes as well as a portion of control eyes. |
| | | Fetal alcohol syndrome causes eye abnormalities in 90% of children
| Knowledge of cause and effects can provide more effective management of high-risk population
| | Ophthalmology Times | | Up to 90% of children with fetal alcohol syndrome have eye abnormalities such as optic nerve hypoplasia and tortuosity of the retinal blood vessels. Because ocular findings are so common, an eye examination can be useful in helping diagnose fetal alcohol syndrome. |
| | Visual pathway lesions in neurofibromatosis type 1: diagnostic and treatment options
| Annual exam recommended; treatment based on age, disease progression
| | Ophthalmology Times | | Optic pathway gliomas occur frequently in children with neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1). As not all patients with these tumors are symptomatic, regular examination of NF1 patients is important, and a nonsurgical treatment algorithm should be followed if a tumor is found. |
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