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Feb 2026: Ophthalmoplegia: when the tests are all negative, where next? Ophthalmoplegia: when the tests are all negative, where next? Gashirai K Mbizvo , Anna Visca, Ian Marsh, Mark Radon, Dinesh Damodaran, Andrew J Larner Practical Neurology Journal 2026:0:1-5 doi:10.1136/pn-2025-005005 Article Here!

Nov 2025: Three Cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease with Visual Disturbances as Initial Manifestation Three Cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease with Visual Disturbances as Initial Manifestation Sakuma T, Watanabe S, Ouchi A, Sakanishi Y, Mizota A, Ebihara N. Three Cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease with Visual Disturbances as Initial Manifestation. Case Rep Ophthalmol. 2019 Oct 23;10(3):349-356. doi: 10.1159/000503274. PMID:…

The Psychological Impact of Amblyopia Treatment: A Systematic Literature Review Date: Oct 2025  Jay South The Psychological Impact of Amblyopia Treatment: A Systematic Literature ReviewHaine L., Taylor I., Vaughan M. 2025. British & Irish Orthoptic Journal. DOI:10.22599/bioj.426 Key FindingsHaine et al. highlight that psychological distress linked to amblyopia treatment is quitecommon especially with patching in…

Subjective cyclovertical deviations and objective ocular torsion between elderly patients with Cyclovertical Saggy Eye Syndrome and Superior Oblique Palsy. <h4>Journal Club Entry from Norin</h4>My turn for journal club this month, I find I am seeing a lot of the Cyclovertical Saggy Eye Syndrome patients of late and I find it hard to differentially diagnose between…

Journal Entry from Mij Date: 07/08/2025 After the APSPOS conference in Brisbane, I came away surprised at the amount of times the surgeons referred to Superior Oblique recession surgery. It was mentioned for thyroid and for A patterns with SO overaction. I was always under the impression that this was not done since it would…

Add Your Heading Text Here <h4>Journal Entry from Hamza Ali </h4><h4> Date: July 2025</h4><ul><li><strong>Article 1</strong> – attached with this email + link to the article: <a style=”color: #0000ff;” href=”https://bioj-online.com/articles/10.22599/bioj.396″>(https://doi.org/10.22599/bioj.396)</a></li></ul>  “Effects of Visual Display Unit on Ocular Accommodation in Young Adults”   Comments: One question we commonly get asked about the effects of increased digital device usage. While…

Risk of bilateral visual impairment in individuals with amblyopia: the Rotterdam study Journal Club Entry By: Adele Kirkland  Date: Feb 2025 Article Access Here I chose an article looking at the incidence of visual impairment in amblyopes. Some key points from the article are: Individuals with amblyopia had a 2.6 times higher relative risk of…

Diplopia Following the Insertion of a Canalicular Bypass Tube: Etiology, Risk Factors, Management, and Outcomes Damon Goddard Date: May 2025 Powered By EmbedPress Journal Access Here  Hess Chart Access Here

Eight-Year Outcomes of Bilateral Lateral Rectus Recessions versus Unilateral Recession-Resection in Childhood Basic-Type Intermittent Exotropia Article Access <a style=”color: #0000ff;” href=”https://www.nzosi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Eight-Year-Outcomes-of-Bilateral-Lateral-Rectus-Recessions-versus-Unilateral-Recession-Resection-in-Childhood-Basic-Type-Intermittent-Exotropia.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Here</a></p><h4>Journal Club Entry By Carly Henley </h4><p>Date: March 2025 This article was discussed as part of our paediatric team journal club in Auckland in last month. Many years ago we’d tried to set up…

Journal Club: Pilot Study Assessing the Effect of Exam Room Length on the Measurement of Strabismus Journal Club Entry: Rita Ribeiro  Date: April 2025 As we continue to ponder how to remain systematic and consistent through our practices, I stumbled across this article. It compares measurements of strabismus in different sized rooms, to see if…

Cost Analysis of Orthoptist-Led Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Screening Clinic <h4>Journal Club: Elizabeth Gately-Taylor </h4><h4>Date: Nov 2024 </h4>For me the key to this article is that allied health led clinics are proven to be cost effective and time efficient. From a patient’s perspective, the opportunity cost of their time is also significant. Spending 20 minutes less at the…

Opsoclonus Myoclonus Ataxia Syndrome Daniel Li  09/2024 Summary: I was recently asked to see a patient with presumed post viral opsoclonus. She was having severe visual disturbances and oscillopsia. I wasn’t sure what help I could offer and whether an orthoptic assessment would be beneficial. I haven’t come across this before and only know it…

Combining Fresnel and Block Prisms Journal Tammy Miller  Date Aug 2024 Article Here: Combining fresnel and block prisms journal This journal could not have come at a better time! I just saw a gent with a very large RXT and R Hypot deviation, ptosis and Marcus Gunn jaw wink (from memory he measured about 75…

