Iranian prevalence of convergence / accommodative disorders
1 June 2016
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Accommodation, binocular vision, convergence, facility, symptoms
The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of accommodative and convergence disorders in an optometric clinical population and ascertain tests with the highest sensitivity and specificity in detecting these anomalies. The authors gathered information on symptoms, near...
Mental health issues linked with strabismus
1 June 2016
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Mental disorders, ocular motility disorders, strabismus
The purpose of this study was to determine if adults with non-paralytic forms of strabismus are at elevated risk for developing mental illness. This was a population-based case-controlled study of 297 adults with new onset non-paralytic strabismus; 42.4% were male....
Resveratrol protects against steroid induced intraocular pressure
1 April 2016
| Graham Wallace
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EYE - General
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Glaucoma, Intraocular pressure, Resveratrol, Retina, Steroid-induced, Trabecular meshwork
Topical and systemic steroid delivery is a very effective treatment for many ocular conditions but is compromised by raised intraocular pressure which in turn leads to death of retinal ganglion cells and irreversible blindness. This is an important consideration with...
SS-OCT assessment of ITC after phacoemulsification
This is a multicentre randomised controlled trial of 22 patients with primary angle closure glaucoma with peripheral anterior synechia and peripheral primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) with peripheral anterior synechia (PAS) detected by indentation gonioscopy was randomised into two groups....
Evaluating ocular motor functions
1 October 2015
| Nana Theodorou
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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inter-rater agreement, intrarater agreement, observed agreement, ocular motor score
Traditionally orthoptists are specialised in assessing ocular motor disorders. This article introduces the ocular motor score as a new clinical tool for screening and follow-up for children and young adults. The protocol consists of 15 tests such as stereoacuity, strabismus,...
Smoking and Behçet’s disease
1 October 2015
| Saruban Pasu
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Behçet disease, cigarette, ocular behçet, smoking, uveitis
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between smoking and prognosis of ocular Behçet’s disease (BD). Records of 202 patients with ocular features of BD were reviewed from a Turkish hospital. Patients were divided into two groups according to their...
Dyslexic reading improved by vergence training
1 August 2015
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Bnocular vision, dyslexia, reading speed, vergence training
The aim of this study was to evaluate if reading performance could be improved by a period of compensatory vergence training in dyslexic children with otherwise normal binocular vision. The study included 13 children with dyslexia – mean age of...
Binocular summation with low contrast
1 August 2015
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Binocularity, binocular inhibition, binocular summation, low contrast acuity
The magnitude of binocular summation was investigated in normal control subjects using four different letter charts of varying type with fixed and variable contrast levels and spatial frequency to determine which tests most readily reveal binocular summation in normal subjects....
Management of diffuse OSSN with topical chemotherapy
1 June 2015
| Anjali Gupta
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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chemotherapy, complication, ocular surface squamous neoplasia
Ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) can be localised to the conjunctiva or, less commonly, diffusely spread over the conjunctiva and cornea. Localised OSSN can be treated by surgical removal with adjuvant cryotherapy and chemotherapy with low rates of recurrence. Diffuse...
Short-term effects of intravitreal bevacizumab on the cornea
1 December 2014
| Khadijah Basheer
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
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anterior chamber depth, bevacizumab, central corneal thickness, intraocular pressure, iridocorneal angle, simulated keratometry
Bevacizumab has been extensively used to treat macula oedema and neovascularisation of the retina and it has also been useful in the management of corneal neovascular diseases. This prospective study aimed to provide more information on the effect bevacizumab may...
Effect of oxygen levels on binocular summation of dark vision
1 December 2014
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Binocular summation, dark adaptation, monocular vision, neural summation, probability summation
Previous studies have reported conflicting results on the existence of binocular enhancement of dark vision. This study compares monocular and binocular absolute thresholds of dark adaptation in two different populations (healthy individuals and those with chronic respiratory insufficiency). The study...
Adjunctive topical 5-FU vs. MMC for surgically excised, localised OSSN
1 October 2014
| Anjali Gupta
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
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OSSN, chemotherapy, ocular oncology, ocular surface tumours
Ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) comprises a range of dysplasia including corneal-conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia and invasive squamous cell carcinoma. The traditional treatment for localised non-invasive OSSN has been surgical excision with or without intraoperative cryotherapy. Postoperative adjunctive topical chemotherapy significantly...
