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Vision screening using a smartphone platform

ABSTRACT Objective: The main aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of a platform designed for pediatricians to screen amblyopia using a smartphone. Methods: The medical records of consecutive children who received visual screening using a smartphone platform were retrospectively reviewed. The smartphone was used with a flash concentrator case and a software for capturing images of both eyes simultan...

Intermittent exotropia evaluation using the propedeutics proposed by Kushner: a...

ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the clinical and surgical impacts of phenomena that could occur in intermittent exotropia. Methods: The medical records of intermittent exotropia cases from 1991 to 2014 were retrospectively reviewed. All patients underwent a series of measures, including a protocol to assess monocular occlusion based on the propedeutics proposed by Kushner. Results: Outdoor sensitivity was observe...

Unusual ocular manifestations of silent sinus syndrome

Silent sinus syndrome is an acquired condition in which there is a gradual collapse of the orbital floor and inward retraction of the maxillary sinus (atelectasis of the maxillary sinus). This in turn may cause associated ocular occurrences of enophthalmos and hypotropia. This is a report of an 8 year-old boy with silent sinus syndrome and associated ocular motility disorders. The association between silent sin...

Teratogen exposure and congenital ocular abnormalities in Brazilian patients wi...

Purpose: To assess the sociodemographic profiles, teratogen exposures, and ocular congenital abnormalities in Brazilian patients with Möbius sequence. Method: Forty-four patients were recruited from the Brazilian Möbius Sequence Society. This cross-section comprised 41 patients (age, mean ± standard deviation, 9.0 ± 5.5 years) who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The parent or caregiver answered a questionnair...

Correção de estrabismo em paciente com síndrome de Saethre-Chotzen

A síndrome de Saethre-Chotzen é uma doença rara, que pode causar alterações craniofaciais e estrabismo. A incidência é de 1 para 50.000 nascidos vivos. A inteligência costuma ser normal, mas alguns casos podem ter retardo mental. Crianças com essa síndrome devem ser acompanhadas por uma equipe multidisciplinar. A correção do estrabismo nesses pacientes pode ser mais difícil, devido à ocorrência frequente de ins...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Duane's syndrome: a rare association

Prevalence of refractive errors in Möbius sequence

PURPOSE: To assess the prevalence of refractive errors in Möbius sequence. METHODS: This study was carried out during the Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Möbius Society in November 2008. Forty-four patients diagnosed with the Möbius sequence were submitted to a comprehensive assessment, on the following specialties: ophthalmology, neurology, genetics, psychiatry, psychology and dentistry. Forty-three patients w...

Biometric relationships of ocular components in esotropic amblyopia

PURPOSE: To investigate the contribution of the individual ocular components, i.e. anterior chamber depth, lens thickness and vitreous chamber depth, to total axial length in patients with esotropic amblyopia. METHODS: The study population consisted of 74 children, aged between 5 and 8 years: thirty-seven patients with esotropic amblyopia and 37 healthy volunteers (control group). The participants underwent a c...

Cirurgia de estrabismo ajustável no peroperatório com anestesia tópica em pacie...

OBJETIVO: Descrever as características clínicas pré-operatórias dos pacientes com estrabismo secundário à orbitopatia de Graves e os resultados da cirurgia com anestesia tópica e sutura ajustável. MÉTODOS: Estudo retrospectivo realizado no Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo. Foram pesquisados os prontuários de todos os pacientes atendidos no ambulatório de estrabismo no período de março de 1994 ...

Técnica de sutura ajustável per-operatória simplificada para a correção de desv...

OBJETIVO: Avaliar a técnica de sutura ajustável per-operatória simplificada para a correção de desvio horizontal. MÉTODOS: Foram avaliados retrospectivamente os prontuários médicos de todos os pacientes que foram submetidos à cirurgia para correção de desvio horizontal utilizando a técnica de sutura ajustável per-operatória simplificada no setor de Motilidade Ocular Extrínseca do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculd...