Mr James Hsuan is a consultant ophthalmologist with a sub-specialty practice in oculoplastic and orbital surgery.  He has worked at Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool since 2005, prior to which he completed oculoplastic and orbital surgery fellowships in Bristol and Adelaide. He has a particular interest in reconstructive surgery of the periocular region and also works closely with maxillo-facial, ENT and neurosurgical colleagues at Aintree and the Walton Centre.

JOURNAL REVIEWED: Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery – Jun 2014 (ongoing)

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Outcomes and complications of supramaximal levator resection

This is a report of 35 children with unilateral congenital ptosis who underwent a supramaximal levator resection, involving extensive dissection of levator including cutting Whitnall’s ligament. The average preoperative margin reflex distance to the upper lid (MRD1) was 0.5mm, and...


Factors affecting the success of canalicular repairs

This is a ten year retrospective review of 137 canalicular laceration repairs, looking for factors which affected the outcome. A successful outcome was defined as no epiphora at three months or more after removal of the stent. Overall the success...


Assessing the quality of scars from incisions made by a Colorado needle or a scalpel

Traditional teaching has held the best scars are achieved with cold steel although no previous study has formally investigated this hypothesis in oculoplastic surgery. This paper describes a non-randomised cross-sectional study comparing the scar quality achieved from cold steel with...