Evaluation of the impact of binocular versus monocular cataract surgery using Catquest-9SF: a randomized controlled trial

ABSTRACT Purpose: This prospective, randomized, unmasked, clinical trial aimed to report the visual outcomes of cataract surgery on both eyes versus cataract surgery on one eye in Brazilian patients. Methods: This study included patients with bilateral cataracts and binocular visual acuity worse than or equal to 0.3 logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution. The patients were randomly assigned to undergo surgery on one (Control Group) or both eyes (one eye at a time; Intervention Group). Postoperatively, self-reported visual function using Catquest-9SF (primary outcome measure), binocular visual acuity, stereopsis, and ocular dominance (secondary outcome measures) were compared. Results: A total of 151 patients (77 and 148 eyes in the Control and Intervention Groups, respectively) completed the follow-up. Patients who underwent surgery on both eyes exhibited significantly better self-reported visual function (p=0.036) and stereopsis (p=0.026) than those who underwent surgery on one eye. Binocular visual acuity and ocular dominance did not affect the group comparisons. Conclusions: Surgery on both eyes resulted in significantly better self-reported visual function and stereopsis than surgery on one eye.

Treatment of Anisometropic Amblyopia with a Dichoptic Digital Platform in Argentinian Children and Adults.

PURPOSE: To evaluate and compare the results of dichoptic training in Argentinian children and adults with anisometropic amblyopia. METHODS: Prospective non-comparative study enrolling 41 subjects with anisometropic amblyopia (age, 6-60 years old). Two groups were differentiated according to age, children (6-16 years, 24 subjects) and adults (>17 years, 17 subjects). All patients were treated with the Bynocs® platform (Kanohi Eye Pvt. Ltd, India) following a protocol of 30 sessions of training of 30 min daily 5 times a week for 6 weeks. Changes in corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) and binocular function (BF) score with treatment were analyzed. RESULTS: In the whole sample, CDVA in the amblyopic eye improved significantly, with a mean change of 0.30 logMAR (p < .001). Likewise, a significant improvement was also found in BF score (p < .001), with a mean change of 1.14 log units. The change achieved in CDVA was significantly correlated with the baseline CDVA in the amblyopic eye (r=-0.568, p < .001). Furthermore, no significant differences were found between age groups in the change achieved in CDVA (p = .431) and BF with therapy (p = .760). CONCLUSIONS: Dichoptic training with the digital platform evaluated provides an effective improvement of visual acuity and binocular function in children and adults with anisometropic amblyopia.

Terapias de estimulación visual y rendimiento académico de niños de primer año de Educación Básica / Visual stimulation therapies and academic performance of children in the first year of Elementary School / Terapias de estimulação visual e desempenho acadêmico de crianças no primeiro ano do Ensino Fundamental

La terapia visual como tratamiento de estimulación neurofisiológica, permite el desarrollo y mejoría de las habilidades visuales; mismas que inciden de manera directa en el aprendizaje y la lectura. Objetivo. Evaluar el impacto de las terapias de estimulación visual en el rendimiento académico en niños de primer año de básica de una unidad educativa privada en Quito-Ecuador. Materiales y métodos. La investigación fue descriptiva, modalidad de intervención educativa, con alcance explicativo causal y longitudinal. Se trabajó con una muestra intencional conformada por 32 estudiantes de 5 años cumplidos, ambos sexos biológicos, que asistían a clases presenciales, no recibían terapias visuales y, contaban con el consentimiento de los padres. Un profesional especialista en salud visual ejecutó la investigación en tres fases: 1) diagnóstica: medición de las variables como pre-test; 2) aplicación de estrategias: con el despliegue del programa por seis meses para trabajar la estimulación de habilidades visuo-perceptuales y; 3) evaluación del programa tras la intervención de las variables como post - test. Resultados. Tras las terapias, el 97% de la población tuvo un impacto positivo de +60, el porcentaje de agudeza visual inferior se redujo al 0%, incrementó la agudeza visual óptima en OD (43%) y OI (47%), la estereopsis mejoró en un 84% de sujetos, las habilidades visuo-perceptuales fueron aceptables y se mejoró el rendimiento escolar. Conclusiones. Se pudo evidenciar que la estimulación de habilidades visuales a través de terapias específicas, en edades tempranas, es importante y necesaria para evitar problemas futuros en el aprendizaje.

Visual therapy as a treatment of neurophysiological stimulation, allows the development and improvement of visual skills, which have a direct impact on learning and reading. Objective. To evaluate the impact of visual stimulation therapies on the academic performance of children in the first year of elementary school in a private educational unit in Quito-Ecuador. Materials and methods. The research was descriptive, educational intervention modality, with causal and longitudinal explanatory scope. We worked with an intentional sample of 32 students of 5 years of age, both biological sexes, who attended presential classes, did not receive visual therapies and had parental consent. A professional specialist in visual health carried out the research in three phases: 1) diagnostic: measurement of the variables as a pre-test; 2) application of strategies: with the deployment of the program for six months to work on the stimulation of visual-perceptual skills and; 3) evaluation of the program after the intervention of the variables as a post-test. Results. After the therapies, 97% of the population had a positive impact of +60, the percentage of inferior visual acuity was reduced to 0%, optimal visual acuity increased in OD (43%) and OI (47%), stereopsis improved in 84% of subjects, visuo-perceptual skills were acceptable and school performance was improved. Conclusions. It could be evidenced that the stimulation of visual skills through specific therapies, at early ages, is important and necessary to avoid future learning problems.

