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Pseudostrabismus leading to strabismus
1 August 2017
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Binocular vision, hypermetropia, strabismus
The authors aimed to evaluate the incidence of strabismus in children initially diagnosed with pseudostrabismus and identify risk factors for development of strabismus. This was a retrospective review of 65 patients with a diagnosis of pseudostrabismus; two exo and 63...
Ptosis procedure compared to upper blepharoplasty on dry eye syndrome
In this prospective, comparative case series, the authors compare the effect of combined blepharoplasty and Muller muscle conjunctival resection (MMCR) to an upper blepharoplasty in dry eye syndrome. The study was approved by the local institutional review board and participants...Recognising clinical characteristics of blepharospasm
1 August 2019
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Blepharospasm, benzodiazepines, focal dystonia, psychotropics, sensory-motor disintegration
Focal dystonia is regarded as a characteristic feature of blepharospasm, but patients do not always present with these motor symptoms. The authors present a retrospective analysis of data from a large number of patients treated for drug-induced or essential blepharospasm...
Fungi in chronic anterior blepharitis
In this prospective, non-randomised cross-sectional study the authors demonstrate the presence of fungi in patients with chronic anterior blepharitis of at least two years duration. Eyelash samples were obtained by epilation with sterile forceps and evaluated with PAS staining, fungal...Developments in oculoplastic surgery
1 June 2018
| Rod McNeil
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Oculoplastics
A study of NHS practice demonstrated significant patient-reported quality-of-life improvements from commonly performed oculoplastic operations: entropion repair, ectropion repair, ptosis repair and dacrocystorhinostomy (DCR) [1]. In recent years, surgical and non-surgical approaches to functional and aesthetic oculoplastic surgery have advanced...
Ointment related granulomas post-blepharoplasty
This is a retrospective review of eight patients who developed granulomatous masses after lower lid blepharoplasty. All patients had sutureless bilateral trans-conjunctival surgery, and lubricating ointment was instilled into the inferior fornix postoperatively for two days. Painless lower lid masses...Effect of postoperative swelling on lid surgery outcomes
1 October 2021
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Oculoplastics, Orbit
This is a review of patients undergoing upper lid external levator resection ptosis surgery or blepharoplasty, to assess whether the degree of early postoperative swelling affects the final lid position. Twenty-five patients undergoing ptosis surgery and 29 upper lid blepharoplasty...
Efficacy of browpexy with blepharoplasty
1 October 2017
| Jaya Myneni
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Ocular Pathology and Oncology
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Blepharoplasty, brow lift, brow ptosis, browpexy
This is a retrospective case series evaluating the efficacy of and comparing the surgical results between internal (IB) and external browpexy (EB) surgery in lifting central and lateral brow. Patients who underwent blepharoplasty without brow lift were used as a...
Topical atorvastatin for dry eye and blepharitis
1 August 2015
| Bheemanagouda Patil
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
Dry eye is a very common problem with 20% of the population affected and is frequently associated with blepharitis (DEB), which has an over prevalence of about 40%. The aim of this study was to evaluate a topical atorvastatin formulation...
Long-term treatment of blepharospasm using Botulinum Toxin A
1 April 2020
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
The authors report findings from a retrospective single-centre study which aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of long-term botulinum A toxin (BAT) treatment in patients with blepharospasm (BPS). Blepharospasm is described as one of the most frequent types of...