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Retroauricular myoperiosteal auto graft for orbital implant exposure
4 February 2021
| Rina Bhatt
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Oculoplastics, Orbit
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Anophthalmic socket, implant exposure, myoperiosteal graft
In this retrospective, observational study authors reviewed 27 eyes of 27 anophthalmic patients with implant exposure who had received a retroauricular myoperiosteal graft. Their main outcome measure was long-term coverage of implant and the secondary outcome was rate of post-surgical...
Cutting-edge practice in glaucoma care: what, how and why?
1 April 2016
| Nick Strouthidis, Winifred Nolan, Keith Barton
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Glaucoma
More effective treatments and drug delivery modalities, implantable minimally invasive glaucoma surgical (MIGS) devices, as well as accelerating clinical research programmes, will transform the surgical and clinical management of glaucoma in the near future. There is also an ever-greater emphasis...
OCT-A imaging in Grave’s orbitopathy and orbital decompression
2 December 2019
| Rina Bhatt
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Oculoplastics, Orbit
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Blood vessel density, Graves’ orbitopathy, OCT angiography, decompression, dysthyroid optic neuropathy
In this case series of 12 patients and 24 orbits, the authors describe the changes in the optic nerve and peripapillary blood vessel density in patients with moderate to severe Grave’s Orbitopathy (GO) undergoing orbital decompression. The patients undergoing orbital...
Management options for microphthalmia with orbital cyst with / without visual potential
3 April 2023
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors present six cases (seven eyes) of congenital microphthalmia and orbital cyst. These cases were newborn mainly with one aged 20 years. There were four females and two males and two of seven eyes had a visual potential of...
High rate of conversion from ocular hypertension (OH) to glaucoma (UG) in subjects with uveitis
5 June 2023
| Jonathan Chan
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Glaucoma
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glaucoma, infection, inflammation, treatment medical, treatment surgery
This is a retrospective study from Auckland over a 10-year period including 188 eyes of 139 subjects with either OH or UG and were included for analysis with a mean follow-up of 9.9 years. The most common uveitis causes were...
Globes in space: What would happen to our globes on the globe of Mars?
1 April 2018
| Katherine McVeigh, Tomas Burke
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AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Orbit, Optometry, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Many films have been made regarding life on alternative planets. With the Mars One mission approaching in 2023, there are high expectations regarding future interplanetary travel. The authors provide an ophthalmology perspective on what could happen to our eyes if...
Don’t ignore the black lesion! It might be mucormycosis
1 June 2017
| Tina Parmar
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
Keeping mucormycosis infection in the foreground of your differential diagnosis, especially in those more vulnerable patients, will help save their lives if recognised and managed appropriately. Mucormycosis is a fulminant infection caused by the fungi of the family Mucoraceae. It...
Ophthalmology history and examination – a guide for medical students
*First author Students have very little exposure to ophthalmology during their years at medical school. Teaching consists of a handful of lectures followed by a short placement in which students are expected to practise histories and examinations on patients with...A paediatric case of central retinal artery occlusion following antibiotics and decompression surgery for orbital cellulitis
3 October 2022
| Saad Mahmud Khan, Nadia Azad
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Ophthalmology, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
Orbital cellulitis is an ophthalmic emergency that warrants urgent management in the hospital setting [1]. This occurs more frequently in the paediatric population where it is often secondary to sinus infections. Delay in treatment could result in severe complications including...
Sensorimotor outcomes following paediatric ocular trauma
9 August 2023
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
A retrospective assessment of sensorimotor outcomes was conducted in paediatric patients after ocular trauma to evaluate potential predictors of poor outcome including time of treatment deprivation, Paediatric Ocular Trauma score (POTS) and patient characteristics. The review was from 2006-2020 and...
A review of orbital plasmacytomas
This is a multicentre review of 30 patients with orbital plasmacytomas. There were equal numbers of males and females, and the average age at diagnosis was 57 years. All patients were either already diagnosed with systemic multiple myeloma or it...Understanding and confronting bacterial endophthalmitis
2 December 2019
| Abdus Samad Ansari
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Ophthalmology, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Abdus Samad Ansari highlights the importance of early recognition of this condition using an unusual presentation. Endophthalmitis is a medical emergency with devastating consequences. Despite adequate treatment, severe cases frequently result in permanent blindness. Endophthalmitis involves inflammation of both the...