Comparison of changes in ECD and CCT between CPS and FLACS
5 June 2020
| Jonathan Chan
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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ECD, FLACS, corneal thickness, endothelial cell density, femtosecond laser, phacoemulsification
This is an intraindividual randomised clinical trial of 134 eyes from 67 patients, one eye was treated with femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) (including pretreatment of main incision, side port, capsulotomy and lens fragmentation) and the fellow eye received conventional...
Microbiology, risk factors and outcomes of microbial keratitis in Sydney, Australia
5 February 2020
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
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Microbial keratitis, cornea, dry eye, keratitis, ocular surface disease
The authors present a retrospective case series including all patients with microbial keratitis and ocular surface diseases (OSD), including dry eye, blepharitis, Stevens-Johnson syndrome and / or ocular cicatricial pemphigoid, over a five-year period between 2012 and 2016. A total...
Ocular manifestation of Marfan Syndrome
1 August 2019
| Ivan Yip
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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Marfan syndrome, axial length, corneal curvature, ectopia lentis, visual acuity
This repeated cross-sectional study collected data in 2003-2004 and 2014-2015 to investigate changes in ocular features in Marfan syndrome (MFS) fulfilling the Ghent-2 criteria. Ghent-2 is a set of criteria by which MFS are identified and includes aortic root aneurysm...
Temporal versus nasal clear corneal incisions
1 April 2019
| Jonathan Chan
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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cataract surgery, corneal shape change, nasal clear corneal incision, temporal clear corneal incision
This is a prospective randomised study of 100 patients’ left eye having undergone phacoemulsification either by a 2.4mm nasal clear corneal incision (CCI) group or temporal CCI group. The corneal astigmatic changes were compared between groups by power vector analysis,...
Corneal suture sample evaluation
This is a prospective study of 35 patients’ suture samples taken from a tertiary cornea clinic, Miami, Florida, with a history of penetrating keratoplasty. The aim is to study the relationship between corneal suture bacteriology, biofilm and the clinical setting,...
Differences in elastometry of cornea and optic nerve head in both eyes of patients with NAION
1 February 2019
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Corneal hysteresis, corneal resistance factor, non-arteritic anterior ischaemic neuropathy, optic nerve head biomechanics, real-time elastography
Non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION) is an important cause of visual loss in the middle aged and elderly population. This prospective cross-sectional study investigates the biomechanical properties of optic nerve head (ONH) and cornea in both eyes of patients...
Biomechanical stabilisation of ocular measurements post cataract surgery
1 December 2017
| Mrinal Rana
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Oculoplastics, Orbit
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Automated refraction, cataract, central corneal thickness, keratometry, ocular biometric parameters
This prospective study looks into the time duration of biomechanical stabilisation post uneventful cataract surgery in a case series of 62 consecutive eyes in patients with no ocular or systemic comorbidity. The patients were followed-up at fixed intervals of one...
What about the children? Cornea cross-linking for children with keratoconus
1 October 2017
| Eulee Seow
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
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cornea, cross-linking, keratoconus, paediatric
Keratoconus can behave more aggressively in paediatric than in adult patients. Collagen cross-linking has been shown to slow the progression of keratoconus in adults. This systematic review determined the effectiveness of corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) in children. For this study,...
Does cornea cross-linkage reduce the rate of corneal transplants in keratoconus?
1 February 2017
| Eulee Seow
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
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corneal transplantation, cross-linking, keratoconus, keratoplasty
Cornea cross-linking (CXL) is a relatively new treatment in the management of keratoconus, which may help prevent the need for corneal transplant. This paper investigates if the introduction of corneal cross-linkage has reduced the number of corneal transplants performed annually...
Bandage contact lens cultures after corneal collagen cross-linking
1 August 2016
| Saruban Pasu
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
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Bacterial contamination, contact lens, corneal collagen cross-linking, keratoconus, photorefractive keratotomy
Corneal collagen cross-linking (CCL) is a treatment modality that has been shown to stop the progression of keratoconus. There have also been reports that CCL acts as an antimicrobiologic agent in treating resistant microbial keratitis. This study aimed to investigate...
Conventional vs. accelerated cross-linking
1 August 2016
| Anjali Gupta
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
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accelerated corneal collagen cross-linking, corneal collagen cross-linking, keratoconus
The Dresden protocol of 3mW/cm2 irradiance for 30 minutes has been extensively studied and has shown advantageous clinical and topographical results. However, this protocol is time-consuming and therefore accelerated CXL using higher irradiance to shorten treatment duration has emerged. The...
Effect of topical diclofenac on postoperative PRK pain: RCT
1 April 2015
| Anjali Gupta
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
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cornea, diclofenac, pain, photorefractive keratectomy
A major disadvantage of excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) is pain and discomfort after the surgery, which is thought to be due to damage to corneal sensory nerve fibres or local release of inflammatory substances. Pain only resolves once corneal...
