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Cataract surgery in uveitis
1 June 2018
| Jonathan Chan
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Cataract and Refractive
This is a multicentre study of eight UK independent sites of patients with uveitis, undergoing cataract surgery between January 2010 and December 2014. A total of 1173 eyes were compared with a control reference group of 95,573 eyes from the...
Cataract surgery supervision
Senior trainees supervising other more junior trainees’ cataract surgery is a skill which needs to be taught and developed with care. It is beneficial for senior trainees as it provides an opportunity to develop supervision techniques prior to consultancy and...Who will benefit from cataract surgery?
1 June 2016
| Bheemanagouda Patil
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Cataract and Refractive
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cataract, evidence, indication, visual acuity
The need for cataract surgery is expected to rise dramatically in the future due to the increasing proportion of elderly citizens and increasing demands for optimum visual function. The aim of this study was to provide an evidence-based recommendation for...
The paediatric cataract: an overview of the embryology and pathophysiology
5 February 2020
| Samuel Augustus Fernando Aryee
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Ophthalmology, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Cataract and Refractive
In the first of the two articles (see Part 2 here) on paediatric cataracts, Samuel Aryee reviews the aetiology of this condition. Cataracts arise from opacification of the natural transparent lens, which can cause partial or total blindness. Although the...
Monofixation syndrome following cataract extraction
1 December 2017
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study aimed to test the hypothesis that interruption of macular fusion for an extended period of time is the key event that results in the development of monofixation syndrome in children and adults. This was a retrospective review of...
Treatment of infantile cataract with secondary IOLs
1 June 2015
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors examined whether secondary IOL insertion is helpful in the successful treatment of monocular infantile cataracts. Eleven children were reviewed: eight with cataract extraction at one to four months of age and three at five to seven months of...
Cost-effectiveness of femtosecond cataract surgery
1 June 2014
| Brian Ang
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Ophthalmology
Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery has become increasingly popular due to the reported benefits of increasing precision and reproducibility of capsulorrhexis, less power and manipulation required during phacoemulsification, better corneal wound architecture, and the ability to place precise arcuate keratotomy incisions...
Outcomes of cataract surgery in patients with uveitis
1 December 2014
| Efrosini Papagiannuli
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Cataract and Refractive
This is a systematic, evidence-based literature review and meta-analysis, looking at the visual outcomes (vision 20/40 or better) of cataract surgery in uveitic eyes. The authors searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINHAL and CENTRAL, including English language and human studies only. They...
The paediatric cataract: an overview of the diagnosis and management
5 August 2020
| Samuel Augustus Fernando Aryee, Rhys Jonathon Dumont Jones
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Ophthalmology, Cataract and Refractive
In this second article (see first article here), Samuel Aryee and Rhys Dumont Jones review the challenges involved in managing this condition. Examination and diagnosis Cataracts in children can appear in a variety of forms, each presenting in a different...
Practical application of cataract risk stratification
5 August 2020
| Ivan Yip
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Cataract and Refractive
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cataract surgery, surgical complication, vocational training
This study assessed the practicability of a risk stratification system, the New Zealand Cataract Risk Stratification (NZCRS) in a major teaching hospital. The scoring system was as follows: three points for Dense cataract, pseudoexfoliation (PXF), phacodonesis, previous vitrectomy and only...
Glaucoma management after congenital cataract
1 February 2016
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The purpose of this study was to retrospectively explore the results of surgical intervention for glaucoma after congenital cataract surgery in Egypt. The study included 41 eyes of 32 children with glaucoma after cataract surgery – 57 procedures; 90% having...
Prostaglandin levels in femto cataract surgery
1 April 2014
| Amit Patel
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Cataract and Refractive
Following previous reports of pupil size decrease after femtosecond treatment, the authors compare levels of prostaglandins in patients undergoing femtosecond assisted cataract surgery with those having routine cataract surgery. Patients with inflammatory eye disease, previous trauma surgery, age-related macular degeneration...