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Retinoblastoma mortality associations with choroidal and optic nerve invasion
2 February 2024
| Lauren R Hepworth
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Ocular Pathology and Oncology
The authors present a retrospective cohort study. Data was extracted from the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database, based in the US and founded in 1973. Cases of retinoblastoma were extracted using the inclusion criteria of...
Steroid implants in the treatment of post-epiretinal membrane peel macular oedema
1 February 2018
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Central retinal thickness, Dexamethasone implant, Fluocinolone acetonide implant, Intravitreal steroid implants, Long-term outcome, Macular pucker surgery, Membrane peeling, Pars plana vitrectomy, Persistent macular edema
This is a retrospective review of 39 eyes of 37 patients treated with Ozurdex® (intravitreal dexamethasone implant) for persistent post-operative cystoid macular oedema (CMO) following vitrectomy and idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM) peeling. The 0.7mg implant was injected in each eye...
Ophthalmology survey results August/September 2019
I am delighted to see another great response to the practice variance survey. I am extremely grateful to all of you who took part and would encourage those of you who didn’t to try this survey. It literally takes mere...My work experience with Great Ormond Street Hospital Young Persons’ Advisory Group for Research
11 June 2021
| Brogan McLean
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Ophthalmology, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Imaging, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
For my school work experience I had the amazing opportunity to attend and work with the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Young Persons’ Advisory Group for research (YPAG) (Figure 1). The GOSH YPAG is a group of young people aged...
Culture positivity of needles for IVT injections
1 December 2013
| Saruban Pasu
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Given the worldwide use of intravitreal (IVT) injections, the authors of this paper set out to evaluate the rate of culture positivity of the needles used in routine IVT injections and compare this positivity between 27-gauge and 30-gauge needle tips....
iPrepBuddy: FRCOphth Part 2 Oral Case Based Webinar
19 August 2024
Come join for a free webinar (interactive) helping you prepare for some of the more difficult scenarios that could come up in your FRCOphth part 2 oral/viva exam. We will spend the hour tackling practical tips, and helping you practice...
What's trending Feb/Mar 2023
3 February 2023
| Nadeem Atwan Atwan
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Ophthalmology
A round-up of the eye related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #nativity #needleeye Happy New Year! Let’s kick things off with a holiday-related story. Birmingham-based micro-engraver Graham Short engraved by hand...
It’s not all about ARED - Time for a pragmatic approach to nutrition for eye health?
1 April 2016
| Christine Purslow (Prof)
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
Advances in treatment for retinal diseases involving neovascularisation have undoubtedly changed the future of eye care across the UK for the better, but also created great challenges for service delivery in ophthalmology, particularly within the NHS. Some statistics are starting...
Incidence of eyelid basal cell carcinoma in England
A retrospective review by using the ICD-10 and histology codes for eyelid basal cell carcinoma (BCCs) (including the inner canthus) from the English National Cancer Data Repository were used to identify incident events between the period 2000 to 2010. There...Prognosticating ocular adnexal lymphoma
1 April 2014
| Konal Saha
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Orbit
The authors retrospectively analyse 160 patients with primary ocular adnexal lymphoma to determine the accuracy of prognosis based on the Ann Arbor classification and how this compares to the accuracy of prognosis based on retrospectively applying the newer Tumor, Node,...