Biometric changes in phakic eyes over time
3 June 2021
| Su Young
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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Biometry, anatomy, cataract surgery, management, surgical planning
This was a single-centre retrospective cohort study of patients who attended a ‘two-stop’ preassessment clinic for consideration of cataract surgery between November 2002 and March 2015. Four biometric measurements were recorded: axial length, horizontal (K1) readings, vertical (K2) readings and...
Cataract extraction and microperimetry
3 June 2021
| Ed Rule
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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Cataract, Cataract surgery, Microperimetry, Retinal sensitivity
In this study, the authors assessed retinal sensitivity before and after cataract extraction, in an effort to understand how lens opacities may affect microperimetry results in glaucoma and macular diseases. Thirty patients awaiting cataract extraction were examined and their lens...
Suture-less flanged IOL fixation vs. conventional sutured SF in IOL dislocation
3 June 2021
| Sofia Rokerya
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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Intraocular lens dislocation, Sutureless flanged fixation, Vitrectomy, Vitreoretinal surgery
The authors report the analysis of a prospective, comparative cohort study on 103 consecutive patients (103 eyes) with intraocular lens (IOL) dislocation who underwent vitrectomy with IOL removal and sutured scleral fixation (SF) (53 eyes) or flanged IOL fixation (50...
Wet AMD outcomes post cataract surgery
3 June 2021
| Kareem Waleed Alsaffarini
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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age-related cataract, antivascular endothelial growth factor, cataract surgery, wet age-related macular degeneration
The authors present the findings of a retrospective study looking at the progression of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in patients who underwent cataract surgery. They recruited a series of 111 patients of which 38 were men and 73 were...
Surgical outcomes of isolated medial rectus palsy
7 April 2021
| Ivan Yip
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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exotropia, imaging feature, isolated medial rectus palsy, orbit, strabismus surgery
Isolated medial rectus is a rare clinical entity. This prospective study of 32 patients from China showed that this was caused most commonly by iatrogenic injury (43.75%), trauma (37.50%) and congenital (18.75%) causes. An average of 60 ±25 prism dioptres...
Effect of blue-light filtering intraocular lenses on age-related macular degeneration
7 April 2021
| Anna Song
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Age-related macular degeneration, Anti–vascular endothelial growth factor, Blue-light filtering, Cataract surgery, Choroidal neovascularization, Intraocular lens, Neovascular age-related macular degeneration
This is a retrospective cohort study evaluating whether blue-light filtering (BLF) intraocular lenses (IOL) offer prophylaxis for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). The study included 11,397 eyes of 11,397 patients with a mean age of 75.4 ±8.3 years that underwent...
Topical nonsteroidal ant-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in patients undergoing cataract surgery
4 February 2021
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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Postoperative inflammation, cataract surgery, diclofenac, laser flare meter, nepafenac
Inflammation is a major risk factor for the development of cystoid macular oedema (CMO) after cataract surgery, leading to breakdown of the blood-retina barrier. There is a correlation between severity of CMO and level of postoperative inflammation. Laser flare meter...
Brain abnormality as risk factor for consecutive exotropia
4 February 2021
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Infantile esotropia, consecutive exotropia, magnetic resonance imaging, strabismus surgery, white matter damage of immaturity
The authors evaluated and compared the cerebral MRI findings in operated infantile esotropia cases with and without consecutive exotropia. This was a retrospective study of 28 patients. Group 1 had 17 cases of consecutive exotropia with a mean follow-up of...
Surgical outcome for cyclic strabismus
4 February 2021
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Cyclic strabismus, esotropia, surgery
The aim of this study was to report the outcome of surgical treatment in a series of seven cases of paediatric cyclic strabismus. This was a retrospective study of children with surgical treatment for the manifest cyclic deviation. Six children...
Practical application of cataract risk stratification
5 August 2020
| Ivan Yip
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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cataract surgery, surgical complication, vocational training
This study assessed the practicability of a risk stratification system, the New Zealand Cataract Risk Stratification (NZCRS) in a major teaching hospital. The scoring system was as follows: three points for Dense cataract, pseudoexfoliation (PXF), phacodonesis, previous vitrectomy and only...
Preoperative anxiety levels and pain during cataract surgery
5 June 2020
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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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...
Medial rectus recession for Mobius sequence
5 June 2020
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Mobius syndrome, outcomes, strabismus surgery
The authors reviewed the long-term outcomes of medial rectus (MR) recession alone for Mobius sequence. This was a retrospective review. Surgery involved recession of 4-6.5mm plus inferior transposition if needed for V pattern. Success was defined as within 8PD of...