A terapia visual como um tratamento de estimulação neurofisiológica permite o desenvolvimento e a melhoria das habilidades visuais, que têm um impacto direto no aprendizado e na leitura. Objetivo. Avaliar o impacto das terapias de estimulação visual no desempenho acadêmico de crianças no primeiro ano do ensino fundamental em uma unidade educacional privada em Quito-Equador. Materiais e métodos. A pesquisa foi descritiva, na modalidade de intervenção educacional, com um escopo explicativo causal e longitudinal. Trabalhamos com uma amostra intencional de 32 alunos de 5 anos de idade, de ambos os sexos biológicos, que frequentavam as aulas presenciais, não recebiam terapia visual e tinham o consentimento dos pais. Um profissional especialista em saúde visual realizou a pesquisa em três fases: 1) diagnóstico: mensuração das variáveis como pré-teste; 2) aplicação de estratégias: com a implantação do programa durante seis meses para trabalhar a estimulação das habilidades perceptivo-visuais e; 3) avaliação do programa após a intervenção das variáveis como pós-teste. Resultados. Após as terapias, 97% da população teve um impacto positivo de +60, a porcentagem de acuidade visual inferior foi reduzida para 0%, a acuidade visual ótima aumentou em OD (43%) e OI (47%), a estereopsia melhorou em 84% dos indivíduos, as habilidades visuo-perceptuais foram aceitáveis e o desempenho escolar melhorou. Conclusões. Foi possível demonstrar que a estimulação das habilidades visuais por meio de terapias específicas em uma idade precoce é importante e necessária para evitar futuros problemas de aprendizagem.

The Impact of the Test Dissociation on the Binocular Balance of Children.

PURPOSE: this research compared the dissociated phoria at near and distance fixation in free space using the Howell test, alternate Cover test, and Thorington test. METHODS: 220 healthy Mexican children (mean age 8.3±2.5 years) participated in this study. Phorias were quantified at both distances using each test, from the least to the most disruptive. The stereopsis degree and near point of convergence (break/recovery) were analyzed to understand their role in the visual system's sensorimotor balance. RESULTS: statistically significant differences were found among techniques, with a higher congruence for the EF. However, only the Howell and Thorington tests can be interchanged. The break value and near exophoria relate to each other and affect the stereopsis degree, whereas age is associated with the stereopsis degree and break value. CONCLUSIONS: the three techniques cannot be interchanged except for the Howell and Thorington test for the EF at far. The differences in the mode of dissociation could relate to the results.

Predatory behavior under monocular and binocular conditions in the semiterrestrial crab Neohelice granulata.

Introduction: Neohelice granulata crabs live in mudflats where they prey upon smaller crabs. Predatory behavior can be elicited in the laboratory by a dummy moving at ground level in an artificial arena. Previous research found that crabs do not use apparent dummy size nor its retinal speed as a criterion to initiate attacks, relying instead on actual size and distance to the target. To estimate the distance to an object on the ground, Neohelice could rely on angular declination below the horizon or, since they are broad-fronted with eye stalks far apart, on stereopsis. Unlike other animals, binocular vision does not widen the visual field of crabs since they already cover 360° monocularly. There exist nonetheless areas of the eye with increased resolution. Methods: We tested how predatory responses towards the dummy changed when animals' vision was monocular (one eye occluded by opaque black paint) compared to binocular. Results: Even though monocular crabs could still perform predatory behaviors, we found a steep reduction in the number of attacks. Predatory performance defined by the probability of completing the attacks and the success rate (the probability of making contact with the dummy once the attack was initiated) was impaired too. Monocular crabs tended to use frontal, ballistic jumps (lunge behavior) less, and the accuracy of those attacks was reduced. Monocular crabs used prey interception (moving toward the dummy while it approached the crab) more frequently, favoring attacks when the dummy was ipsilateral to the viewing eye. Instead, binocular crabs' responses were balanced in the right and left hemifields. Both groups mainly approached the dummy using the lateral field of view, securing speed of response. Conclusion: Although two eyes are not strictly necessary for eliciting predatory responses, binocularity is associated with more frequent and precise attacks.

Differences in the Visual Performances of Patients with Strabismus, Amblyopia, and Healthy Controls.

The aim of this paper is to use the new definition of amblyopia and to define the overall visual performance of healthy controls (HCs), patients with strabismus (PS), and patients with refractive amblyopia (PRA), based on the interaction of selected visual abilities. METHOD: A total of 398 participants were divided in three groups: HCs, PRA, and PS. Variables such as visual acuity, refractive state, degree of stereopsis, phoria state, magnitude, and type of deviation were analyzed using parametric and non-parametric tests. RESULTS: Binocular visual acuity at near is the unique predictor factor for stereopsis in PRA and PS, while age relates to the amount of binocular visual acuity at near, only for PS with stereopsis. Binocular visual acuity at near and phoria states relate to each other in PRA. Binocular visual acuity at near and far in PS is better than PRA, with no differences in the degree of stereopsis. Stereoblind patients were only found among PS (36%). Only (44.9%) of PS had amblyopia. Exophoria predominated among PRA (69.72%) and HCs (78.87%), while exotropia was the predominant deviation in PS (60.54%). Hyperopia was the predominate refractive error among the groups, HCs (74.65%), PRA (79.82%), and PS (59.85%), followed by astigmatism. INTERPRETATION: HCs perform better than PS and PRA. The visual performance of PS with stereopsis and PRA is similar. Binocular visual acuity at near can predict the degree of stereopsis, and stereoblind patients are exclusively related to strabismus.

Study of Geometric Illusory Visual Perception - A New Perspective in the Functional Evaluation of Children With Strabismus.

