OCTA in diabetic macular oedema treated with intravitreal aflibercept (DOCTA Study)
3 April 2024
| Sofia Rokerya
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Central vision loss due to diabetic macular oedema (DME) can be attributed not only to presence of the macular oedema itself but also, in some cases, to alterations of the foveal avascular zone (FAZ). The DOCTA trial was a longitudinal,...
All you need to know about PIC
3 April 2024
| Zhihang Cheng
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This is a review article of punctate inner chorioretinopathy (PIC). The authors detail the epidemiology and clinic presentation of the disease. They recognise the challenge of an accurate diagnosis due to its resemblance to other posterior uveitic entities. Multimodal imaging...
The compendium to clinical evidence in DMO treatment
3 April 2024
| Zhihang Cheng
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This review article summarises the current evidence base in the treatment options for diabetic macular oedema (DMO). The authors have included many real-world data studies that provided valuable insights into the optimal management of DMO. The authors argue that these...
Macular pigment in relatives of AMD patients
3 April 2024
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Blue light causes photo-oxidative retinal injury and macular pigment (MP), with lutein, zeaxanthin and mesozeaxanthin as the main components, as a filter that protects the macula from this damage. Previous studies indicated that low levels of macular pigment optical density...
The potential of artificial intelligence and digital health in global eye health
3 April 2024
| Eliott Taylor
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This article provides an overview of the current landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital health in global eye health. Tan, et al. note that though significant progress has been made in global eye health over the last few decades,...
Genetics counsellors in inherited retinal disease clinics
3 April 2024
| Ian Reekie
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This is a questionnaire-based study from the USA of genetics counsellors with a primary role working within ophthalmology services. The purpose was to investigate the roles currently undertaken, to assess workload, and to acquire data on the experience of genetics...
Progression of macular atrophy in Stargardt disease
3 April 2024
| Ian Reekie
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The authors present a study of a cohort of patients with genetically proven ABCA4 gene mutation related Stargardt disease. They aimed to quantify the effect of lesion location and topography on disease progression using fundus autofluorescence imaging. One hundred and...
Intravitreal Bevacizumab for the prevention of postoperative proliferative vitreoretinopathy in high-risk patients
3 April 2024
| Sofia Rokerya
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This single- centre observational retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the effect of intravitreal injection of bevacizumab at the time surgery for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) repair on postoperative proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) in patients at high risk selected by laser...
Comparison between findings in ‘active’ or ‘healed’ giant cell arteritis
29 March 2024
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common systemic vasculitis in older people and can cause devastating sight loss if untreated. Temporal artery biopsy is often relied upon for diagnosis by ophthalmologists, with a positive biopsy result indicating whether the...
Referral patterns and pathways for intracranial hypertension
29 March 2024
| Lauren R Hepworth
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
The authors present a retrospective case review of individuals with suspected raised intracranial pressure (ICP) over a 12-month period a single tertiary neuro-ophthalmology centre. Cases were categorised into four groups based on examination by neuro-ophthalmology; 1) referred after identification of...
Burden of caregiving for children with eye diseases
This review was conducted to examine the existent literature and characterise the psychological impact of caregiving for children with various eye diseases. The factors associated with the burden of caregiving were discussed in the context of each eye disease identified....
Prismatic contact lens correction vs prismatic glasses
The aim of this study was to verify if diplopia could be corrected by applying soft directional prism contact lenses, to compare effectiveness of diplopia correction, comfort and quality of vision with these contact lenses compared to prism glasses. This...
