Effect of low-dose atropine on myopia progression
7 April 2021
| Jonathan Chan
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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hild health (paediatrics), clinical trial, drugs, optics and refraction
A randomised study to evaluate the effects of 0.01% and 0.02% atropine eye drops (one drop once nightly to both eyes) on myopic progression, pupil diameter and accommodative amplitude in myopic patients. Four hundred myopic children were divided into three...
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...