Despite the various perceptual-motor deficits documented in strabismus, there is a paucity of studies evaluating visual illusions in patients with strabismus. The aim of this study was to examine how the illusionary perception occurs in children/adolescents (10-15 years old) with strabismus with referral for surgery to correct ocular deviations. A controlled cross-sectional study was carried out in which 45 participants with strabismus and 62 healthy volunteers aged 10-15 years were evaluated. The behavioral response to three geometric illusions [Vertical-Horizontal illusion, Müller-Lyer illusion (Bretano version) and Ponzo illusion] and respective neutral stimuli (non-illusory images) regarding the estimation of image size and response time were measured using the Method of Adjustment. To analyze the influence of secondary factors: type of ocular deviation (convergent, divergent or associated with vertical deviation); amount of eye deviation; presence of amblyopia and stereopsis, a one-way ANOVA was performed. Among the tested illusions, children with strabismus showed greater susceptibility (p = 0.006) and response time (p = 0.004) to Ponzo's illusory images. Children with strabismus and preserved stereopsis, on the other hand, showed similar susceptibility and response time to control group patients to the Ponzo illusion (p < 0.005). Patients with amblyopia showed overcorrection in the estimate of non-illusory Ponzo images (p = 0.046). Children with horizontal ocular deviation (esotropia or exotropia) associated with vertical deviation (hypertropia, DVD and/or alphabetical anisotropy) showed higher susceptibility to vertical adjustment images for the Müller-Lyer illusion (Brentano version) (p = 0.017). Individuals with strabismus tended to overcorrect the length of the straight-line segment adjusted for non-illusory images when testing non-illusory images in the Müller-Lyer test (Brentano version) (p = 0.009), as well as for the neutral images in the Vertical-Horizontal test (p = 0.000). The findings indicated impairment in the perception of geometric illusions and neutral figures, especially for the Ponzo illusion test by children with strabismus. As the behavioral response to illusory images may indirectly reflect the visual and morphofunctional alterations present in these individuals, we suggest that the investigation of visual illusory perception can be used as a new research strategy in the field of investigating the visual function in strabismus.

Resultados de la cirugía mínimamente invasiva en pacientes con estrabismos horizontales / Results of the minimally invasive surgery in patient with horizontal strabismus

Objetivo: Determinar los resultados de la cirugía mínimamente invasiva en pacientes con estrabismos horizontales. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo, longitudinal y prospectivo de una serie de 19 pacientes (16 ojos derechos, 17 izquierdos) atendidos en el Servicio de Oftalmología Pediátrica del Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología "Ramón Pando Ferrer", en el periodo comprendido entre junio de 2018 y julio de 2019, a quienes se les realizó cirugía mínimamente invasiva de estrabismo y fueron seguidos por 6 meses. Se evaluaron las variables: tipo de desviación, agudeza visual, signos posoperatorios, ángulo de desviación pre- y posquirúrgico, éxito quirúrgico, fusión, estereopsis y complicaciones. Resultados: El 73,7 por ciento de los pacientes presentaba esotropías; la media de agudeza visual pre- y posoperatoria entre los dos ojos fue muy similar; el signo posoperatorio más frecuente fue la hiperemia conjuntival ligera (75 por ciento ojos derechos y 64,5 por ciento ojos izquierdos) a las 24 horas. Se encontraron diferencias estadísticas (p < 0,001) en el ángulo de desviación horizontal en dioptrías prismáticas, pre- y poscirugía, con el 84,2 por ciento de éxito quirúrgico. El 78,6 y el 80 por ciento de los pacientes con esotropía y exotropías alcanzaron fusión, pero solo lograron estereopsis el 28,5 y el 60 por ciento de ellos respectivamente. La frecuencia de complicaciones ocurrió en el 15,8 por ciento de los pacientes. Conclusiones: Se alcanzaron buenos resultados motores, así como aceptables en los sensoriales en pacientes operados de estrabismos horizontales por cirugía mínimamente invasiva(AU)

Objective: Determine the results of minimally invasive surgery in patients with horizontal strabismus. Methods: A prospective longitudinal descriptive study was conducted of a series of 19 patients (16 right eyes, 17 left eyes) attending the Pediatric Ophthalmology Service at Ramón Pando Ferrer Cuban Institute of Ophthalmology from June 2018 to July 2019. These patients underwent minimally invasive strabismus surgery and were followed up for six months. The variables considered were deviation type, visual acuity, postoperative signs, pre- and postoperative angle of deviation, surgical success, fusion, stereopsis and complications. Results: Of the patients studied, 73.7 percent presented esotropias; mean pre- and postoperative visual acuity was very similar in the two eyes; the most common postoperative sign was slight conjunctival hyperemia (75 percent right eyes and 64.5 percent left eyes) at 24 hours. Statistical differences (p < 0.001) were found in the horizontal angle of deviation in pre- and postoperative prism diopters, with 84.2 percent surgical success. 78.6 percent and 80 percent of the patients with esotropia and exotropia achieved fusion, but only 28.5 and 60 percent of them, respectively, achieved stereopsis. Complications occurred in 15.8 percent of the patients. Conclusions: Good motor results were obtained, as well as acceptable sensory results in patients undergoing minimally invasive horizontal strabismus surgery(AU)

Visual outcomes in hyperopic myopic and emmetropic patients with customized aspheric ablation (Q factor) and micro-monovision.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the visual outcomes, visual performance, and stereoacuity in presbyopic patients following treatment by a change in the corneal asphericity and micro-monovision. METHODS: Presbyopic patients with diverse refractive errors and emmetropes (n = 30 eyes) were treated with a custom Q-ablation profile and micro-monovision in the non-dominant eye. There with a difference of Q - 0.30 in the Q profiles between dominant and non-dominant eyes. Patients were assigned in two groups based on the preoperative spherical equivalent (Group 1 + 4.00 to + 0.50, and group 2 neutral to - 3.00). Binocular uncorrected distance visual acuity (binocular UCVA), best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), binocular uncorrected near visual acuity (binocular UNVA) preoperative and postoperative, spherical equivalent refraction, contrast sensitivity, and stereopsis were analyzed at 1, 3, and 6 months. RESULTS: The mean age was 52.6 ± 5.1 (SD) years. At six months post-operation, the mean binocular uncorrected distance visual acuity (binocular UDVA) was 0.15 ± 0.04 logMAR (20/25-) in group 1, and 0.11 ± 0.05 logMAR (20/25) in group 2, and binocular uncorrected near vision UNVA was 0.5 ± 0.1 M (20/25 J2) in group 1 and 0.45 ± 0.2 M (20/25 J2) group 2. An increase in stereoacuity was found in both groups. CONCLUSIONS: The correction of refractive defects using customized corneal asphericity was an effective treatment in presbyopic patients. Furthermore, the treatment was well tolerated in this group of patients. Following surgery, the quality of vision was adequate, and the stereovision improved in this cohort of patients.

