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Choroidal thickness in ocular sarcoidosis by OCT measurement
1 December 2014
| Nikolaos D Georgakarakos
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Choroidal thickness, enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomograph, quiescent phase, sarcoidosis, uveitis
This is the first study to evaluate the choroidal thickness in patients with ocular sarcoidosis during the quiescent phase using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) and comparing with normal subjects. Ocular sarcoidosis may affect the choroidal circulation (occlusive...
Diagnostic procedures in vitreoretinal lymphoma.
1 December 2014
| Nikolaos D Georgakarakos
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Biopsy, diagnosis, masquerade, vitrectomy, vitreoretinal lymphoma
This paper presented a retrospective review of medical records of HIV negative immunocompetent patients diagnosed with vitreoretinal lymphoma between 1994 and 2012. The aim of the paper was to evaluate the type and number of diagnostic interventions required to confirm...
Ophthalmology
1 June 2019
| Shirley Hancock
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AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The textbook is a large, single volume that ideally needs to be desk or table-supported, as its sheer weight makes it virtually impossible to rest comfortably on ones lap. The book is compiled by its two lead authors and editors...
Fifteen-year results of phakic artisan IOL for hyperopia correction
4 August 2021
| Mahmoud Ahmed
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Cataract and Refractive
This retrospective review of a cohort of 61 eyes from 32 patients offers long-term results for phakic Artisan (Ophtec BV) iris-fixated phakic IOL (IF-pIOL). The mean age at surgery was 41.6 years with a range of 25-59 years. Refractive outcomes...
Safety and outcome of microincision vitreous surgery in uveitis
1 June 2018
| Nikolaos D Georgakarakos
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Microincisional vitrectomy, uveitis, vitritis
This paper reports the outcomes of microincision vitreous surgery (MIVS) 23G/25G in uveitis of 103 patients (106 eyes) who underwent diagnostic MIVS over a period of four years at the Advanced Eye centre in Chandigarth India. The postoperative evaluation included...
SLT short-term results
1 June 2014
| Lorraine North
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Glaucoma
The aim of the study was to evaluate the risk of adverse effects and short-term results after 360 degrees selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) in glaucoma patients. The authors enrolled 64 eyes of 64 patients all who had poorly controlled primary...
OCT in peripheral corneal thinning
1 February 2017
| Magdalena Popiela
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
This small retrospective study used high resolution optical coherence tomography (OCT) Heidelberg Spectralis to identify features which could determine the underlying aetiology of peripheral corneal thinning. Ten patients were included; five with diagnoses of degenerative peripheral thinning; Terrien’s marginal degeneration...
Diclofenac versus Bromfenac after cataract surgery
1 April 2019
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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Cataract and Refractive
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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, bromfenac, cataract surgery, diclofenac, intraocular inflammation
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used after cataract surgery to reduce inflammation and cystoid macular oedema (CMO). Diclofenac 0.1% is used three to five times daily for 28 days and Bromfenac 0.09% twice daily for 14 days postoperatively. The...
Amniotic membrane efficacy
1 June 2015
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This prospective randomised study evaluated the effect of amniotic membrane (AM) in reducing inflammation, fibrosis, adhesion formation and ocular movement restrictions following strabismus surgery. This study used 22 rabbits: all with superior rectus recession in both eyes with AM placed...
Cataract surgery in patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada
1 February 2019
| Tasmin Berman
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
This retrospective, interventional case series of 286 patients (408 eyes) assessed visual outcome and prognostic factors in patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) undergoing cataract surgery between September 2008 and December 2017. Two groups were reviewed. The first group (352 eyes) had...
Inflammatory macular holes
1 April 2014
| Saruban Pasu
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Ophthalmology
The authors present a case of closure of a full thickness macular hole in a patient with Behçet’s disease, without surgery. The 23-year-old male they describe presented with a history of recurrent oral aphthous ulcers and a genital ulcer. Ocular...
Uveitis Second Edition
1 October 2014
| Sofia Rokerya
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
This book is a comprehensive source of information on the subject of uveitis. The target audience includes ophthalmologists, allied health professionals with special interest in this area and general physicians treating patients with multisystem inflammatory disease with involvement of the...