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Teprotumumab for chronic TED
This retrospective case series looks at the use of teprotumumab in nine patients with thyroid eye disease (TED) of clinical activity score ≤one and >nine months duration, in an American cohort. Current European guidelines have suggested the use of teprotumumab...AI breakthrough brings geographic atrophy treatment a step closer
A team led by Dr Konstantinos Balaskas at Moorfields Eye Hospital Reading Centre has developed a fully automated, deep-learning model (algorithm) that can detect and quantify geographic atrophy using standard optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans.
Two-year results of a T&E aflibercept regime in caucasian PNV
This a retrospective study examining two-year outcomes of patients with pachychoroid neovasculopathy (PNV) treated with a treat and extend (T&E) regimen of intravitreal aflibercept. The mean age was 63.84 ± 7.92 years with nine males (35%) and 17 females (65%)....Effective treatment for rare sight-threatening infection
A drug candidate, based on pioneering UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital research and currently under development by SIFI S.p.A., has been found to be highly effective in treating a rare sight-threatening eye infection in a new international clinical trial.
Correlation between anti-retinal antibodies and proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR)
The pathological basis of PVR is not clearly understood and there are no effective medications targeting this condition. This cross-sectional study looked at the possible association of anti-retinal antibodies with patients with PVR and retinal detachment (RD). Aqueous and vitreous...
Surgery for acquired distance esotropia
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcome of this surgical approach in the treatment of divergence insufficiency esotropia. This was a retrospective review of 18 patients aged on average 49.6 years; 77% were female. Preoperatively the distance...
CSD-OCT detection of minimally visible retinoblastoma
This paper reports minimally visible tumour recurrence that was detectable on spectral domain OCT (SD-OCT) in a two-month-old infant who had a diagnosis of bilateral familial retinoblastoma. The infant was treated with IVC for six cycles with vincristine, etoposide and...
IOL cataract surgery 7-24 months
The purpose of this study was to present the long-term outcome of IOLs in paediatric patients who received cataract surgery aged seven to <24 months. This was retrospective study with minimum follow-up of 12 months for 27 patients (28 eyes)....
Use of acetazolamide for symptoms of visual vertigo
Visual vertigo is a disorder characterised by symptoms of dizziness, vertigo, unsteadiness, disorientation and general discomfort induced by visual triggers. It is currently treated with vestibular rehabilitation therapy, with no effective pharmacotherapy options available for treatment resistant case. Oral acetazolamide...
Uveitic glaucoma
The purpose of this retrospective study from two tertiary Institutions in Israel over a period of 13 years, is to present the long-term outcomes of uveitic glaucoma and to identify risk factors for progression. The study included 34 patients (53...
Hemianopia or visuospatial neglect: differences in information processing
It is widely reported that visuospatial neglect and hemianopia may be superimposed, and disentangling the two conditions can be pose difficulties for clinicians. The authors of this paper explored the differences in implicit information processing which is effective in patients...
