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Visual snow syndrome: a review
11 January 2024
| Ivan Yip
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
Visual snow syndrome (VSS) is a neurological condition characterised by visual phenomena described as dots moving across the visual field. Other visual symptoms can take the form of palinopsia, entopic phenomena, photophobia and nyctalopia. Tinnitus and migraine can be commonly...
Differential diagnosis of retinoblastoma and pseudo retinoblastoma
5 April 2022
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors reviewed the rate of pseudo retinoblastoma (PRB) among cases referred for suspicion of RB at a tertiary referral centre in Turkey and the distribution of PRB cases according to age. This was a retrospective study of 549 patients...
Air tamponade in pars plana vitrectomy for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair
1 June 2022
| Sofia Rokerya
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Air tamponade, Multiple retinal tears, Pars plana vitrectomy, Retinal detachment surgery
The authors report a study aimed to establish the use of air as a tamponade agent for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) treatment, regardless of the position or the number of retinal breaks. Two hundred and thirty-six eyes of 230...
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...
Clinical presentation, management, and outcomes in posterior segment open globe injuries
2 February 2024
| Sofia Rokerya
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Oculoplastics, Orbit
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Ocular trauma score, Open globe injury, Risk factors, Scleral tear
This is a retrospective, non-comparative, interventional case study of patients presenting with scleral and corneoscleral wounds covering a five-year period. It reports the clinical presentation, management, and factors affecting the outcomes of posterior segment open globe injuries (OGI) in 2360...
Incidence and risk factors of ocular hypertension following PPV and SOI
1 December 2018
| Sofia Rokerya
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Diabetic vitreo-retinopathy, Diseases of the retina and vitreous, Glaucoma, Ocular hypertension, Pars plana vitrectomy, Silicone oil, Surgery of the retina and vitreous, Tamponade, Tonometry
In this prospective, interventional study the authors evaluated the risk factors for elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with silicone oil injection (SOI). This study included 254 eyes of 254 patients, with a mean age of 55.33...
Moorfields to start new retinal detachment clinical trial
8 November 2023
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Moorfields, Funding, Phase I trial, Mahi Muqit, retinal detachment, proliferative vitreoretinopathy
Moorfields to start new retinal detachment clinical trial following £1.2 million MRC DPFS grant awarded to UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Comparison of retinal pigment epithelium-choroid graft surgery and anti-VEGF therapy in patients with wet AMD
1 December 2015
| Sofia Rokerya
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
This was a randomised intervention study in wet AMD patients to investigate benefits of free RPE-choroid graft transplantation surgery versus (continuation of) anti-VEGF treatment. Twenty patients who met the inclusion criteria were subdivided into three subgroups, i.e. RPE tears involving...
What's trending Jun/Jul 2018
1 June 2018
| Stephanie Chiu
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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. #BusyPhillips #photokeratitis #sunglasses Last time, we were in the throes of the Beast from the East. Here in the UK, it’s...
The management of chronic central serous chorioretinopathy
1 February 2017
| Marten E Brelen
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR) is a common retinal disease characterised by one or more serous neurosensory detachments. Patients present with acute onset blurring of vision, metamorphopsia and / or central scotomas. The condition is six times more common in men...
OCTA use in CNV associated with CSR
1 June 2018
| Saruban Pasu
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
The aim of this study was to assess the rate of choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) in chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSR) patients with flat irregular pigment epithelial detachments (PEDs) by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). Data of all consecutive patients with...
Finasteride and central serous chorioretinopathy
1 June 2017
| Sofia Rokerya
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
The pathophysiology of central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) is complex and has not been fully elucidated. Suggested theories include hyperpermeability and increased hydrostatic pressure in the choroidal vasculature, which creates RPE detachments overwhelming the RPE barrier function, leading to accumulation of...