Comparison of visual fields between migraine and tension type headaches
1 August 2017
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Migraine, retina, aesthetic surgery, visual field
The aim of the study was to compare the clinical features and visual fields of patients with migraine without aura and tension type headache. Visual fields were assessed whilst the patients were having an attack of pain and tested using...
Factors indicating better stereopsis for APAET
1 December 2016
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Duration of misalignment, partially accommodative esotropia, stereopsis, strabismus surgery
The purpose of this study was to determine preoperative factors that affect postoperative stereopsis in patients with acquired partially accommodative esotropia (APAET). This retrospective study was undertaken over a five-year period. Eighty-four subjects had surgery for APAET and 57 met...
MISS vs. fornix approach
1 December 2016
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Fornix approach, horizontal strabismus, inflammation, minimally invasive strabismus surgery, surgical time
The objectives of this study were to compare minimally invasive strabismus surgery (MISS) with the fornix approach in paediatric horizontal strabismus surgery (<12 years) and to evaluate early postoperative inflammation, visual acuity and operating time after a four-year training period...
Supranuclear palsy
1 December 2016
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Double elevator palsy, Knapp procedure, hypertropia, innervational surgery, monocular elevation deficiency, strabismus surgery, supranuclear palsy
This paper reports the results of surgery for supranuclear monocular elevation deficiency. Contralateral superior rectus maximal recession was undertaken without interfering with the superior oblique tendon position, transection of the superior oblique to the superior rectus frenulum and directly suturing...
Changes in parafoveal retinal thickness after bariatric surgery in type 2 diabetics
1 December 2016
| Bheemanagouda Patil
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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OCT, bariatric surgery, diabetic retinopathy, gastric bypass surgery, retinal vessel calibres
Bariatric surgery induces an instant normalisation of blood glucose in as many as 80% of patients with type 2 diabetes. It has been previously reported that diabetic retinopathy (DR) is stable within one year after bariatric surgery. In this study,...
Intravitreal bevacizumab vs. triamcinolone in patients with DMO at the time of cataract surgery
1 October 2016
| Anjali Gupta
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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bevacizumab, cataract surgery, diabetic macular oedema, randomized clinical trial, triamcinolone
This prospective, single masked randomised control trial (RCT) compared visual and anatomical outcomes when either intravitreal bevacizumab (BVB) or triamcinolone (TA) was administered at the time of cataract surgery and at subsequent review, if required, in patients with diabetic macula...
Refractive changes after surgery
1 August 2016
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Astigmatism, horizontal muscle surgery;, horizontal strabismus surgery, refraction, surgical induced refractive error
A long-term follow-up study was conducted to report power vector analysis of refractive astigmatic changes in a large group of 137 patients (250 eyes) undergoing horizontal strabismus surgery. Fifty-four percent were male. The average age was 9.22±8.21 years. Fifty-five percent...
Health-related quality of life after cataract surgery
1 June 2016
| Bheemanagouda Patil
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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cataract, cataract surgery, quality of life, quality-adjusted life years
This prospective study evaluates the impact of cataract surgery on subjects’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measured with a 15-dimension generic instrument, the 15D. The HRQoL of cataract subjects was compared with that of an age- and gender-standardised sample of...
Persian AS20 validation
1 June 2016
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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AS-20, Adult Strabismus Questionnaire, health-related quality of life, strabismus surgery
The authors developed a Persian version of the AS20 questionnaire and used the new version to evaluate the effect of strabismus surgery on health-related quality of life. Two independent bilingual translators translated the English version AS20 into Persian. The two...
Muscle insertion measurement by ultrasound biomicroscopy
1 June 2016
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Esotropia, exotropia, strabismus surgery, ultrasound biomicroscope
The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) preoperatively and postoperatively in patients having primary horizontal muscle surgery. Sixteen eyes of 15 patients with concomitant horizontal strabismus were evaluated; mean age 21.1 ±3.3 years,...
Nanofiber-based hydrogels prevent capsular opacification
1 April 2016
| Graham Wallace
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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Capsule opacification, Cataract surgery, Epithelial–mesenchymal transition, Nanostructures, Prevention
Lens refilling is the replacement of the lens with a silicone polymer in an otherwise intact lens capsule. However, capsular opacification (CO), resulting in reduced visual acuity, is a major complication of these injectable accommodating lenses. Opacification is due to...
