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The Retinal Atlas (2nd Edition)
1 August 2017
| Shirley Hancock
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Those readers familiar with the first edition of The Retinal Atlas will appreciate the comprehensive nature of this publication, and this latest version incorporates retinal images generated by recently developed imaging technology. As the title suggests, this hardcover version is...
Meta-analysis of HLA B27 associated acute anterior uveitis
1 August 2018
| Mrinal Rana
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Ankylosing spondylitis, fibrin, glaucoma, hypopion, ocular inflammation
A literature-based meta-analysis was carried out to look at the various clinical features associated with HLA- B27 acute anterior uveitis (AAU). After an extensive search of literature for HLA B27 uveitis was conducted, 735 results were obtained. Twenty-nine articles were...
Ultra-widefield fundus autofluorescence
4 February 2021
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors assessed the ease and utility of ultra-widefield fundus autofluorescence (UWF-FAF) in detecting suspected inherited retinal disease in children who were difficult to examine. They aimed to assess the sensitivity of UWF-FAF and UWF-CF (colour fundus) photography and clinical...
Acanthamoeba keratitis
1 October 2021
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
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Acanthamoeba keratitis, prognosis, transplantation, treatment
This is a retrospective case series on medical records and corneal photographs of 40 eyes of 35 patients with acanthamoeba keratitis (AK, culture positive or with histopathological diagnosis). The mean age of onset was 30 ±15 years (younger in females)....
Low dose steroids with elevated IgG4 levels
This is a retrospective case series review of 28 biopsy-proven IgG4-related ophthalmic disease (ROD) patients treated between March 2010 – January 2017 from Seoul, Korea. The mean follow-up period was 27.3 months. Lacrimal glands were involved in all patients and...In conversation with Robert Henderson
14 November 2024
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EYE - Imaging, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
Revolutionary eye treatments offer hope for children facing blindness from CLN2 batten disease. Robert Henderson discusses this, and his use of Heidelberg Engineering’s Spectralis device to better combat it. Pioneering research from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and the University...
The willingness of patients to participate in an eye donation registry for research
1 October 2021
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Oculoplastics, Orbit
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Clinicopathological studies, Histopathology, Patient attitude, Postmortem analysis
This paper explores the willingness of ophthalmic patients to donate their eyes post-mortem for research purposes. A total of 300 German patients with a median age of 70 years (range 19-95) completed the standardised questionnaire; 45.3% were female and the...
UK Eye Genetics Group (UK-EGG) 2024
10 June 2024
by Mohammed Aslam, FY 3 Doctor, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, UK. Founded in 2002, the UK EGG provides a hub to share knowledge on inherited eye disease and train the next generation of clinicians and scientists. This year’s...
Paediatric enucleation in a tertiary eye centre in North China, 2001-2015
2 December 2019
| Patty Mopamboli Mboli
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Enucleation, evisceration, ocular trauma, pediatric, retinoblastoma
The authors review the demography and aetiology of paediatric enucleation over a 15-year period. A total of 9307 paediatric ophthalmic inpatients ranging from 0 to 14 years who underwent surgery at Shandong Eye Institute over the past 15 years were...
Differentiating orbital cellulitis from non-specific orbital inflammation
4 December 2023
| Hetvi Bhatt
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Oculoplastics, Orbit
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C-Reactive protein, Non-specific orbital inflammation, inflammatory markers, orbital cellulitis, white-cell count
This is a retrospective study looking at whether common laboratory investigations can help differentiate between orbital cellulitis (OC) and non-specific orbital inflammation (NSOI). NSOI is a diagnosis of exclusion following negative investigations for systemic diseases such as IgG4-related disease, granulomatosis...
Moorfields cornea focus 2024
22 November 2024
The Moorfields cornea focus meeting is a non-promotional meeting supported by an educational grant from Santen UK and organised by Professor Sajjad Ahmad, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Moorfields Hospital. Each year the meeting focuses on a different topic. Co-chaired by...
Froben for anterior scleritis
1 June 2016
| Saruban Pasu
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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COX-inhibitor, flurbiprofen, froben, non-necrotizing scleritis, noninfective, oral NSAIDs
Flurbiprofen (Froben) is one of the nonselective cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors blocking both COX-1 and COX-2 pathways. Agrawal et al. undertook a retrospective cohort study to determine the effectiveness of oral Froben in managing noninfectious, non-necrotising anterior scleritis. One hundred and...