Características de los pacientes pediátricos con miopía por encima de 6 dioptrías / Characteristics of pediatric patients with greater than 6 diopter myopia

RESUMEN Objetivo: Identificar las características de los pacientes pediátricos con miopías por encima de 6 dioptrías. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo y observacional, de corte longitudinal, en 43 niños entre 3 y 15 años de edad con diagnóstico de miopía igual o mayor de 6 dioptrías en uno o ambos ojos (72 ojos), quienes acudieron a la consulta del Servicio de Oftalmología Pediátrica y Estrabismo del Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología "Ramón Pando Ferrer" durante el periodo comprendido entre enero y diciembre del año 2018. Las variables del estudio fueron la edad, el sexo, el color de la piel, la miopía (isometrópica y anisometrópica), la longitud axial, la agudeza visual con corrección, el tipo de corrección óptica, la presencia y el grado de estereopsia. Resultados: Predominó el grupo de 3 a 5 años (34,4 por ciento), el sexo femenino y el color de la piel blanca. La longitud axial aumentó junto con el equivalente esférico de los pacientes. La corrección más usada correspondió a los cristales, aunque se demostró estadísticamente que con los lentes de gas permeables los pacientes presentaban mejor agudeza visual (p= 0,016), donde se registró también la media más alta de equivalente esférico. De 43 pacientes, 20 (46,5 por ciento) no presentaron estereopsia. Los pacientes con anisometropías (64 por ciento) no presentaron estereopsia, lo que fue estadísticamente significativo. Conclusiones: Con los lentes de gas permeables los pacientes presentan mejor agudeza visual y mayor equivalente esférico. La mayor cantidad de pacientes sin estereopsia corresponde a las miopías por anisometropías(AU)

ABSTRACT Objective: Identify the characteristics of pediatric patients with greater than 6 diopter myopia. Methods: An observational descriptive longitudinal study was conducted of 43 children aged 3-15 years diagnosed with myopia equal to or greater than 6 diopters in one or both eyes (72 eyes) who attended the Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Service at Ramón Pando Ferrer Cuban Institute of Ophthalmology from January to December 2018. The variables considered were age, sex, skin color, myopia (isometropic or anisometropic), axial length, corrected visual acuity, type of optical correction, and presence and degree of stereopsis. Results: A predominance was found of the 3-5 years age group (34.4 percent), female sex and white skin color. Axial length increased with spherical equivalent. The most common correction was glasses, but it was statistically demonstrated that gas permeable lenses provided better visual acuity (p= 0.016) and the highest spherical equivalent mean. Of the 43 patients evaluated, 20 (46.5 percent) did not present stereopsis. Patients with anisometropia (64 percent) did not present stereopsis, which constituted a statistically significant fact. Conclusion: Gas permeable lenses provide better visual acuity and a greater spherical equivalent. Most of the patients without stereopsis have anisometropic myopia(AU)

Tratamento da aniseiconia induzida na correção óptica de anisometropia em escolares do ensino fundamental / Treatment of aniseikonia induced by optical correction of anisometropia in elementary school children

Resumo Objetivos: Comparar a aniseiconia e a estereopsia em escolares anisometropes do primeiro ano do ensino fundamental corrigidos com lentes oftálmicas de estoque com curvas-base selecionadas para minimizar a diferença de tamanho interocular das imagens retínicas e com lentes iseicônicas sugeridas pelo software Aniseikonia Inspector 3 e verificar a preferência dos escolares por uma destas formas de correção. Métodos: Dezenove escolares com anisometropia ≥ 1,5 D em meridianos correspondentes no uso de óculos com lentes oftálmicas de estoque e com lentes iseicônicas foram avaliados para aniseiconia (software Aniseikonia Inspector 3) e estereopsia (teste Stereo Fly test com símbolos LEA. A preferência por uma das formas de correção foi verificada após 40-50 dias de uso dos óculos. Resultados: As médias e os desvios-padrão das aniseiconias vertical e horizontal no uso de óculos com lentes oftálmicas de estoque e com lentes iseicônicas foram, respectivamente, -1,05% ± 2,20% e -1,37% ± 2,36% (p=0,82739) e -0,895% ± 2,23% e -1,16% ± 2,03% (p=0,77018). 31,6% dos escolares corrigidos com lentes iseicônicas e 21,1% dos escolares corrigidos com lentes oftálmicas de estoque identificaram os optotipos que sugerem estereopsia < 100 segundos de arco (p= 0,475). Em relação à preferência, 4/15 (26,7%) escolheram os óculos com lentes iseicônicas, 2/15 (13,3%) escolheram os óculos com lentes oftálmicas de estoque e para 9/15 (60%) a escolha foi indiferente. Conclusão: A aniseiconia induzida nos escolares anisometropes corrigidos com lentes iseicônicas sugeridas pelo software Aniseikonia Inspector 3 foi similar ao obtido na correção com lentes oftálmicas de estoque com curvas-base selecionadas para minimizar a diferença de tamanho interocular das imagens retínicas.

Abstract Objectives: To compare the aniseikonia and the stereopsis in school children anisometropes of the first-year of elementary school corrected with stock ophthalmic lenses with base curve selected to minimize the interocular size difference of retinal images and with size lenses suggested by the software Aniseikonia Inspector 3, and to check the preference of them for one of these forms of correction. Methods: Nineteen school children with anisometropia ≥ 1.5 D in corresponding meridians, in the use of glasses with stock ophthalmic lenses and with size lenses were evaluated for aniseikonia (software Aniseikonia Inspector 3) and stereopsis (Stereo Fly test with LEA symbols). The preference for one of the forms of correction was verified after 40-50 days of wearing glasses. Results: The mean and standard deviations of the vertical and horizontal aniseikonia in the use of glasses with stock ophthalmic lenses and with size lenses were, respectively, -1.05% ± 2.20% and-1.37% ± 2.36% (p = 0,82739) and -0.895% ± 2.23% and -1.16% ± 2.03% (p = 0,77018). 31.6% of the school children corrected with size lenses and 21.1% of the students corrected with stock ophthalmic lenses identified the optotypes that suggest stereopsis less than 100 seconds of arc (p = 0.475). Regarding the preference, 4/15 (26.7%) of the students chose the glasses with size lenses, 2/15 (13.3%) chose the glasses with stock ophthalmic lenses, and for 9/15 (60%) the choice was indifferent. Conclusion: The induced aniseikonia in school children with anisometropia corrected with size lenses suggested by the software Aniseikonia Inspector 3 was similar to that obtained in the correction with stock ophthalmic lenses with base curves selected to minimize the difference of interocular size of retinal images.

