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Management of nystagmus by surgery and botulinum toxin options: a review
British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2009 Aim: To critically evaluate the literature in order to explore the success of botulinum toxin and extraocular muscle surgery in the management of acquired nystagmus.
Fay Hobson, Fiona J. Rowe
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British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2022 Aim: To report the outcomes of the natural progression and ophthalmic treatment of patients reviewed in a tertiary hospital trust with unilateral or bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia.
Joshua Simmons, Martin Rhodes
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Could Modifying the Bagolini Glasses Improve the Reliability of Responses?
British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2019 Aims: Bagolini striated lenses are a useful test of binocular vision, but the variations in the striations (frequency and thickness) can impact on the perceived image. Also, responses can be difficult to interpret in young children.
Anna O'Connor, Laurence Tidbury
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The redevelopment of the Kay picture test of visual acuity
British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2015 Aims: To validate the design of updated optotypes to be used in the Kay picture acuity tests to improve the resolution acuity, recognition, repeatability and comparisons with gold standard logMAR acuity assessments.
Ashli Milling +4 more
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A Journey towards Improved Quality of Life of a Typist with Retinitis Pigmintosa
Annals of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Karachi Medical & Dental College, 2022 : Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a group of inherited rod-cone degenerative pathologies that present clinically with similar signs and symptoms. Common fundus findings include bone-spicule pigment formation, attenuated blood vessels in the posterior pole ...
Malab Sana Balouch +2 more
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The use of prisms and botulinum toxin in the detection of binocular vision: a literature review
British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2012 Aim: The aim of this literature review is to compare orthoptic prisms and botulinum toxin in the diagnostic testing of strabismus patients. A direct comparison will be carried out between both methods used for predicting post-operative diplopia and ...
Kerry Hanna, Fiona J. Rowe
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Risk Factors for Acute Acquired Comitant Esotropia in Children and Young Adults: A Systematic Review
British and Irish Orthoptic JournalBackground: Acute acquired comitant esotropia (AACE) is a rare subtype of esotropia that occurs after infancy. The exact pathogenesis of AACE remains unknown with aetiologies ranging from benign conditions to serious underlying neurological diseases ...
Manjushri Yuan Rou Lee +1 more
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The effect of Fresnel prisms on dynamic visual acuity
British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2010 Aim: To investigate the effect of Fresnel prisms on dynamic visual acuity (DVA). Methods: Sixteen participants with normal visual acuity aged between 18 and 22 years were tested monocularly with four strengths of base-out Fresnel prisms (0Δ, 5 Δ, 15 Δ,
Gail Maconachie +2 more
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What Do We Expect New Graduate Orthoptists to Do?
British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2018 Aims: To validate the content of an updated orthoptic curriculum for the British & Irish Orthoptic Society (BIOS), BIOS members were surveyed about their views on what an orthoptist should be able to do soon after entering the profession.
Anna M. Horwood
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Application of Fresnel Prism in the Complex Treatment of Friendly Strabismus
Oftalʹmologiâ, 2018 Purpose: To analyze the effectiveness of Fresnel prism in the complex treatment of friendly strabismus.Patients and methods. The main group consisted of 428 patients with strabismus, who were assigned Fresnel prisms in combination with pleoptoorthoptic ...
V. N. Kurochkin +4 more
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