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Insects, swelling and sight loss: a case of orbital inflammatory syndrome
1 June 2022
| Parushak Rezai, Susan Sarangapani
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EYE - General
Despite being the most common cause of painful orbital mass in adults and the third most common orbital disease, orbital inflammatory syndrome still proves to be a difficult ocular condition to diagnose, treat, and manage. A 41-year-old lady presented to...
Randomised trial of multifocal intraocular lens versus monovision
1 April 2014
| Brian Ang
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Ophthalmology
The authors report on a randomised, multicentre clinical trial comparing the outcomes of Tecnis ZM900 diffractive multifocal intraocular lenses (IOL) versus monovision with Akreos AO monofocal IOL (dominant eye targeted for emmetropia and non-dominant eye targeted for -1 to -1.50...
Capacity building for ophthalmic nursing in Ghana, Botswana and Tanzania
2 December 2019
| Denise Mabey, Stella Antwi-Boasiako, Chatawana Molao, Vumilia B Mmari, Michelle Hennelly, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - General
Ophthalmic nurses (ON) have been the backbone of eye health services in Africa since the mid-20th century and remain the largest single cadre of allied ophthalmic personnel in Commonwealth countries in Africa. Numbers are currently estimated at between 3500 and...
Congenital cranial dysinnervation disorders (CCDDs)
3 October 2022
| Ali Yagan
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EYE - General
The term congenital cranial dysinnervation disorder (CCDD) was introduced by Gutowski et al. in 2003 to describe strabismus conditions that result from developmental error in innervation of some of the extraocular muscles. Examples of these conditions include Duane’s syndrome and...
Haag-Streit announces “Slit Lamp Imaging Competition 2024” winners
18 October 2024
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opportunities, slit lamp, imaging, competition, awards, haag-streit, SLIC2024, 2024
Haag-Streit UK (HS-UK), the leading manufacturer and distributor of gold-standard diagnostic and surgical devices and instruments for ophthalmologists, optometrists, and orthoptists, is pleased to announce the results of Haag-Streit's 'Slit Lamp Imaging Competition 2024'. Utpal Sarkar, from Disha Eye Hospitals,...
Long-term outcomes of surgery for vertical head posture
1 August 2019
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Anomalous vertical head posture, nystagmus surgery, strabismus surgery
The authors report long-term follow-up of a series of seven patients with nystagmus and chin up or chin down head posture that underwent vertical extraocular muscle (EOM) surgery. Mean age at surgery was 56 months (19-96 months). All had horizontal...
Albinism and later life visual development
1 October 2019
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study aimed to evaluate whether best corrected visual acuity changed significantly in the second decade of life in those with albinism and the impact of extraocular muscle surgery and type of albinism on change in acuity during the second...
Fixation target position for increased limbus measurement accuracy with AS-OCT
1 October 2021
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors intended to determine the optimal gaze fixation points for lateral rectus and medial rectus muscle insertions using anterior segment - optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) compared with intraoperative measurements. They recorded 46 lateral and 36 medial rectus muscles from...
Knobby eye syndrome
1 April 2019
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Magnetic resonance imaging, myopia, staphyloma, strabismus
This study used high resolution MRI to demonstrate and evaluate globe shape in axial high myopia and identify and characterise those with prominent equatorial staphylomata that deflect extraocular muscle paths and presumably alter motility patterns in strabismus. The study included...
Surgical oculocardiac reflex
1 October 2017
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Oculocardiac reflex, strabismus surgery
The authors evaluated the incidence of oculocardiac reflex (OCR) during strabismus surgery to determine its associated risk factors at a tertiary referral centre. Seventy-six patients were reviewed; 51.3% male and a mean age of 15±12 years. Strabismus surgery was bilateral...
Surgery for horizontal nystagmus
1 April 2017
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors report two consecutive interventional surgical series in which the authors describe their experience with the Sinskey anterior extirpation procedure (SAEP) and a newly modified myectomy without reattachment (MWR). In a review of 39 patients, 20 underwent the SAEP...
Extraocular muscle disinsertion outcomes for large angle strabismus
2 February 2024
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors present a case series of patients who underwent surgical extraocular muscle (EOM) disinsertion for severe cranial nerve palsy or thyroid eye disease including 12 patients (13 eyes: 10 male, three female). There was one bilateral case – bilateral...