Estereopsis en pacientes con ambliopía en ausencia de estrabismo / Stereopsis in patients with ambliopia in absence of strabismus

Introducción: los pacientes con estrabismo comúnmente tiene algún grado de compromiso en la estereopsis, y existe evidencia clara que el tratamiento de la ambliopía severa mejora este compromiso; sin embargo, no hay datos que reporten grados de estereopsis en pacientes con ambliopía en ausencia de estrabismo. Objetivo: determinar y comparar el grado de estereopsis en pacientes sin ambliopía, con ambliopía leve y moderada en ausencia de estrabismo, que asistieron a consulta de oft almología pediátrica en el Hospital de San José entre Enero de 2015 y Agosto de 2017. Diseño del estudio: estudio de tipo transversal. Método: pacientes entre 5 y 15 años. Se utilizó el Random Dot Test para la evaluación de estereopsis. Se comparó el grado de estereopsis entre los distintos niveles de ambliopía por medio de una prueba de Kruskal Wallis. Resultados: se incluyeron 119 niños, 64 no tuvieron ambliopía y 55 tuvieron ambliopía, de los cuales el 67.3% fue leve (n=37) y el 32.7% fue moderada (n=18). La principal causa fue la refractiva; en el grupo de ambliopía leve 64.9% y moderada 77.8%. Los pacientes entre 5 y 10 años presentaron una mediana de estereopsis de 40 segundos de arco independientemente de si tenían o no ambliopía, a diferencia de los pacientes mayores de 10 años en quienes a medida que aumentó el grado de ambliopía, disminuyó la estereopsis. Conclusión: de observó una tendencia al empeoramiento del grado de estereopsis según el grado de ambliopía aunque no se alcanzó significancia estadística. El diagnóstico precoz y tratamiento oportuno de la ambliopía durante los primeros años son fundamentales para garantizar un desarrollo visual adecuado de la población pediátrica.

Background: patients with strabismus usually have some degree of disturbance in stereopsis, and there is clear evidence that the treatment of severe amblyopia improves it. However, there are no data reporting grades of stereopsis in patients with amblyopia in absence of strabismus. Objective: to determine and compare the degree of stereopsis in patients without amblyopia, with mild and moderate amblyopia in absence of strabismus who the attended pediatric ophthalmology clinic at Hospital de San José between January 2015 and August of 2017. Study design: cross sectional study. Method: study design: cross-sectional study. Participants: Patients between 5 and 15 years. Process: The Random Dot Test was used for stereopsis evaluation. The degree of stereopsis between the different levels of amblyopia was compared by means of a Kruskal Wallis test. Results: 119 children were included, 64 did not have amblyopia and 55 had amblyopia. 67.3% were mild (n = 37) and 32.7% were moderate (n = 18). The principal cause was refractive, mild amblyopia 64.9% and moderate 77.8%. Patients between 5 and 10 years had a median stereopsis of 40 seconds of arc regardless of whether they had amblyopia or not, unlike patients older than 10 years in whom as the degree of amblyopia increased, stereopsis decreased. Conclusion: It was observed a tendency to worsen the degree of stereopsis according to the degree of amblyopia although statistical signifi cance was not reached. Th e early diagnosis and timely treatment of amblyopia during the fi rst years are fundamental to guarantee an adequate visual development of the pediatric population.

Calidad de vida relativa a la visión según estudios psicofísicos en pacientes hipermétropes con cirugía facorrefractiva / Quality of life relative to the vision according to psychophysical studies in hyperopic patients undergoing phaco-refractive surgery

Objetivo: describir los resultados de la calidad visual para la mejoría de la discriminación cromática, así como la estereopsia y la sensibilidad al contraste, posterior a la cirugía facorrefractiva en pacientes hipermétropes mayores de 40 años, y si la mejoría visual es sustancial en los parámetros de función visual según estudios psicofísicos. Métodos: se realizó un estudio descriptivo, longitudinal y prospectivo a 70 pacientes operados en el período de enero a diciembre del año 2016, hipermétropes présbitas con buena visión corregida, atendidos en el Servicio de Microcirugía del Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología "Ramón Pando Ferrer", quienes mostraron mejoría subjetiva en su calidad de vida al disminuir la dependencia de los espejuelos. Se realizó un estudio de sensibilidad al contraste con la cartilla de Pelli-Robson; discriminación cromática con la prueba de Farnsworth Munsell 100-Hue y estereopsia a través de la prueba de The Netherlands Organization. Resultados: hubo una mejoría significativa en todos los exámenes realizados. La sensibilidad al contraste pasó de una media en el prequirúrgico de 1,44 cd/m2 a 1,56 cd/m2 en el posquirúrgico. La prueba FMH-100 mejoró cuantitativa y cualitativamente (de 142,06 errores en el pre, bajó a 52,91 en la poscirugía); predominaron discriminadores promedios con 50 pacientes y 13 altos discriminadores; mejoró la estereopsia con y sin cristales después de la cirugía, lo que pudo cuantificarse. Conclusiones: hay una mejoría objetiva de la calidad visual después de la lensectomía refractiva en el paciente hipermétrope, demostrada en los resultados de la discriminación cromática, la estereopsia y la sensibilidad al contraste(AU)

