Publications, lectures and audits
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Binocular Vision meetings
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Papers published
Gao T , Kowal L et al. Effectiveness of a Binocular Video Game vs Placebo Video game For Improving Visual Function in Older Children,Teenagers and Adults with Amblyopia. JAMA Ophthalmol. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.6090
Gao T, Kowal L et al. “Optical treatment of amblyopia in older children and adults is essential prior to enrolment in a clinical trial.” Opthalmic and Physiol Opt 2018. https://doi.org/10.1111/opo.12437
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Published Conference Abstracts
“Phospholine iodide in the treatment of refractive accommodative and high AC/A ratio intermittent esotropia: a preliminary report.” Georgievski Z, Kowal L, Wutthiphan S, Friling R, Davey K. Strabismus 1997, 5(1): 35
“Torticollis driven by the amblyopic eye.” Kowal L, Colville D, Georgievski Z, Friling R. Strabismus 1997, 5(1): 37
‘The distance "Krimsky".’ Kowal L, Davey K, Friling K, Georgievski Z. Strabismus 1997, 5(1): 35
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Contribution to Published Grand Rounds
Grand Rounds #60: a case of persistent diplopia after four surgical procedures for Duane's syndrome. Ainsworth JR, Campos EC, Good WV, Gupta B, Kowal L. Binocul Vis Strabismus Q 2000 Winter 15:4 344-8
Case history of boy with Duane's Syndrome Jnl Ped. Ophth and Strab. 2000 (2): 109
Grand Rounds #49: A case of bilateral asymmetric Duane syndrome with fixation with the more affected eye. Kushner BJ, Egbert JE, Ellis FJ, Foster RS, Kowal L, Kraft SP, Lueder GT. Binocul Vis Strabismus Q 1998 Spring-Fall 13:1 1st Qtr 38-44
Grand Rounds # 44: Face turn in nystagmus: the important role of alternating monocular occlusion in the assessment. Binocul Vis Strabismus Q 1996 11:268-274
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Letters Published
Letter to the Editor Kowal L. Re: " congenitally enlarged extraocular muscles: can congenital thyriod eye disease exist in a euthyroid infant?' Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007 May-Jun;23(3):253
LASIK for hyperopia. [Letter to Editor] Kowal L. Ophthalmology. 2005 Oct;112(10):1847; author reply 1847. No abstract available.
Tic disorders in children with frequent blinking. Kowal L. JAAPOS 2004; 8:594
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Books
‘Strabismus Surgery: Innovative and Classic Approaches’
Dr Irene Ludwig. Dr Kowal is a co-author
Presentation by most co-authors #1
Presentation by most co-authors #2
Author of Strabismus section of Post Graduate Nursing Textbook, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.
Author of Strabismus section of World Book Medical Encyclopaedia.
"Refractive Surgery and Diplopia". Kowal L. & Battu R.
Step by Step Lasik surgery. Chapter 13.
Ed: Vajpayee et al. 2003
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Referee to Following Journals
2010 Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology
2010 Postgraduate Medical Journal
2009 British Journal of Ophthalmology
2006 Archives of Ophthalmology
2005 Jnl American Assoc Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus JAAPOS
2004 5,6 Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
2002 Current Eye Research
2003 Australian Family Physician
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Papers Published Non-Opthalmology
Contraceptive pitfalls. Kowal, L. Aust Fam Physician 1979 Jan 8:1 93
Non-gonococcal urethritis. Kowal L. Med J Aust 1978 Jul 1 2:1 30
Atopic cough in children. Kowal L. Med J Aust 1977 Jan 1-8 1: 41
Treatment of prodromal shingles. Kowal L. Med J Aust 1989 Feb 20 150:4 227-8
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Kowal Hook for Tight Muscles
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Book Reviews
In "Binocular Vision Quarterly" 10:No1. P59.
Review of 'Simultaneous Horizontal and Cyclovertical Surgery' by Gobin & Bierlaagh.
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Audits
2013: 200 consecutive cases of Bimedial Recession for esotropia presented at 2013 ANZ Strabismus Society meeting
2009: 119 cases of consecutive exotropia.
2008: 28 cases of superior oblique surgery