Treatment of age-related distance esotropia with unilateral lateral rectus resection.

Purpose: To report the results of a series of patients who underwent lateral rectus resection of a single muscle using nonadjustable sutures to correct acquired concomitant esotropia (age-related distance esotropia).

Methods: The medical records of patients with symptomatic age-related distance esotropia who were treated by unilateral lateral rectus resection were retrospectively reviewed. Pre- and postoperative near and distance prism diopter measurements were compared.

Surgical treatment of age-related macular degeneration: will there be a role in the future?

Surgical treatment has been shown to be able to improve vision that is lost as a result of age-related macular degeneration. Surgery is complex, such that improvement has always to be weighed against risk of complications. The availability of Ranibizumab and Bevacizumab is set to dramatically alter our management options.