Objective: describe visual quality results related to improved chromatic discrimination, stereopsis and contrast sensitivity after phaco-refractive surgery in hyperopic patients aged over 40 years, and determine whether substantial visual improvement is achieved in visual function parameters according to psychophysical studies. Methods: a prospective longitudinal descriptive study was conducted of 70 presbyopic hyperopic patients with good corrected vision undergoing surgery from January to December 2016 at the Microsurgery Service of "Ramón Pando Ferrer" Cuban Institute of Ophthalmology, who experienced subjective quality of life improvement on reducing their dependence on eyeglasses. Contrast sensitivity was evaluated with the Pelli-Robson chart, chromatic discrimination with the Farnsworth Munsell 100-Hue test and stereopsis with The Netherlands Organization test. Results: significant improvement was observed in all the tests performed. Contrast sensitivity rose from a preoperative mean of 1.44 cd/m2 to 1.56 cd/m2 in the postoperative period. Results of the FMH-100 test improved both quantitatively and qualitatively (from 142.06 errors in the preoperative period to 52.91 in the postoperative period); average discriminators prevailed with 50 patients and 13 high discriminators; stereopsis improved after surgery with and without glasses, which could be quantified. Conclusions: objective quality of life improvement is observed in hyperopic patients after refractive lensectomy, as is evidenced by chromatic discrimination, stereopsis and contrast sensitivity results(AU)

Cirugía de estrabismo en adultos: resultados motores y sensoriales / Strabismus surgery in adults: sensory and motor results

Objetivo: determinar los resultados quirúrgicos y la obtención de fusión y estereopsis en adultos operados de estrabismo adquirido y si el tiempo transcurrido entre la aparición de la desviación y la cirugía influyó en la obtención de fusión y estereopsis.Métodos: se realizó una investigación descriptiva, de corte longitudinal y prospectivo, en adultos operados de estrabismo adquirido, quienes acudieron a la consulta de Oftalmología Pediátrica y Estrabismo del Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología Ramón Pando Ferrer de enero a diciembre del año 2013. Se analizaron las variables edad, sexo, edad de inicio del estrabismo, tiempo de evolución, diagnóstico, sentido de la desviación, agudeza visual, síntomas y signos, alineamiento ocular, fusión y estereopsis posoperatoria. Resultados: las causas más frecuentes fueron la parálisis o paresias de músculos extraoculares y la exotropía, ambas con 37,7 por ciento. El 34 por ciento de los casos sobrepasaban los tres años de evolución. Se logró el alineamiento ocular y la fusión en el 73,6 por ciento, y se recuperó la estereopsis en el 52,8 por ciento. El 90,9 por ciento de los pacientes que estuvieron desviados menos de un año alcanzaron fusión y estereopsis. Conclusiones: la cirugía de estrabismo de adulto permite recuperar el alineamiento ocular, la fusión y la estereopsis, con más posibilidades de recuperación funcional cuando se realiza con menor tiempo de evolución(AU)

Objective: to describe the surgical results and the fusion and stereopsis achieved in adults operated on for acquired strabismus, and to determine whether the time elapsed from the emergence of deviation to the time of surgery had an effect on fusion and stereopsis. Methods: prospective, longitudinal and descriptive research conducted in adults operated on for acquired strabismus, who had been seen at the Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus service of Ramón Pando Ferrer Cuban Institute of Ophthalmology from January to December 2013. The analyzed variables were age, sex, the age at the onset of strabismus, time of progression, diagnosis, deviation angle, visual acuity, symptoms and signs, eye alignment and postoperative fusion and stereopsis.Results: the most frequent causes were extra ocular muscle palsy or paresis and exotropia, both accounting for 37.7 percent of cases. Over three years of progression was observed in 34 percent of patients. Eye alignment and fusion occurred in 73.6 percent whereas stereopsis was recovered in 52.8 percent of patients. In the study group, 90.9 percent of patients with deviation angle for less than one year reached fusion and stereopsis. Conclusions: strabismus surgery in adults allows recovering eye alignment, fusion and stereopsis, and the possibilities of functional recovery increase when the time of progression of disease is shorter(AU)

Cirugía de estrabismo en adultos: resultados motores y sensoriales / Strabismus surgery in adults: sensory and motor results

Objetivo: determinar los resultados quirúrgicos y la obtención de fusión y estereopsis en adultos operados de estrabismo adquirido y si el tiempo transcurrido entre la aparición de la desviación y la cirugía influyó en la obtención de fusión y estereopsis. Métodos: se realizó una investigación descriptiva, de corte longitudinal y prospectivo, en adultos operados de estrabismo adquirido, quienes acudieron a la consulta de Oftalmología Pediátrica y Estrabismo del Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología Ramón Pando Ferrer de enero a diciembre del año 2013. Se analizaron las variables edad, sexo, edad de inicio del estrabismo, tiempo de evolución, diagnóstico, sentido de la desviación, agudeza visual, síntomas y signos, alineamiento ocular, fusión y estereopsis posoperatoria. Resultados: las causas más frecuentes fueron la parálisis o paresias de músculos extraoculares y la exotropía, ambas con 37,7 por ciento. El 34 por ciento de los casos sobrepasaban los tres años de evolución. Se logró el alineamiento ocular y la fusión en el 73,6 por ciento, y se recuperó la estereopsis en el 52,8 por cientot. El 90,9 por ciento de los pacientes que estuvieron desviados menos de un año alcanzaron fusión y estereopsis. Conclusiones: la cirugía de estrabismo de adulto permite recuperar el alineamiento ocular, la fusión y la estereopsis, con más posibilidades de recuperación funcional cuando se realiza con menor tiempo de evolución(AU)

Objective: to describe the surgical results and the fusion and stereopsis achieved in adults operated on for acquired strabismus, and to determine whether the time elapsed from the emergence of deviation to the time of surgery had an effect on fusion and stereopsis. Methods: prospective, longitudinal and descriptive research conducted in adults operated on for acquired strabismus, who had been seen at the Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus service of Ramón Pando Ferrer Cuban Institute of Ophthalmology from January to December 2013. The analyzed variables were age, sex, the age at the onset of strabismus, time of progression, diagnosis, deviation angle, visual acuity, symptoms and signs, eye alignment and postoperative fusion and stereopsis. Results: the most frequent causes were extra ocular muscle palsy or paresis and exotropia, both accounting for 37.7 percent of cases. Over three years of progression was observed in 34 percent of patients. Eye alignment and fusion occurred in 73.6 percent whereas stereopsis was recovered in 52.8 percent of patients. In the study group, 90.9 percent of patients with deviation angle for less than one year reached fusion and stereopsis. Conclusions: strabismus surgery in adults allows recovering eye alignment, fusion and stereopsis, and the possibilities of functional recovery increase when the time of progression of disease is shorter(AU)

