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NYU Langone Health performs world’s first whole-eye & partial-face transplant
15 November 2023
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NYU Langone, eye transplant, Face transplant, surgery, therapies, Aaron James, USA, Eduardo D. Rodriguez
Landmark whole-eye transplant is a major paradigm shift for potential vision therapies.
Understanding medical negligence in the UK: a brief overview
3 April 2024
| Ali Yagan
Medical negligence, or clinical negligence, refers to a breach of duty of care by healthcare professionals that results in harm or injury to a patient. In the UK, medical negligence is a serious issue that can have profound consequences for...
Is patient masking leading to an increase in post-op infection after eyelid surgery?
21 October 2020
| Marion Sikuade, Jennifer HY Tan, Zanna Currie
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COVID-19, Ophthalmology, Oculoplastics, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of facemasks or face coverings in the clinical setting has become necessary. It is important to recognise that facemasks can be a source of infection after eye surgery and consider ways to minimise...
Steroid treatment for pseudophakic cystoid macular oedema
1 October 2021
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Cystoid macular edema, intravitreal steroids, triamcinolone
The authors present a retrospective comparison of 45 eyes of 41 patients treated with 2mg intravitreal triamcinolone (IVT group) and 50 eyes of 42 patients treated with 40mg sub-Tenons triamcinolone (STT group) for pseudophakic cystoid macular oedema (CMO). The visual...
Childhood glaucoma
1 February 2019
| Matt Spargo, Peter Shah (Prof), Joseph Abbott
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Glaucoma, Ophthalmology, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
When a child is given a diagnosis of glaucoma, the impact upon that child and their family is enormous; equivalent to the diagnosis of a cancer [14]. This article outlines the knowledge, techniques and approaches that offer solutions to the...
Management of squint with near-distance angle disparity
These are a group of strabismus disorders where the angle of misalignment is different between near and distance. The focus of this article will be on the patients where the angle for near exceeds the distance angle by more than...Cluster of cyclic esotropia cases
5 August 2020
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study reports a series of five patients with cyclic esotropia presenting within a period of 19 months in 2015-16 in one institute. Brain MRI scans were abnormal in two patients (twins) with abnormal white matter signal in the frontal...
Surgical management of high myopia strabismus
4 February 2021
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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High myopia, exotropia hypotropia complex, nasal loop myopexy
This is a small case series of three patients with unilateral or bilateral high myopia with exotropia and hypotropia. Surgery involved nasal loop myopexy between the medial and superior recti muscles with or without lateral rectus recession and / or...
Rectus muscle flap tear
1 February 2018
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The clinical findings, role of imaging, surgical techniques and results are described for three patients who presented with flap tears of the inferior or medial rectus muscles. Two were due to trauma (inferior rectus) and one due to surgery (medial...
Medial rectus surgery with development delay
1 August 2017
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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BMR, cerebral palsy, consecutive exotropia, developmental delay, esotropia
The long-term results of bilateral medial rectus surgery are evaluated in 42 children with development delay. Mean age pre-surgery was 2.9 years with a mean follow-up of 4.6 years. Mean angle of esotropia was 44.29±13.9PD; 57% achieved surgical success; 31%...
Patient satisfaction after refractive lens exchange with an EDOF lens
5 August 2020
| Inderpaul S Sian
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Cataract and Refractive
The aim of this study was to identify independent factors associated with postoperative satisfaction after refractive lens exchange with an extended depth of focus intraocular lens (EDOF IOL). Patients who underwent a refractive lens exchange with bilateral implantation of the...
Assessment of slow and fast vergence in stroke survivors
5 April 2022
| Lauren R Hepworth
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
The authors present the findings of a prospective cohort study. Three hundred and five stroke survivors were recruited consecutively. The following exclusion criteria were applied; aphasia, cognitive impairment, visual inattention, ocular motor nerve palsy and neuromuscular disease. Fifty age-matched controls...