Visual acuity through Bangerter filters in nonamblyopic eyes.

Purpose: To describe the amount of visual acuity degradation induced by Bangerter filters in the better seeing eye and to evaluate its stability over time in children with moderate amblyopia.

Methods: Visual acuity with and without a Bangerter filter was measured in the nonamblyopic eye of 186 children with moderate amblyopia who were then treated with either patching or the Bangerter filters. A 0.

Repeat probing for treatment of persistent nasolacrimal duct obstruction.

Repeat probing of the nasolacrimal duct is one treatment option for children with persistent symptoms of nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO) following an initial probing. The authors conducted a prospective, multicenter study in which 20 subjects age 6 to <48 months underwent a repeat probing for symptomatic NLDO and had follow-up visits 1 month and 6 months after surgery. Treatment success was defined as the absence of all three clinical signs of nasolacrimal duct obstruction-epiphora, increased tear lake, and mucous discharge.

The decreasing prevalence of uveitis associated with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: do NSAIDs play a role?

We studied the prevalence and characteristics of chronic uveitis in a population of children diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). Uveitis is one of the most important, potentially debilitating extra-articular manifestations of JRA and has been observed in as many as 20% of cases. The medical records of 230 patients diagnosed with JRA and treated at a tertiary care hospital ophthalmology clinic between 1992 and 2000 were retrospectively reviewed.

Steroid hypopyon following intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection in a pseudophakic patient.

Purpose: A 64-year-old woman presenting with the complaint of 'white stuff' in her left eye one day after intravitreal triamcinolone injection for chronic pseudophakic cystoid macular edema after cataract extraction and anterior chamber intraocular lens implant is presented.

Methods: Differential diagnosis included post-injection endophthalmitis versus 'steroid hypopyon.'

Results: The patient was observed closely and the hypopyon cleared in four days.

Success of simple probing and irrigation in patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction and otitis media.

Purpose: To examine whether, as has been reported in the literature, a history of otitis media (OM) affects the success of probing and irrigation (P&I) for nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO).

Methods: All patients who underwent P&I at the Saint Louis University Eye Institute between 2001 and 2002 were prospectively studied. A preoperative questionnaire assessed the laterality of NLDO and history and laterality of OM.

Scleral dellen after bilateral adjustable suture medial rectus muscle resection.

Ocular complications after strabismus surgery in a large study population were recently reported. The most frequent of these complications included pseudoptosis, corneal dellen, conjunctival folds, and punctate epithelial keratopathy. We report the occurrence of a rare complication, scleral dellen, occurring in a healthy 30-year-old man after bilateral adjustable suture medial rectus muscle resection for residual exotropia.

Congenital blindness and osteoporosis-pseudoglioma syndrome.

Isteoporosis-pseudoglioma syndrome (OPPG) is a rare heritable entity that features severe osteoporosis and many variable ophthalmic findings leading to congenital or juvenile blindness. These include microphthalmos, cataracts, bilateral pseudogliomatous retinal detachments, and phthisis bulbi. OPPG is usually not suspected until fractures occur, frequently after seemingly minor trauma.

Severe pupil distortion following transchamber repair of a cyclodialysis cleft.

This report describes a potential complication following the repair of a traumatic cyclodialysis cleft in a pediatric patient using a novel technique. A healthy 11-year-old boy suffered a blunt traumatic tennis ball injury to his left eye. He underwent repair of a retinal dialysis with detachment shortly after the injury.