Alignment Assignment: Strabismus and amblyopia
My Session Status
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Examine strategies to minimize the financial burden associated with vision screening and individual eye care
- Safely and effectively minimize the number of general anaesthetics a child undergoes
- Contrast the published cost of paediatric vision screening in different health systems
- Discuss the options in the management of challenging strabismus cases
CANMEDS ROLES: Health Advocate, Medical Expert
Sub Sessions
Authors: Sapna Sharan, Ryan Wilson, Erik Leci, Monali MalvankarAuthor Disclosure Block: S. Sharan: None. R. Wilson: None. E. Leci: None. M. Malvankar: None.Abstract Body:Purpose: Families travel long distances to access sub-specialty tertiary services like pediatric ophthalmology. These patients require intensive, regular, long follow-up. There is deficit of knowledge of direct and indirect costs associated. There is added financial b...
Authors: Stephanie Cheon, Amanda Ross-White, Christine LawAuthor Disclosure Block: S. Cheon: None. A. Ross-White: None. C. Law: None.Abstract Body:Purpose: The goal of pediatric vision screening is early identification of amblyopia or amblyogenic factors to decrease individual and societal disease burden. However, there is currently no national strategy or policy regarding pediatric vision screening within Canada. Furthermore, the cos...
Authors: Lisa Jagan, Will Turk, Christian Petropolis, Rylan Egan, Nicholas Cofie, Kenneth Wright, Yi Ning StrubeAuthor Disclosure Block: L. Jagan: None. W. Turk: US provisional patent pending for silicone eye model [US 62/627,853; Human Anatomic Models for Use in Surgical Simulation Having Synthetic Tissue Planes]. C. Petropolis: US provisional patent pending for silicone eye model [US 62/627,853; Human Anatomic Models for Use in Surgical Simul...
Authors: Sharon Armarnik, Vaishali Mehta, Christy Giligson, Christopher J LyonsAuthor Disclosure Block: S. Armarnik: None. V. Mehta: None. C. Giligson: None. C. Lyons: None.Abstract Body:Purpose: In 1994 Scott (1) reported an alternative to the Faden operation for the management of incomitant horizontal strabismus due to muscle paresis or restriction, resecting and recessing a single yoke muscle in the fellow eye to match the duction ...
