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Pars plana vitrectomy for vitreomacular traction syndrome
This paper presents a meta-analysis and systematic review of the safety and efficacy of vitrectomy for vitreomacular traction (VMT), based on 21 eligible articles from 460 identified. A strength of this study is that it provided pooled analysis across a...What's trending Dec/Jan 2021
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #threeblindmice US company Nanoscope Therapeutics has developed a new treatment which is hoped will restore vision in those affected by retinal...Headaches in ophthalmology (part 2)
Ophthalmologists see a large number of patients with headaches or facial pain in the ophthalmic outpatient clinics or in emergency clinics. Over two articles, I will discuss several causes of headaches, ocular manifestations and proposed management and referral options. It...
Cell injection therapy for endothelial failure
This is a prospective observational study involving 11 eyes of 11 patients with pseudophakic endothelial failure who underwent human corneal endothelial cell culture (hCEC) injection therapy for endothelial failure. This study aimed to evaluate the long-term five-year postoperative data for...
BT outcomes under open versus closed sky technique
This retrospective study compared open versus closed sky BT injection techniques without electromyography (EMG) control in 135 patients (31 open sky and 104 closed). Patients were aged 1-50 years for open sky and 2-34 years for closed. There was a...
Review of bupivacaine use in treatment of strabismus
This review aimed to assess the applications of bupivacaine (B) in the non-surgical treatment of strabismus in human and animal studies. Animal studies show that singly-innervated fibres with low concentrations of mitochondria and developed sarcoplasmic reticulum are more affected by...
Outcomes of reinjection of Ranibizumab for reactivation of retinopathy of prematurity
The authors present their data from Egypt assessing the effects of Ranibizumab reinjection for neonates with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Doses given were 0.25mg/0.025mL. They screened 2318 infants with 115 (5%) of infants with a mean post menstrual age (PMA)...
Postoperative diplopia test with BT for inferior oblique overaction
The authors evaluate a novel assessment of botulinum toxin (BT) injection into the inferior oblique (IO) as a postoperative test in those with secondary IO overaction. This was a retrospective review of 23 injections for 18 patients using 1.25U of...
BTA injection to treat convergence insufficiency
The outcomes of patients with convergence insufficiency (CI) treatment with botulinum toxin A (BTA) in one or both lateral rectus muscles are reported. This was a retrospective study of 23 patients; eight males, 15 female, mean age 59 years (range...
Extraocular muscle BT after ocular pathology
Management is described for 13 patients who received inferior rectus botulinum toxin (BT) injection for vertical strabismus due to orbital pathology. Patients were aged 19-86 years, eight were female and seven were right eye injections. Orbital pathology included six with...
