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Correlation between aqueous flare and macular microvascular status in diabetes mellitus
7 April 2021
| Sofia Rokerya
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Aqueous flare, Diabetic retinopathy, Inflammation, Laser flare-cell meter, Microvascular injury, Optic coherence tomography angiography
The authors report a cross-sectional study which was conducted to investigate the correlation between aqueous flare and macular microvascular status, assessed by optic coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in diabetes mellitus. Fifty-two diabetic patients with non-proliferative retinopathy, 44 diabetic patients without...
Ocular complications in retinal vasculitis
1 February 2018
| Efrosini Papagiannuli
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
In this retrospective study the authors aimed to characterise the incidence rates of visual loss and ocular complications associated with retinal vasculitis (RV – annual incidence of 1-2/ 100000/ per annum). A secondary objective was to compare the visual outcomes...
Does vitrectomy increase the risk of glaucoma? A retrospective review from a UK hospital
5 April 2022
| Aiman Jamal, Helen Burn, Asifa Shaikh
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Ophthalmology, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The authors investigate what proportion of patients undergoing pars plana vitrectomy subsequently developed ocular hypertension or a diagnosis of glaucoma. A systematic review carried out in 2017 including seven studies found that there is evidence that pars plana vitrectomy (PPV)...
OCTA FAZ measurements in vein occlusion
1 February 2018
| Saruban Pasu
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Previous studies have confirmed that foveal avascular zone (FAZ) enlargement is correlated with visual acuity impairment in patients with retinal vein occlusion (RVO). This current study aimed to evaluate the OCT angiography parameters: the area of FAZ, foveal and parafoveal...
Brolucizumab in age-related macular degeneration, HAWK Study
3 October 2023
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Neovascular age-related macular degeneration, aflibercept, anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy, brolucizumab, commercial formulation
The aim of the study was to collect additional data on efficacy and safety of brolucizumab 6mg intended for commercialization in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) (with an increase in pH and decrease in polysorbate concentration). The HAWK Study was a...
Twenty-five years in retina
In the next of our articles celebrating 25 years of Eye News, the authors look at how the retina specialty has changed over this time and ask what the future might hold. Retinal disease management has benefited from great advances...A new observation point: updating the nomenclature and classification with OCT
The evolution of ophthalmic imaging technologies has been particularly rapid over the last few years. The author provides an update of the current terms for common signs and pathologies observed using optical coherence tomography. My experience as an ophthalmic technician,...Broadening of treatment options for potentially blinding retinal conditions
2 August 2022
| Rod McNeil
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Ophthalmology
Rod McNeil provides an update on a promising bispecific antibody recently approved for treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and diabetic macular oedema (DMO) and considers emerging developments in biosimilars to established anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapies, including...
Clinical predictors of proliferative sickle cell retinopathy
29 March 2024
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder resulting in production of Haemoglobin S (HbS), which aggregates in conditions of hypoxia, acidosis or hyperosmolarity. This leads to vascular stasis, thrombosis and ischaemia. The authors present a cross-sectional study (45 consecutive...
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...
Surgical effect of limited membrane dissection
1 October 2017
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Minimally invasive, strabismus surgery, tenon capsule
Strabismus surgery was performed with minimal dissection of Tenons sheath and minimal tissue manipulation compared to conventional methods for patients with pure horizontal strabismus – to evaluate the effect on surgical outcomes. The study included 54 patients; 52% female. Mean...
Initiatives in macular service provision
1 December 2015
| Rod McNeil
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
A report from Monitor in October 2015 identifies good practices that will realise most of the potential productivity gain in elective care available to NHS hospitals. These include: stratifying patients by risk and creating low-complexity pathways for lower-risk patients (tailoring...