Effect of heredity on risk of diabetic retinopathy
1 September 2023
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Diabetic macular edema, heredity, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, risk factors, survival analysis
This study used survival analysis on 2199 patients who had reached vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy to investigate the contribution of heredity to diabetes together with other known risk factors for the development of either proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) or diabetic macular...
Outcomes from evisceration with primary implant in 1800 patients
3 April 2023
| Hetvi Bhatt
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Oculoplastics, Orbit
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ig data, electronic medical records, epidemiology, evisceration, exposure, extrusion, implant, migration, orbit, prosthesis, ptosis, risk factors, socket
This is a retrospective analysis of 1800 patients who had evisceration with orbital implant between 2013-2019. As the largest published series on this topic, the authors are able to give relatable real-world data on complications following surgery. They use a...
Change in hyperopia with strabismus
4 August 2021
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Screening, amblyogenic risk factors, amblyopia, hyperopia
This study aimed to evaluate hyperopic evolution patterns in children with early diagnosis (before three years) and treatment. This was a retrospective study of 78 eyes of 39 children. Forty-nine percent were males and mean follow-up was 130 months (72-193)....
Risk factors for non-arteritic ischaemic optic neuropathy in an Asian population
1 October 2017
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Korean, non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy, systemic risk factor
The authors reviewed the medical records of 45 Korean patients with non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION) and 45 healthy controls, in order to determine risk factors for the condition in an Asian population. Previous studies looking at risk factors...
Is an increased homocysteine level associated with greater risk of AMD?
1 June 2015
| Jonathan CP Roos
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Age-related macular degeneration, Women's Health Study, homocysteine, prospective cohort, risk factor
Basic research studies have implicated homocysteine in causing vascular endothelial dysfunction and inflammation, and this has been borne out in large observational studies which suggested that elevated homocysteine is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. In order to determine...
Gender variations in retinopathy
1 August 2014
| Nana Theodorou
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, epidemiology, hypertension, microalbuminuria, prevalence, retinopathy, risk factors, urinary albumin excretion
The Tromso Eye Study is a substudy of the Tromso Study; a population based longitudinal study based in Norway. The extensive 5869 participants had no diabetes and were aged between 30-87 years. Retinal images from both eyes were taken using...
