Iranian prevalence of amblyopia
1 December 2018
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Adult, amblyopia, middle-east, population based study
This population-based study was conducted in the Mashhad County in the north east of Iran to determine the prevalence of amblyopia and its determinants and to predict the health needs of the county. This was a cross-sectional study and of...
Lost muscle surgery
1 August 2017
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Adult strabismus, exotropia, operation dosage, techniques/procedures
The authors present the results of transposition surgery without concomitant lateral rectus weakening in a retrospective review of five cases. Surgery was for large exotropia and marked limitation of adduction after surgical loss of the medial rectus muscle. Mean age...
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...
Medial rectus recession in Grave’s orbitopathy
1 August 2015
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Adult strabismus, diplopia, operation dosage, orbit, thyriod eye disease
The purpose of this retrospective study was to analyse the surgical effect / success rate of recession of the medial rectus in 90 patients with horizontal diplopia. Mean age was 52.5 ±9.4 years. Of that 24% had unilateral medial rectus...
Rare case reports of benign optic glioma in adults with clinically aggressive nature
1 April 2015
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Adult optic glioma, ganglioglioma, pilocytic astrocytoma, WHO Grade I–II
Primary optic nerve gliomas are most commonly benign and occurring in childhood. Malignant optic gliomas occur in adulthood and follow an aggressive course usually leading to blindness and death within months. This paper describes the clinical and histopathological features of...
