Prevalence of Childhood Blindness and Ocular Morbidity in a Rural Pediatric Population in Southern India: The Pavagada Pediatric Eye Disease Study-1.

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of childhood blindness and ocular morbidity in a rural pediatric population in South India.

Methods: A population-based, cross-sectional survey of children was conducted in three phases in Pavagada and Madhugiri taluks (subdivisions) of Tumkur district in the state of Karnataka, India. In the first phase, trained fieldworkers screened 23,100 children.

The pavagada pediatric eye disease study: objectives, methodology and participant characteristics.

Purpose: To explain the objectives and methodology of a population-based survey of children ≤15 years in rural South India.

Methods: A population-based cross sectional survey was performed by trained field workers (1st phase). Children with eye disease were referred to the peripheral rural hospital (2nd phase) to be examined by a general ophthalmologist.

Endothelial cell study in a case of Werner's syndrome undergoing phacoemulsification and Yettrium-Aluminum-Garnet laser capsulotomy.

Werner's syndrome (WS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder with multisystem manifestations of premature aging from the second decade of life. Cataract is one of the features of WS. Cataract surgery is complicated with postoperative wound dehiscence and bullous keratopathy when the surgery is done by intracapsular or conventional extracapsular method.

Varied aetiology of acute acquired comitant esotropia: A case series.

This is an observational case series of five cases of acute acquired comitant esotropia (AACE) with diplopia, aged between 5 and 12 years. The duration of presenting complaints ranged from 4 days to 2 months. A detailed ophthalmic evaluation and neuroimaging were done on all patients.

Do platelets have a role in the pathogenesis of aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity?

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to report the possible role of thrombocytopenia in the pathogenesis of aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity (APROP).

Methods: The index case described in this study showed spontaneous resolution of APROP with plus disease within 3 days of correcting thrombocytopenia and did not require laser treatment. The retrospective cohort of nine consecutive Asian Indian infants with APROP with similar stage and plus disease as the index case was studied.