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ROP ocular outcomes after Bevacizumab treatment
1 October 2017
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Biometry, intravitreal injection, refraction, retinopathy of prematurity
The relationship between refractive outcomes and biometric parameters were evaluated following intravitreal Bevacizumab (IVB) monotherapy. Sixty-three infants were grouped into 1) infants treated with VB monotherapy for ROP (six with zone 1 and eight with posterior zone II retinopathy of...
Effective management of dry eye and ocular surface disease
Experts recommend a consistent approach to diagnosis, therapeutic targeting by disease subtype and escalation of therapy when tear substitutes are not sufficient. Experts call for a consistent, unified approach to diagnosis of dry eye disease (DED), with a new simple...Ocular motility disturbances after glaucoma drainage device
1 June 2022
| Jonathan Chan
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This is a cross-sectional study of children (<17-years-old) with a glaucoma drainage device (GDD) (Ahmed vs Baerveldt) implanted consecutively by a single surgeon from the Toronto group, between September 2006 and May 2018 and who had an ocular motility examination...
Presentation profile for sports-related ocular injuries
5 August 2022
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study sought to examine the initial presentation of sports-related ocular injury in youths presenting to a US tertiary eye centre. This was a retrospective study of cases with a one-year follow-up period. Over a five-year period of 2010-15, 3965...
Assaying acetylcholine receptor antibodies in the diagnosis of ocular myasthenia
1 December 2022
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Ocular myasthenia, anti-acetyl choline receptor antibody, generalised myasthenia
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease that leads to impaired neuromuscular transmission. Solely ocular manifestations of MG (OMG) occur in 15-50% of cases, most frequently in the form of fluctuating ptosis and diplopia. Most cases of OMG convert later...
Learning from litigation: ocular drug toxicity
3 August 2023
| Amar Alwitry
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Ophthalmology
Being the subject of litigation is stressful and upsetting. Having to look back over your previous decisions and justify the care you delivered in good faith can be difficult. Sadly, we all live with the sword of Damocles above us...
Optimising the ocular surface by managing meibomian gland dysfunction
1 February 2016
| Teifi James
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is ubiquitous. Ocular surface inflammation and irritation are prevalent in most ophthalmology clinics: corneal, cataract, glaucoma, oculoplastic, paediatric, vitreo-retinal, medical retina and refractive surgery. These patients also represent roughly one third of those attending for emergency...
Ocular motility parameters in phakic and pseudophakic older people
4 October 2023
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Cataract surgery, convergence amplitude, elderly, near point of convergence, phoria, tropia
The aim of this study was to compare the extent of phoria, strabismus and convergence of pseudophakic vs phakic people in an elderly population. The study was part of the Tehran Geriatric Eye Study (TGES). Of 3791 invitees, 3310 participated...
COVID-19 and the eye: a review of ocular involvement and protective strategies
A lot of attention has been placed on the use of face coverings to limit COVID-19 transmission, but there has been less focus on ocular involvement and ocular protection strategies. The author reviews the literature and discusses possible solutions. The...Ocular bubbly: a vitreoretinal update on the art of gases
5 April 2022
| Adonis El Salloukh, Alexander Chiu, Sidath Wijetilleka
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Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
The authors remind us of the revolutionary impact gases have had on retinal surgery. In 1938, Rosengren attempted to improve his retina repair surgical outcomes [1]. He discovered that suturing the retina or pressing externally on the sclera were not...
How common are ocular motor cranial nerve palsies following TBI?
4 December 2023
| Lauren R Hepworth
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
This retrospective cohort study aimed to report the incidence of ocular cranial nerve palsy as a result of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Patients were identified using an insurance database using codes from the International Classification of Disease 9th and 10th...
Ocular lubrication versus bandage contact lens in recurrent erosion syndrome (RES)
1 December 2013
| Sharmina Khan
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
Twenty-nine patients (eight traumatic, five epithelial basement membrane dystrophy, two idiopathic) were randomised using SPSS to either ocular lubricants or bandage contact lenses (BCLs). Only patients previously treated with ocular lubricants were included. Patients with previous surgery, laser treatment, dry...