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CVI features in an Indian population
7 December 2020
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study describes the predisposing factors and ophthalmic characteristics of children with cortical visual impairment (CVI) at a tertiary centre in India. This was a retrospective cross-section study of children <16-years-old over a four-year period. A review of 88 patients...
Preterm birth and refractive error in an Indian infant population
3 April 2023
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study was undertaken to identify and compare the changes in refractive outcome in infants with and without retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), to inform incidence of refractive error. This was a prospective study of 300 consecutive premature infants with birth...
Investigation into the anatomical differences of eyelashes between Caucasian and Indian specimens
This study investigated the anatomy of human eyelashes through analysis of root depth, angle, and spatial relationship. Four eyelids from Caucasian donors were obtained from fresh donors and four eyelids from Indian donors were obtained from eye bank calls. The...Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy outcomes in an Indian population
4 October 2023
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
A large cohort study in an Indian population is presented, with clinical and genetic profile analysis of patients with Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) treated over a five-year period. The study included 157 patients; 143 male, 14 female (10.2:1 ratio)...
Acute retinal necrosis: an Indian experience
1 August 2014
| Saruban Pasu
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Ocular Pathology and Oncology
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Acute, India, clinical features, management, outcome, retinal necrosis
The authors of this retrospective study aimed to provide clinical outcomes in 62 eyes of 53 patients presenting with acute retinal necrosis. All eyes received intravenous acyclovir (10mg/kg tds) for 7-10 days followed by oral antiviral therapy (valaciclovir 1g tds...
IPGS Con 2019: Annual Conference of the Indian Paediatric Glaucoma Society
7 December 2019
-8 December 2019
Ophthalmology in ancient india, Sushruta’s time and the modern era
1 August 2015
| Dhiren Bujarborua
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AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
While reading an article related to the history of Indian ophthalmology, I came across this description of a surgical procedure: “The doctor warmed the patient’s eye with the breath of his mouth. He rubbed the closed eye of the patient...
Sebaceous gland carcinoma
This is a review of 241 patients diagnosed with periocular sebaceous gland carcinoma which investigates whether age at presentation influences either the clinical presentation or the outcomes of treatment. Twelve percent of patients were classified as young (<40 years old),...Gender and ethnicity related differences in optic nerve head
1 December 2014
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Gender and ethnicity, OCT, healthy optic nerve
The authors investigated the effect of ethnicity and gender on optic nerve head morphology comparing Indian and Caucasian males and females. The optic nerve head was investigated using spectral-domain optic coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Results showed that disc and rim areas...
Low-dose atropine 0.01% for the treatment of childhood myopia: a pan-India multicentric retrospective study
2 August 2024
| Jonathan Chan
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This is a retrospective multicentre study (20 centres) in India over two years, monitoring the progression of myopia after starting treatment with 0.01% atropine drops. Seven-hundred and thirty-two children were recruited in the study, between six and 14 years old,...
HLA-B27 anterior uveitis
1 June 2017
| Saruban Pasu
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Acute anterior uveitis, HLA-B27, epidemiology, iritis, spondyloarthropathy
HLA-B27 has previously been shown to have an association with uveitis, ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, ulcerative colitis and psoriasis. The authors of this review provide an update of the epidemiology of HLA-B27 associated ocular disorders. There is great variation amongst...
Congenital aniridia clinical features
1 October 2014
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
In this study the authors investigated the various ocular and systemic features associated with congenital aniridia in Indian eyes (262 eyes of 131 patients). The median age at time of first hospital visit was eight years (one day to 73...