Estereopsia en niños pseudofáquicos / Stereopsis in pseudophakic children

La estereopsia es el grado máximo que nos brinda la binocularidad y se desarrolla en los niños entre los 3 y 6 meses. Objetivo: determinar la presencia de estereopsia en niños pseudofáquicos, así como los factores asociados a la presencia de estereopsia en estos pacientes. Métodos: se realizó un estudio descriptivo, longitudinal y retrospectivo donde se incluyeron 25 niños mayores de 8 años previamente operados de catarata pediátrica en el Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología Ramón Pando Ferrer, que acudieron a la consulta entre junio y noviembre del año 2015. Se determinaron las variables estereopsia, lateralidad, origen de la catarata, edad de diagnóstico, edad de la cirugía y agudeza visual mejor corregida.Resultados: la estereopsia fina (60" o menos) se detectó en el 28 por ciento de los pacientes, y en el 68 por ciento algún grado de esta. Fue más frecuente en los pacientes con pseudofaquia bilateral y con cataratas traumáticas o del desarrollo, pero sin mostrar diferencias significativas. Todos los pacientes con estereopsia presentaron una agudeza visual mejor corregida mayor de 0,5 en su ojo de peor visión, y estadísticamente este resultado fue significativo.Conclusiones: la cirugía de catarata pediátrica permite desarrollar estereopsia. La agudeza visual posoperatoria es un factor determinante de esta(AU)

Stereopsis is the highest degree of binocularity and occurs in children aged 3 to 6 months of life. Objective: to determine stereopsis in pseudophakic children as well as the factors involved in stereopsis in these patients. Method: a retrospective, longitudinal and descriptive study of 25 children older than 8 years, who had been previously operated on of pediatric cataract in the Ramon Pando Ferrer Cuban Institute of Opthalmology. They went to the hospital from June to November, 2015. The variables were stereopsis, laterality, origin of cataract, age at diagnosis, age at the time of surgery and best corrected visual acuity. Results: fine stereopsis (60" or less) was detected in 28 percent of the patients, and some degree of it in 68 percent of them. It was more frequent in patients with bilateral pseudophakia and with traumatic or developmental cataract, but differences were not significant. All the stereoscopic patients had best corrected visual acuity over 0.5 in its worst vision eye, being this result statistically significant. Conclusions: the pediatric cataract surgery allows developing stereopsis and the postoperative visual acuity is a determining factor(AU)

Estereopsia en niños pseudofáquicos / Stereopsis in pseudophakic children

La estereopsia es el grado máximo que nos brinda la binocularidad y se desarrolla en los niños entre los 3 y 6 meses. Objetivo: determinar la presencia de estereopsia en niños pseudofáquicos, así como los factores asociados a la presencia de estereopsia en estos pacientes. Métodos: se realizó un estudio descriptivo, longitudinal y retrospectivo donde se incluyeron 25 niños mayores de 8 años previamente operados de catarata pediátrica en el Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología Ramón Pando Ferrer, que acudieron a la consulta entre junio y noviembre del año 2015. Se determinaron las variables estereopsia, lateralidad, origen de la catarata, edad de diagnóstico, edad de la cirugía y agudeza visual mejor corregida. Resultados: la estereopsia fina (60" o menos) se detectó en el 28 por ciento de los pacientes, y en el 68 por ciento algún grado de esta. Fue más frecuente en los pacientes con pseudofaquia bilateral y con cataratas traumáticas o del desarrollo, pero sin mostrar diferencias significativas. Todos los pacientes con estereopsia presentaron una agudeza visual mejor corregida mayor de 0,5 en su ojo de peor visión, y estadísticamente este resultado fue significativo. Conclusiones: la cirugía de catarata pediátrica permite desarrollar estereopsia. La agudeza visual posoperatoria es un factor determinante de esta(AU)

Stereopsis is the highest degree of binocularity and occurs in children aged 3 to 6 months of life. Objective: to determine stereopsis in pseudophakic children as well as the factors involved in stereopsis in these patients. Method: a retrospective, longitudinal and descriptive study of 25 children older than 8 years, who had been previously operated on of pediatric cataract in the Ramon Pando Ferrer Cuban Institute of Opthalmology. They went to the hospital from June to November, 2015. The variables were stereopsis, laterality, origin of cataract, age at diagnosis, age at the time of surgery and best corrected visual acuity. Results: fine stereopsis (60" or less) was detected in 28 percent of the patients, and some degree of it in 68 percent of them. It was more frequent in patients with bilateral pseudophakia and with traumatic or developmental cataract, but differences were not significant. All the stereoscopic patients had best corrected visual acuity over 0.5 in its worst vision eye, being this result statistically significant. Conclusions: the pediatric cataract surgery allows developing stereopsis and the postoperative visual acuity is a determining factor(AU)

Desarrollo de test 3D automatizado en la Fundación Boliviana de Oftalmología durante la gestión 2014, para valorar estereopsis / Development of 3D automated test in the Bolivian Ophthalmology Foundation during 2014 management, to assess stereopsis

Objetivos: desarrollar un test 3D automatizado para valorar la estereopsis, test que podría ser ampliamente difundido con el actual auge de la tecnología 3D en video juegos. Métodos: se realizó un estudio comparativo, prospectivo, transversal, inicialmente se desarrolló el test 3D con Scratch versión 1.4 y posteriormente se realizó el mismo en 19 personas entre 15 y 40 años con agudeza visual de 20/20 ó 20/25, se compararon los resultados con los obtenidos con el Test de Titmus. Resultados: encontramos una Agudeza Visual Estereoscópica (AVE) media de 55,32 arcos por segundo con el test 3D automatizado, con el Test de Titmus encontramos una AVE media de 57,89. Realizamos el análisis estadístico con el programa SPSS, con un Alfa de Cronbach de 0,988 lo que indica que existe correlación entre los resultados obtenidos por ambos test. Conclusiones: consideramos que el test 3D automatizado es válido para su utilización en posteriores investigaciones y se constituye en una buena opción para valoración de estereopsis.

