Nasolacrimal duct screening to minimise post cataract endophthalmitis
1 February 2015
| Anjali Gupta
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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cataract, endophthalmitis, nasolacrimal duct obstruction
This case control study compared the nasolacrimal duct (NLD) patency in a random sample of phacoemulsification cataract surgery patients (control group) versus a consecutive series of patients who developed endophthalmitis post cataract surgery (case group). NLD syringing was performed in...
Autophagy in lens mitochondria loss
1 April 2014
| Graham Wallace
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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ATG5, FYCO1, FYVE and coiled coil domain containing 1, LC3B, OFZ, Pik3c3, TOM20, autophagy, autophagy-related 5, cataract, differentiation, electron microscopy, lens, microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3B, mitophagy, organelle free zone, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, catalytic subunit type 3, translocase of the outer mitochondrial membranes 20 kDa
The lens consists of a monolayer of epithelial cells that overlies fibre cells that differentiate from epithelial cells at the equator. While developing, fibre cells need mitochondria to provide energy, as they mature they lose these and other organelles to...
Ocular characteristics in Marfan syndrome
1 February 2014
| Nana Theodorou
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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Marfan syndrome, aphakia, axial length, cataract, ectopia lentis, flattened cornea, myopia, pseudophakia, retinal detachment
Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a genetic disorder with clinical manifestations associated with cardiovascular, ocular and skeletal organ systems. Typical signs are descending aortic root aneurysms, ectopia lentis, tall stature and scoliosis. This observational study looked at the ocular characteristics, visual...
Density of cataract and its influence on retinal nerve fibre layer thickness
1 December 2013
| Nana Theodorou
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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cataract, image quality, optical coherence tomography, retinal nerve fibre layer
The aim of this study was to further define and model the influence of cataract on spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) image quality and retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness measurements. OCT quality is influenced by opacities in the...
