Convergence Excess Esotropia: Cracking the Mythology

Dr Rao Arif

sep 2015. · Partridge Publishing Singapore

O ovoj e-knjizi

Correcting the angle of eso-deviation for distance has remained a straightforward decision for a squint surgeon but addressing the dilemma of disparate extra deviations for near has remained a dilemma haunting strabismus community over the decades. This effort presents an insight into solving the issue for small as well as large and very large disparate esotropias surgically.

O autoru

Dr Rao Arif is a practicing ophthalmologist since more than last one and a half decades. Being a member and fellow of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan since more than a decade, he opted to explore the new horizons in subspecialty arena of pediatric ophthalmology. He got his fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology from the King Edward Medical University Lahore Pakistan. During his tenure as trainee under supervision of Dr. Ashal Kaiser Pal, he had the opportunity to explore different unvisited mythical islands of strabismus, nystagmus, congenital glaucoma, and congenital cataract. This manuscript is the presentation of his experience in management of convergence excess esotropia. Management strategies for exotropias, augmented microincision trabeculotomies, paranodal point management in congenital cataracts, primary posterior forcepsorhexis versus primary posterior vitrectorhexis, localization of canal of schlemm for trabeculotomy, management strategies for nystagmus , management strategies for transpositional squint surgeries are a few of his works ready to be presented to the pediatric ophthalmic community and strabismus and nystagmus cosmos.