Objective: to develop a 3D automated test to assess stereopsis, test could be widely disseminated with the current boom of 3D technology in video games. Methods: a comparative, prospective, cross-sectional study, initially the 3D test was developed with Scratch version 1.4 and later it was performed in 19 people between 15 and 40 years with visual acuity of 20/20 or 20/25, were compared the results with those obtained with the Titmus test. Results: we found an average Stereoscopic Visual Acuity (AVE) of 55.32 arcs per second with automated 3D test with the Titmus test found a mean of 57.89 AVE. We performed statistical analysis using the SPSS program, with a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.988 indicating that there is a correlation between the results obtained by both tests. Conclusion: we believe that 3D automated test is valid for use in further research and constitutes a good choice for assessment of stereopsis.

Visión binocular en pacientes operados de esotropía congénita con cuatro años de evolución / Binocular vision in patients operated of congenital esotropia with four years of follow-up

Objetivo: describir los resultados quirúrgicos y la obtención de fusión y estereopsia en operados de esotropía congénita, después de cuatro años de seguimiento y su relación con el ángulo de desviación preoperatorio y la edad al momento de la primera cirugía. Métodos: estudio descriptivo, longitudinal y prospectivo de una serie de casos, operados de esotropía congénita desde el año 2007 al 2010, seguidos durante cuatro años por consulta en el Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología Ramón Pando Ferrer. Se analizaron las variables edad al diagnóstico, ángulo de desviación preoperatorio y posoperatorio, edad al momento de la primera cirugía, presencia de fusión, estereopsia y desarrollo de ambliopía. Resultados: el ángulo de desviación preoperatorio promedio de los pacientes estudiados fue de 39,8 dioptrías y la media de la edad al momento de la primera cirugía fue 22,5 meses (DE 9,2). La media de supervivencia del alineamiento ocular fue de 39,3 meses, y fue superior en los pacientes con un ángulo de desviación preoperatorio menor de 40 dioptrías y con menos de 24 meses de edad al momento de la primera cirugía (p= 0,001). Presentaban fusión y estereopsia a los 4 años el 57,7 y el 26,9 por ciento de los pacientes. La media del número de cirugía fue de 1,42 (DE ± 0,504) a los 4 años. La causa más frecuente de segunda cirugía fue la hiperfunción del oblicuo inferior (19,2 por ciento). Conclusiones: la presencia de fusión y de estereopsia a los 4 años de evolución es mayor en aquellos pacientes con menor ángulo de desviación preoperatoria y con menos de 2 años de edad a la primera cirugía(AU)

Objective: to describe the surgical results and the fusion and stereopsis obtained in patients operated of congenital esotropia, after 4 years of follow-up and their relationship with the pre-operative deviation angle and the age at the time of the first surgery. Methods: prospective, longitudinal and descriptive case series study, which was conducted in patients operated of congenital esotropia from 2007 to 2010; followed up for four years at the outpatient service of Ramón Pando Ferrer Cuban Institute of Ophthalmology. The analyzed variables were age at diagnosis, pre and postoperative deviation angle, age at the time of the first surgery, presence of fusion, stereopsis and development of amblyopia. Results: preoperative average deviation angle of the studied patients was 39. 8 dioptries, and the age mean at the time of the first surgery was 22,5 months (SD 9,2). The survival mean of the ocular alignment was 39,3 months, being higher in those patients with an preoperative deviation angle smaller than 40 dioptries and under 24 months-old at the time of the first surgery (p= 0,001). Fusion and estereopsia were present after 4 years in 57, 7 percent and 26 9 percent of the patients, respectively. The mean number of surgeries was 1,42 (SD ± 0,504) at 4 years of age whereas the most frequent cause for a second surgery was the inferior oblique muscle overaction (19, 2 percent).Conclusions: stereopsis, and fusion were more significant after four years in those patients with smaller preoperative deviation angle and under 2 years-old at the time of the first surgery(AU)

Visión binocular en pacientes operados de esotropía congénita con cuatro años de evolución / Binocular vision in patients operated of congenital esotropia with four years of follow-up

Objetivo: describir los resultados quirúrgicos y la obtención de fusión y estereopsia en operados de esotropía congénita, después de cuatro años de seguimiento y su relación con el ángulo de desviación preoperatorio y la edad al momento de la primera cirugía. Métodos: estudio descriptivo, longitudinal y prospectivo de una serie de casos, operados de esotropía congénita desde el año 2007 al 2010, seguidos durante cuatro años por consulta en el Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología Ramón Pando Ferrer. Se analizaron las variables edad al diagnóstico, ángulo de desviación preoperatorio y posoperatorio, edad al momento de la primera cirugía, presencia de fusión, estereopsia y desarrollo de ambliopía. Resultados: el ángulo de desviación preoperatorio promedio de los pacientes estudiados fue de 39,8 dioptrías y la media de la edad al momento de la primera cirugía fue 22,5 meses (DE 9,2). La media de supervivencia del alineamiento ocular fue de 39,3 meses, y fue superior en los pacientes con un ángulo de desviación preoperatorio menor de 40 dioptrías y con menos de 24 meses de edad al momento de la primera cirugía (p= 0,001). Presentaban fusión y estereopsia a los 4 años el 57,7 y el 26,9 por ciento de los pacientes. La media del número de cirugía fue de 1,42 (DE ± 0,504) a los 4 años. La causa más frecuente de segunda cirugía fue la hiperfunción del oblicuo inferior (19,2 por ciento). Conclusiones: la presencia de fusión y de estereopsia a los 4 años de evolución es mayor en aquellos pacientes con menor ángulo de desviación preoperatoria y con menos de 2 años de edad a la primera cirugía(AU)