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Efficacy of combined vitrectomy with intravitreal corticosteroid injection for ERM
1 December 2022
| Sofia Rokerya
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Dexamethasone, Epiretinal membrane, Intravitreal injection, Triamcinolone, Vitrectomy
In this study the authors evaluated the efficacy of vitrectomy combined with corticosteroid injection for idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM). A systematic literature review was conducted by searching three electronic databases, PubMed, Embase and Medline, up to 2020 for relevant studies....
Cystoid macular oedema following cataract surgery
1 October 2019
| Ivan Yip
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Cataract and Refractive
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NSAIDs, cataract, cataract surgery, corticosteroids, cystoid macular oedema
This review covers the history, incidence, diagnosis, risk factors, pathophysiology and medical management of postoperative macular oedema (PCMO), with a particular emphasis on key contemporary studies and novel observations. The authors revisit the incidence of well-established risk factors including intraoperative...
Safety and outcome of microincision vitreous surgery in uveitis
1 June 2018
| Nikolaos D Georgakarakos
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Microincisional vitrectomy, uveitis, vitritis
This paper reports the outcomes of microincision vitreous surgery (MIVS) 23G/25G in uveitis of 103 patients (106 eyes) who underwent diagnostic MIVS over a period of four years at the Advanced Eye centre in Chandigarth India. The postoperative evaluation included...
Bioengineered human tissue
1 August 2017
| James Hsuan
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Ocular Pathology and Oncology
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ocular, oculoplastic, reconstructive, bioengineering, reconstruction, oculoplastics, orbit
This is a literature review of the current status of tissue engineering related to ocular and oculoplastic reconstructive surgery. The authors describe the process of bioengineering for tissue reconstruction. The aim is to reproduce functional tissue by the use of...
A unique case of macular burn from ‘toy’ laser
The first laser was created in 1960 and its name is an acronym for ‘light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation’. Laser technology has been used for medical, industrial, research and entertainment purposes in a variety of fields following extensive...Nicotine accelerates diabetes induced retinal changes
1 June 2015
| Khadijah Basheer
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Diabetes, SD-OCT, SLO, neurons, nicotine, retinal thickness
This study investigated the influence of nicotine in an experimentally induced diabetic rat model. They used non-invasive high-resolution spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) imaging to provide quantitative information on the temporal alterations of retinal structures at the micrometer resolution...
Injection of methotrexate into silicone oil-filled eyes for grade C PVR
1 October 2019
| Sofia Rokerya
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Methotrexate (MTX) is an antineoplastic antimetabolite with immunosuppressant properties. Folate antagonism is known to contribute to the antiproliferative effects of MTX, and release of adenosine from cells and inhibition of polyamines may explain its anti-inflammatory effects. These activities contribute to...
OCT angiography sign after whiplash
7 December 2020
| Annes Ahmeidat
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Berlin’s oedema is a rare condition following blunt ocular injury and a rare finding after whiplash injury. This case describes a 48-year-old male who suffered a seventh vertebrae fracture from a traffic accident. Two days later, decreased left eye visual...
OCT Angiography in Retinal and Macular Diseases
OCT angiography (OCT-A) is based on the concept that in a static eye, the only moving structure in the fundus of the eye is blood flowing through the vessels. This book explains how the technique allows a depth-resolved analysis and...Can OCT predict Alzheimer’s disease?
Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are based on facts and which are ‘fake news’. Headline: Can OCT predict Alzheimer’s disease? In 1986 Hinton et al. demonstrated evidence of optic nerve degeneration...Vitreoretinal Disease: Diagnosis, Management and Clinical Pearls (second edition)
A comprehensive, well-illustrated and highly informative resource providing excellent descriptions of vitreoretinal diseases, their presentation, diagnosis and management. The 40 chapters are grouped into four sections, namely: the Anatomy and Physiology of the vitreous, retina, choroid and retinal pigment epithelium;...Aflibercept treatment in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
1 April 2019
| Sofia Rokerya
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Aflibercept, Caucasian population, Indocyanine green angiography, Optical coherent tomography, Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy, Prospective study
The authors present a study to evaluate the anatomical and functional efficacy of aflibercept intravitreal (IVT) as a monotherapy in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) in a Caucasian population treated with initial three-monthly aflibercept IVT, followed by a bimonthly regimen for...