Cataract surgery in the first year of life: aphakic glaucoma and visual outcomes.

Objective: To report the incidence of aphakic glaucoma following lensectomy in infants in their first year of life and examine the impact of this diagnosis on visual outcome.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Participants: All patients who had lensectomy for congenital cataract during the first year of life at British Columbia Children's Hospital between 1995 and 2006.

Vertical deviations improved with release of postoperative inferior oblique muscle inclusion.

Purpose: In repeat surgery involving the horizontal extraocular muscles, it is frequently noted that the anterior fibers of the inferior oblique muscle are inadvertently caught in the lateral rectus muscle insertion. It is theorized that releasing the IO muscle inclusion (IOI) will decrease the total amount of vertical deviation associated with the horizontal misalignment in primary position. The current study shows the impact of this release on the vertical deviation.

Deficient motion perception in the fellow eye of amblyopic children.

The extent of motion processing deficits and M/dorsal pathway involvement in amblyopia is unclear. Fellow eye performance was assessed in amblyopic children for motion-defined (MD) form, global motion, and maximum displacement (Dmax) tasks. Group performance on MD form was significantly worse in amblyopic children than in control children.

Unilateral cataracts: is successful amblyopia therapy compatible with binocular vision?

Background And Purpose: Two case studies are used to illustrate the importance of balancing the postsurgical achievement of high-level visual acuity with the acquisition of stereopsis in cases of unilateral cataract. Traditional management will be reviewed and limited occlusion therapy will be discussed. A structured occlusion regime that allows for increased binocular opportunity is promoted for use upon cataract removal.

Ocular and nonocular findings in patients with aniridia.

Background: Aniridia typically appears as a familial condition with autosomal dominant inheritance but can present as an isolated disease or sporadically in association with several syndromes. In this report we describe the various ocular manifestations of aniridia as well as the association of familial aniridia with two different ocular and systemic abnormalities present across three generations in two different families.

Methods: Descriptive case series of 33 patients (66 eyes) with aniridia.