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AC/A measurement differences
1 June 2019
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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AC/A ratio, accommodation, convergence, measurement methods
The authors sought to investigate differences in stimulus accommodative convergence/accommodation (AC/A) ratio using various techniques and accommodative stimuli. The study included 81 orthoptic students; 15 males and 66 females with a mean age of 21 years ±1. Ocular deviation was...
Normative dimensions of the lacrimal gland
31 October 2023
| Hetvi Bhatt
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Oculoplastics, Orbit
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Enlargement, lacrimal gland, magnetic resonance imaging
This article looks at the normative dimensions of the lacrimal gland in the axial and coronal plane on fat-suppressed T1 weighted contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Previous data on this subject has come from computed tomography (CT). MRI is known...
Choroidal changes after horizontal strabismus surgery
The aim of this study was to investigate choroidal changes in the short-term by looking at the choroidal vascular layer after horizontal strabismus surgery. This was a retrospective study of 27 patients: 12 females and 15 males with mean age...Unconscious bias
Swansea University invited me to an Away Day. There was a whole day of lectures planned at a hotel conference suite just outside Swansea but due to clinic commitments I only caught the afternoon session; a ‘workshop’, on how to...Keeler to partner with Frost Optical Services
4 April 2023
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Contracts & Distributors
We are delighted to announce that Keeler has partnered with Frost Optical Services, a professional ophthalmic services provider known for their excellent service delivery.
Features of childhood cases of sixth nerve palsy
5 June 2023
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
Based on limited information available for cranial nerve palsies in children, the authors aimed to collect data on new onset paediatric sixth nerve palsies in a UK population. This was a retrospective study over 10 years for children aged <18...
GOSH (Great Ormond Street Hospital) Paediatric Ophthalmology Post-Graduate meeting - The Visiting Professors Day
8 November 2024
Course Director: Prof Chris Lloyd, Consultant Ophthalmologist and Clinical Lead, Dept Ophthalmology, GOSH
Event overview:
The Visiting Professor's Day is a well-established GOSH Ophthalmology Unit tradition (dormant during the pandemic).
It is all day postgraduate educational event aimed at those working with children with ophthalmic disorders including (but not exclusive to) Ophthalmologists, Orthoptists, Optometrists, Vision Scientists and academics. It will feature presentations from the GOSH ophthalmic and vision science team as well as talks from excellent external speakers including prominent "Visiting Professors" including Susmito Biswas (Cystinosis and the eye) Jane Ashworth (Advances in the ophthalmic management of the Mucopolysccharidoses) and Patrick Watts (Ophthalmic features of NAI; new RCOphth guidance).
Four key questions and answers for glaucoma practitioners
1 October 2018
| Chrysostomos D Dimitriou
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Glaucoma
In this discussion paper the authors pose four questions for the clinician diagnosing and monitoring glaucoma, and supply evidence-based answers. Worldwide, the most common functional test used to diagnose and monitor glaucoma is static automated perimetry, most typically with a...
Changes in corneal endothelial layer after strabismus surgery
5 April 2022
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in the corneal endothelial layer by specular microscopy after surgery in patients with horizontal and oblique strabismus. Eighty-three eyes of 56 patients were evaluated prospectively. There were three subgroups: one...
Long-term corneal crosslinking results in paediatric eyes
1 August 2018
| Magdalena Popiela
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
This prospective longitudinal study examined patients 18 years of age or less with progressive keratoconus, who underwent corneal crosslinking and completed 10 years of follow-up. Crosslinking protocol involved removal of epithelium, 10 minutes of riboflavin soaking, followed by 30 minutes...
Corneal and astigmatic changes after medial rectus recession surgery of 6mm
3 October 2024
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study prospectively compared changes in astigmatism before and two months after unilateral recession of medial rectus muscles using Pentacam. The fellow unoperated eye was used as the control eye. The study included 66 eyes and 33 patients; 21 males,...
RNIB and Abertay University hold event to reboot gaming to make it more accessible for those with sight loss
3 October 2022
Sight loss charity Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and Abertay University in Dundee will host a pioneering Accessible Gaming Symposium this week.