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Occurrence and risk factors for RD after PPV in acute postcataract bacterial endophthalmitis
1 February 2017
| Jonathan Chan
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
This is a prospective multicentre study from France between March 2004 to December 2011 in four university hospitals; 123 consecutive patients treated with pars planar vitrectomy (PPV) were included in this cohort. The rate of retinal detachment (RD) of post-PPV...
Uveitis in the elderly
1 October 2015
| Saruban Pasu
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
This study from Turkey evaluated the causes and clinical characteristics of uveitis in elderly patients. Data from 90 eyes of 68 patients aged 60 years and older were reviewed. Anterior uveitis was present in 75% (33% of these had keratouveitis),...
Full thickness macular hole after YAG PI
1 April 2015
| Lorraine North
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Glaucoma
The authors report a case of macular hole post YAG peripheral iridotomy (PI) of a patient with pre-existing vitreomacular adhesion. Although a relatively safe procedure, some anterior segment complications are well documented such as corneal endothelium damage, rise in IOP,...
Vital dyes in ophthalmology
1 October 2014
| Khadijah Basheer
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Ocular Pathology and Oncology
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Chromovitrectomy, indocyanine green, staining, trypan blue, vital dye
This comprehensive review gives an excellent summary of the uses and properties of the different dyes available to aid better visualisation and diagnoses in ophthalmology. The authors clearly display the pharmacological properties, molecular details, osmolarity and indications in clinical ophthalmology...
Risk factors and prognosis of paediatric open globe injuries
1 October 2021
| Sofia Rokerya
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Choroidal damage, Endophthalmitis, No light perception, Pediatric open globe injuries, Vitreoretinal surgery
This retrospective, comparative, interventional case-control study was aimed to investigate possible risk factors and prognosis of initial no light perception (NLP) in paediatric open globe injuries (POGI). A total of 851 cases were reviewed, including 837 unilateral cases and 14...
Does vitrectomy increase the risk of glaucoma? A retrospective review from a UK hospital
5 April 2022
| Aiman Jamal, Helen Burn, Asifa Shaikh
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Ophthalmology, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The authors investigate what proportion of patients undergoing pars plana vitrectomy subsequently developed ocular hypertension or a diagnosis of glaucoma. A systematic review carried out in 2017 including seven studies found that there is evidence that pars plana vitrectomy (PPV)...
Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicines in Ophthalmology (Second Edition)
1 December 2017
| Amtul Mussawar Sami
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Orbit
With advancement in science and technology in the last decade, the role of biomaterials and regenerative medicines has become increasingly important in the management of various ocular disorders. This book highlights the role of biomaterials in the restoration of vision...
Report: Kabgayi International Ophthalmology Conference 2024
My journey to Rwanda in April 2022 aimed to expand vitreoretinal services, but it also highlighted the need for robust scientific discourse, akin to the UK's ophthalmology culture, and so we seized the opportunity to plan an 'international' ophthalmology conference to coincide with a visit from five of my former UK consultant colleagues.Handbook of Retinal Disease: a case based approach
1 August 2016
| Sofia Rokerya
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
This book is suitable for all doctors, particularly ophthalmologists, who want to further their knowledge and understanding of retinal pathologies and keep up to date. The case-based format is effective in evoking an interactive approach to differential diagnosis. The tabulation...
Conservative surgical management of optic disc pit maculopathy
5 August 2020
| Annes Ahmeidat
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Optic disc pit maculopathy, Vitrectomy, Laser, Gas tamponade, Posterior vitreous detachment
Four cases are presented in this case report that illustrates the option of conservative surgical management for optic disc pit complicated by maculopathy (ODP-M). Four men aged 24-67-years-old with no spontaneous resolution of ODP-M for a minimum of three months,...
OCT biomarkers in asymmetric anti-VEGF response in bilateral diabetic macular oedema
1 December 2021
| Su Young
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Diabetic macular edema, aflibercept, optical coherence tomography, predictive, ranibizumab
This study aimed to identify optical coherence tomography (OCT) biomarkers for predicting response to anti-VEGF treatment in diabetic macular oedema (DMO). Bilateral DMO patients with asymmetric response to a loading dose of anti-VEGF (ranibizumab / aflibercept) treatment were retrospectively studied....
OCT in proliferative diabetic retinopathy
1 December 2017
| Saruban Pasu
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
This report set out to describe the anatomical relationships between retinal neovascular complexes (NVC), the posterior vitreous, and the vitreoretinal interface in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy using spectral domain OCT. The following was recorded for each NVC 1) posterior...