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Does breastfeeding protect against age-related cataract?
1 October 2018
| Tasmin Berman
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Cataract and Refractive
This nationwide cross-sectional study is the first of its kind assessing the relationship between breastfeeding and maternal age-related cataract in Korea. They assessed the participants into quartiles depending on the number of breastfed children and duration of breastfeeding. There were...
Adaptive optics imaging: resolving single cells in the living eye
1 June 2014
| Michel Michaelides (Prof), Adam Dubis
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
The human retina is unique in the central nervous system (CNS) in that it can be directly visualised non-invasively. Technological advances of several imaging modalities, including optical coherence tomography (OCT), multichannel scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) and fundus photography, have afforded...
Narrative review of idiopathic intracranial hypertension in children / adolescents
3 October 2023
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Adolescent, acetazolamide, intracranial pressure, paediatrics, papilloedema, pseudotumour cerebri
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) affects both children and adults. Whilst the majority of IIH is mainly seen amongst adults, it also affects children. There are currently no clinical trials in IIH for those who are adolescents or children. The aims...
Clinical outcomes of a supplementary sulcus IOL
1 October 2021
| Ed Rule
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Cataract and Refractive
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Dysphotopsia, Pigment deposits, Presbyopia correction, Rayner sulcoflex, Supplementary intraocular lens, implantation
In this retrospective study, the authors examined 31 eyes of 20 patients who had received a supplementary trifocal sulcus IOL in addition to a ‘bag-in-the-lens’ IOL. Implantation of a ‘bag-in-the-lens’ IOL requires the creation of anterior and posterior capsulotomies, followed...
Cortical blindness
1 August 2014
| Shampa Gupta, JVK Sardar
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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, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Cortical blindness is a rare but recognised entity. Cerebrovascular accident is a well-known risk factor. We report a case of an 84-year-old lady with bilateral cortical blindness with multiple cardiovascular risk factors. Case report An 84-year-old lady was admitted under...
Principles of contact lens fitting in keratoconus
1 December 2015
| Inderpaul S Sian, Nabil Habib (Prof)
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Cataract and Refractive
Keratoconus is an ectatic condition of the cornea characterised by progressive conical distortion with irregular astigmatism, myopia and apical protrusion. Most cases progress slowly resulting in varying degrees of myopic astigmatism. Management of keratoconus includes spectacles, soft contact lenses, a...
Haag-Streit’s 'Slit Lamp Imaging Competition 2024' includes new video category
15 April 2024
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competition, entries, imaging, photography, submissions, opportunities, awards, slit lamp, ahp, allied health professions
Haag-Streit UK (HS-UK), the leading manufacturer and distributor of gold-standard diagnostic and surgical devices and instruments for ophthalmologists, optometrists, and orthoptists, is delighted to launch the Haag-Streit 'Slit Lamp Imaging Competition' in the UK once again.
Literature review of OKN
1 December 2013
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors conducted a critical review of the optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) literature to consider OKN and in particular, vertical OKN. The review provides an overview of OKN to aid understanding of the eye movements. It provides a review of the...
Blame the lens – not its position – in refractive surprise
3 February 2023
| Josephine A Bates, Simon N Madge
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Ophthalmology, EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
Aetiology of postoperative refractive surprise Weber coined the term “wrong eye, wrong intraocular lens, wrong patient” in 2008 as an aide memoir of major factors believed to underlie refractive surprise – defined as a significant unintended difference between dioptric refraction...
Corpus callosum in infantile esotropia
1 April 2019
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Binocularity, corpus callosum, diffusion tensor imaging, infantile esotropia, strabismus
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) imaging was undertaken with four infantile esotropia (IE) patients and nine controls. All with IE showed an asymmetrical distribution of callosal fibres when comparing two hemispheres. Many fibres terminated near the tips of the occipital cortices....
A refractive surprise after vitrectomy and capsulectomy
1 February 2016
| Juliana Albano de Guimaraes, Sana Rasool, John R Murdoch
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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, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Figure 1: Right posterior capsule small aperture. We report a case of a pseudophakic patient who underwent vitrectomy and posterior capsulectomy. In spite of good visual acuity and absence of floaters, he was unhappy with the visual outcome. Case report...
Rare eye diseases: progress continues with authorised orphan medicines and breakthrough technologies
1 October 2018
| Rod McNeil
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Ophthalmology
An update on the development of orphan medicines, recent regulatory treatment approvals for rare eye conditions and advances in retinal prosthetic technologies for blinding diseases. The prevalence of a rare disease is based usually on a range of estimates and...