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Trabeculectomy ab interno (trabectome)
1 June 2016
| Sofia Rokerya
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Glaucoma
This retrospective study examines the outcome of trabectome surgery in nine phakic patients with Posner-Schlossman syndrome with uncontrolled IOP >30mmgHg. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA was verified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in aqueous humour samples. Patients were treated with oral valganciclover...
Persian AS20 validation
1 June 2016
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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AS-20, Adult Strabismus Questionnaire, health-related quality of life, strabismus surgery
The authors developed a Persian version of the AS20 questionnaire and used the new version to evaluate the effect of strabismus surgery on health-related quality of life. Two independent bilingual translators translated the English version AS20 into Persian. The two...
Postop improved fusion and stereopsis in IDEX
1 June 2015
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study aimed to evaluate changes in binocular visual function in patients with different ages before and after surgery to explore the optimal timing of intermittent exotropia surgery. The study comprised 28 females and 25 males. Fifty-three patients were split...
Nasolacrimal duct screening to minimise post cataract endophthalmitis
1 February 2015
| Anjali Gupta
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Cataract and Refractive
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cataract, endophthalmitis, nasolacrimal duct obstruction
This case control study compared the nasolacrimal duct (NLD) patency in a random sample of phacoemulsification cataract surgery patients (control group) versus a consecutive series of patients who developed endophthalmitis post cataract surgery (case group). NLD syringing was performed in...
Analysis and outcome of explanted hydroxyapatite orbital implants
This is a retrospective case series over 11 years of 25 patients with exposed synthetic hydroxyapatite orbital implants who underwent explantation and simultaneous replacement with a dermis fat graft. All patients had signs of infection and had been treated with...Reduced angle after BT for postop diplopia test
1 August 2014
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors undertook a retrospective study to evaluate the extent of reduced deviation after Botulinum toxin (BT) when used as a postoperative diplopia test. They evaluated effect in 39 patients: 32 exotropia and seven esotropia. The same BT dose was...
Latanoprost in the treatment of congenital glaucoma
1 June 2014
| Nana Theodorou
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Glaucoma
The aim of this study was to investigate the glaucoma control of latanoprost therapy in primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) and assess the factors affecting long-term outcome. Eighty-one eyes of 44 patients with PCG and 42 eyes of 29 patients with...
Liquid adhesive bandage for clear corneal cataract incisions
1 June 2014
| Anju Kadyan
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Cataract and Refractive
This paper reports a prospective randomised controlled trial of patients undergoing routine phacoemulsification with a 2.75mm clear corneal incision and followed up for 14 days postoperatively. They evaluated wound edge closure, surgically induced astigmatism and foreign body sensation after use...
Surgical prediction in infantile ET
1 April 2014
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The purpose was to evaluate the preoperative factors influencing the efficacy of the surgical procedure of bilateral lateral rectus recessions. Fifty cases with at least one year follow-up were included for retrospective analysis. Mean response to surgery was 2.17±0.80 PD/mm...
BT for retinal detachment strabismus
1 December 2013
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors report the use of botulinum toxin (BT) as a treatment option in 140 patients with strabismus relating to retinal detachment surgery. The BT dose was 2.5 units of Dysport. Mean follow-up was 27 months (3-203) with a mean...
One-week intubation in external dacryocystorhinostomy
1 October 2021
| Rina Bhatt
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Oculoplastics, Orbit
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Dacryocystorhinostomy, epiphora, silicone stent intubation, success rate
Whether to routinely intubate or not in dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) surgery has been a subject of controversy among lacrimal surgeons. Similarly, if intubated the timing of removal of stent is not standard. Here, the authors carried out a survey of their...
Ripasudil after Descemet stripping in Fuch’s endothelial dystrophy
1 June 2019
| Bushra Thajudeen
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
This study prospectively evaluated the use of ripasudil, a rho kinase inhibitor, in patients undergoing Descemet’s stripping only (DSO) without an endothelial graft for Fuch’s endothelial dystrophy (FED). Patients with dense central guttae limited to the central 5mm of the...