Bilateral posterior tenectomy of the superior oblique muscle for the treatment of A-pattern strabismus.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of bilateral posterior superior oblique tenectomy for the treatment of A-pattern strabismus due to superior oblique overaction regardless of the magnitude of the pattern.

Methods: The medical records of patients with A-pattern esotropia or exotropia in the presence of superior oblique overaction who underwent combined horizontal muscle surgery along with bilateral superior oblique posterior 7/8 tenectomy from 2003 to 2013 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with at least 3 months' follow-up were included.

"Double vision" as a presenting symptom in adults without acquired or long-standing strabismus.

Background: Evaluation of adults with a symptom of acquired double vision is a challenging diagnostic problem. This retrospective report reviews a series of adult patients who presented with a symptom of "double vision" but did not have diplopia related to a recently acquired or decompensated strabismus. The symptom of double vision was related mainly to blurred vision and often was not true binocular diplopia.

Dynamic visual acuity: its place in ophthalmology?

Introduction And Purpose: To detect if dynamic visual acuity can be useful in the evaluation of a patient with vague asthenopic complaints including dizziness.

Method: A review of the vestibular system and the vestibular ocular reflex as it relates to dynamic visual acuity.

Results: Ten patients with asthenopic symptoms and convergence insufficiency were tested with dynamic visual acuity.

Providing emergency contraceptive pills "behind-the-counter": opinions among Minnesota healthcare providers.

We assessed strategies to increase access to emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) among healthcare providers in Minnesota. We hypothesized that physicians, mid-level practitioners (nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives and physician assistants) and pharmacists would support collaborative drug therapy agreements to enable pharmacist provision of ECPs without a prescription ("behind-the-counter"). We assessed these and other strategies to improve access to ECPs among a random sample of 1000 healthcare providers using mailed surveys.

Development of primary axial myopic anisometropia.

Assessment of refractive errors is an integral part of the treatment of ophthalmic problems. This is especially important in pediatric patients for early diagnosis of strabismus and amblyopia. In anisometropic amblyopia, careful monitoring of the refractive error is necessary.