Healthcare insurance influence on surgical outcome
5 June 2020
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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socioeconomic status, strabismus outcomes, strabismus surgery, surgical success
This study sought to determine whether outcomes for simple horizontal strabismus surgery differed for children with supported medical assistance (MA) compared to children with private healthcare insurance, with an assumption of lower socioeconomic status (SES) in the MA group. This...
Recession and resection surgery in TED
5 June 2020
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Graves’ orbitopathy, Thyroid eye disease, ocular ductions, recession, squint surgery
The aim was to investigate changes in ocular ductions in thyroid eye disease (TED) patients undergoing recession in comparison to recession / resection surgery. This was a retrospective study of 119 patients with inclusion of 102 eyes in final analysis....
Functional outcomes after exotropia surgery
5 June 2020
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Stereopsis, exotropia, quality of life, strabismus surgery incisional
The authors used the Chinese version of the AS20 and A&SQ questionnaires to explore if successful postoperative alignment could significantly improve health related quality of life (HRQOL) in adults with childhood large angle exotropia. They further evaluated the relationship between...
Cystoid macular oedema following cataract surgery
1 October 2019
| Ivan Yip
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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NSAIDs, cataract, cataract surgery, corticosteroids, cystoid macular oedema
This review covers the history, incidence, diagnosis, risk factors, pathophysiology and medical management of postoperative macular oedema (PCMO), with a particular emphasis on key contemporary studies and novel observations. The authors revisit the incidence of well-established risk factors including intraoperative...
Lens surgery in patients with lens subluxation misdiagnosed as primary angle-closure glaucoma
1 August 2019
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Glaucoma
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Angle-closure glaucoma, intraocular pressure control, lens subluxation, lens surgery, misdiagnosis
Lens subluxation can be caused by many conditions including Marfan syndrome and other hereditary conditions, and blunt trauma. Lens displacement can cause pupillary block and angle closure. This is commonly misdiagnosed as primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG), which can lead...
Use of bovine pericardium for tendon elongation
1 August 2019
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Decompression, Graves’ orbitopathy, dose-effect, eye muscle surgery, tendon elongation of medial rectus muscle
A retrospective analysis was conducted on all patients treated in one centre with tendon elongation using bovine pericardium (BP) to examine outcomes and long-term safety. The study included 60 patients; 27 unilateral and 33 bilateral cases. Follow-up of one to...
Anterior segment ischaemia (ASI) risk in 3-muscle surgery
1 August 2019
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Anterior segment ischemia, ischemia, rectus muscle, strabismus surgery
The aim of this study was to calculate the risk of clinically evident ASI following simultaneous 3-rectus muscle surgery and safety profile of the same in a relatively large number of patients from a single tertiary care centre. This was...
Strabismus and surgery impacts on reading
1 August 2019
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Fixation, reading, saccades, strabismus, surgery
The authors compared eye movement performance during reading in strabismic children without amblyopia and in non-strabismic age-matched children in addition to evaluation of potential effect of strabismus surgery. They studied nine children aged 11-15 years; mean 12.9±0.6 years. Ten healthy...
Long-term outcomes of surgery for vertical head posture
1 August 2019
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Anomalous vertical head posture, nystagmus surgery, strabismus surgery
The authors report long-term follow-up of a series of seven patients with nystagmus and chin up or chin down head posture that underwent vertical extraocular muscle (EOM) surgery. Mean age at surgery was 56 months (19-96 months). All had horizontal...
Conj reconstruction with amniotic membrane
1 August 2019
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Amniotic membrane, Graves ophthalmopathy, restricitve conjunctiva, restricitve strabismus, strabismus surgery
This study reports the use of amniotic membrane in patients with restrictive strabismus or conjunctiva problems during or following complex eye muscle surgery. Ambio 5 was used for replacement of conjunctiva in this retrospective study of 32 cases aged one...
Effect of cataract surgery on inflammation control and vision in uveitis patients
1 June 2019
| Ivan Yip
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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cataract surgery, phacoemulsification, uveitis, vision impairment
This retrospective longitudinal study from Moorfields, London, UK compared uveitis recurrence rates and vision loss in 309 eyes of uveitis patients post cataract surgery to 300 control uveitis patients. Cataract is a common complication associated with uveitis and leads to...
Diclofenac versus Bromfenac after cataract surgery
1 April 2019
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, bromfenac, cataract surgery, diclofenac, intraocular inflammation
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used after cataract surgery to reduce inflammation and cystoid macular oedema (CMO). Diclofenac 0.1% is used three to five times daily for 28 days and Bromfenac 0.09% twice daily for 14 days postoperatively. The...