3 Article Review From: Trish Holmes  Date: 01/07/202024 Young patients with divergence insufficiency related to excessive near work. 2020 A small study of 12 cases.  Clinical feature and change in incidence of acute acquired comitant esotropia: a 15 year single-centre study in South Korea. 2024 Retrospective longitudinal study suggesting a new type of AACE and a…

Article Review: Extended optical treatment versus early patching with an intensive patching regimen in children with amblyopia in Europe (EuPatch): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial. <h5>Frank A Proudlock*, Michael Hisaund*, Gail Maconachie, Eleni Papageorgiou, Ali Manouchehrinia, Annegret Dahlmann-Noor, Payal Khandelwal, Jay Self, Christina Beisse, Irene Gottlob, on behalf of the EUPatch study group. Miriam Langeslag-Smith …

Article Review: Amblyopia with Eccentric Fixation <h5>By Deepi Hayre</h5><h5>Date: May 2024 </h5>Brief overview: Article 1: Amblyopia with Eccentric Fixation   Article 2: Eccentric Fixation and Inverse Occlusion: Renewing our Interest At the Strabismus Convention in Melbourne Daisy Godts discussed Inverse Occlusion for eccentric fixation  which is the 1st article. I have used inverse occlusion as an orthoptist…

Case Presentation Date: March 2024  Libby Kelly  Journal Article: Whole exome sequencing of known eye genes reveals genetic causes for high myopia. I chose this article in view of 2 patients whose clinical cases I have summarised.   Whole exome sequencing of known eye genes reveals genetic causes for high myopia. Haarman et al. Human Molecular…

CANOMAD Syndrome: Feb 2024 <h4>Jo Kennaway </h4>Date: Feb 2024  I thought for my journal club entry this month a would share these articles that were relevant to the case I presented at the symposium in Auckland in December, as not everyone was there and most people like me hadn’t heard of this syndrome before. Our neuro-ophthalmologist…

Article review <h4>By Nia Stonex </h4>Date: Jan 2024 Demographic and clinical characteristics of age-related distance esotropia. Access here Increasing incidence and risk factors for divergence insufficiency esotropia Access here

Homocystinuria Reflections by: Grace Yung Date: Dec 2023 Article can be accessed here  I chose this review article about homocystinuria as it is a condition I had heard of but never seen clinically before. The article summarises the ocular manifestations of the condition quite nicely.   As it turns out, one of our patients now has…

Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Review Reflections by: Lora Parsons Date: Nov 2023 Article 1 accessed here Article 2 accessed here  I feel like my last journal contribution was about COVID-19 ocular manifestations, here I go again…..!!   70 year old man – Diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis aged 35 years Required medication management until aged 45,…

Comparing part-time patching verses obervation for children with IXT Article can be accessed here Reflections by: Jay South Date: Oct 2023 I chose this article for journal club as I had an interesting and long discussion with some of the optometrists recently about the management and treatment of intermittent distance Exos. As we know it…

A case of paradoxical diplopia in large angle consecutive exotropia Article can be accessed here  Reflections by: Norin Kiely Date: Sept 2023 Hello, Here is my article and thoughts on it below.   Firstly, thanks to Jay for sourcing this article for me from the UoA. The journal I have picked this month is about…

Cataract management in children: a review of the literature and current practice across five large UK centres https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7784951/pdf/41433_2020_Article_1115.pdf Reflections by: Mij McPhie Date: 9th Aug 2023 The Journal Club article this month is an article giving a comprehensive review on congenital cataract. The Eye Team in Nelson have recently researched standard practices when a unilat…

Topiramate-Induced Acute Myopia, Diplopia, and Photosensitivity: A Case Report Article can be accessed here Reflections by: Hamza Ali Date: July 2023 Good afternoon everyone,   I hope those who are able to take some time off, have an enjoyable winter vacation.   This month’s topic is a case study of ‘drug-induced ocular side effects’.  …

Evaluation of the Nystagmus Information Pack Nystagmus-information pack can be accessed here Reflections by: Sally-Anne Herring Date:June 2023 Seeing this evaluation article made me look at how I’ve found this pack over the years and if it has stood the test of time.I do note that the current website has tweaked the original pack and…

A Case of Decompensated Microtropia Author: Damon Goddard Date: May 2023 References Clinical characteristics of microtropia—is microtropia a fixed phenomenon? Conventional occlusion versus pharmacologic penalization foramblyopia (Review) Interventions for strabismic amblyopia (Review) The decompensated monofixation syndrome (an american ophthalmological society thesis) The effect of amblyopia therapy on ocular alignment The Stability of the Monofixation Syndrome…