Kurt Spiteri Cornish

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK.

JOURNAL REVIEWED: Current Eye Research

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Preoperative anxiety levels and pain during cataract surgery

5 June 2020 | | Cataract and Refractive | Phacoemulsification, VAS, VASA, anxiety, cataract, pain, surgery

Increased anxiety has been shown to be associated with greater pain in a number of procedures. In this observational, non-interventional study, the authors sought to evaluate the correlation between pain with phacoemulsification surgery (under topical and intracameral local anaesthesia) and...

Smartphone use and its effects on eyes

5 June 2020 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease | Smartphone, accommodation, binocular vision, blink, digital device, ocular surface, ocular symptoms, tear function

Longitudinal pilot study on 12 young healthy adults comparing effects of smartphone use over a 60-minute period. Reading conditions and smartphone use was standardised for all participants. Ocular symptoms, tear function and binocular vision were assessed before and after each...

Silicone oil in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

5 June 2020 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous | Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, epiretinal membrane, macular edema, optical coherence tomography, silicone oil tamponade

Silicone oil (SO), used in complicated retinal detachments, is associated with complications such as cataract, increased intraocular pressure (IOP), keratopathy, cystoid macular oedema (CMO), epiretinal membrane (ERM) and loss of vision. Emulsification of oil can also lead to migration of...