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A 6-year-old girl is referred by her general practitioner with the chief complaint of a right upper lid swelling.

This study assessed immediate versus delayed prescription of glasses for managing moderate hyperopia in young children.

This week, children retain visual perception after surgery to remove the visual cortex, a Florida clinic is forced to halt unapproved stem cell treatments and risuteganib shines in a phase 2 trial for dry AMD.

Many visual processes–fixation, ocular alignment, visual acuity, mature motion detection, convergence, accommodation, convergence/accommodation linkages, stereopsis, and emmetropization--develop concurrently postnatally, and if all goes well, these processes reinforce each other as they develop. It is important to be able to differentiate typical from atypical development in these interrelated systems so that only appropriate interventions are applied.

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Investigators report the use of a topical tacrolimus monotherapy for vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC).

In this study, researchers assessed the cycloplegic and mydriatic effects of omitting tropicamide from a common pediatric eye drop combination.

In adult-onset glaucoma, surgery is offered after conservative therapies have proven inadequate, but in childhood glaucoma, surgery is frequently the first-line treatment. It stands to reason that bleb-less and hardware-free procedures may be particularly suitable for children, especially if such procedures can be performed without incising conjunctiva.

This Ophthalmic Technology Assessment evaluated the ability of orthokeratology (ortho-K) treatment to reduce myopic progression compared with standard refractive correction (spectacles or daytime contact lenses).