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Long-term treatment of blepharospasm using Botulinum Toxin A
1 April 2020
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
The authors report findings from a retrospective single-centre study which aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of long-term botulinum A toxin (BAT) treatment in patients with blepharospasm (BPS). Blepharospasm is described as one of the most frequent types of...
Orbital cavernous haemangiomas
This is a review of orbital cavernous haemangiomas (orbital cavernous venous malformations) managed over a 12-year period at a tertiary referral centre. Painless proptosis was the commonest presentation. One hundred and sixty-four patients (96 female and 68 male) underwent surgery...Long-term use of botulinum toxin for hemifacial spasm and blepharospasm
1 February 2022
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Botulinum neurotoxin, benign essential blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm, tolerance
The authors conducted a retrospective review of clinical / procedure documentation for consecutive blepharospasm (BEB) and hemifacial spasm (HFS) patients undergoing treatment with onabotulinum toxin A (Botox) in one clinic setting over the past 20 years. They report on the...
Retrospective safety assessment of apraclonidine for diagnosis of Horner’s syndrome in children
2 August 2022
| Lauren R Hepworth
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
Apraclonidine has been shown to reverse the anisocoria in Horner’s syndrome, with some reports of partial ptosis resolution. Side-effects of apraclonidine have been reported especially in children under six months old. The authors present a retrospective safety study of using...
BT outcomes under open versus closed sky technique
3 April 2023
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This retrospective study compared open versus closed sky BT injection techniques without electromyography (EMG) control in 135 patients (31 open sky and 104 closed). Patients were aged 1-50 years for open sky and 2-34 years for closed. There was a...
BT for convergence spasm
1 June 2019
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The aim of this study was to analyse the response of a cohort of patients with convergence spasm to the injection of botulinum toxin (BT) in the medial rectus muscle. This was a retrospective study of six patients with a...
A rare case of oculomotor nerve palsy from presumed cavernous angioma
1 February 2019
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Cavernous angioma, infant, oculomotor nerve, oculomotor nerve palsy, schwannoma
Cavernous angiomas of the cranial nerves are extremely rare, and those of the oculomotor (third) nerve are rarer still. The authors present a single case study of presumed cavernous angioma involving the subarachnoid portion of the left third nerve, which...
Outcomes of adult new-onset strabismus presenting acutely
1 September 2023
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study evaluated causes, neuroimaging rates and results, and clinical courses of adults presenting to an ophthalmology emergency department with diagnosis of new-onset strabismus. This was a retrospective study of 557 adults (54.8% male) with mean age of 57.3 ±16.7...
IgG4 related orbital disease
1 June 2018
| Jaya Myneni
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Oculoplastics, Orbit
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IgG4-related orbital disease, lymphoma, nonspecific orbital inflammation, orbit
This retrospective study was done to determine the prevalence of IgG4 related orbital disease (IgG4ROD) in patients who previously had biopsies for suspected idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease (IOID) and / or orbital lymphoproliferative disease (OLD). The charts and slides of...
BT as a diagnostic tool in Duane’s retraction syndrome
4 December 2023
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study evaluated the effects of botulinum-toxin (BT) on management of Duane’s retraction syndrome along with how BT can be used diagnostically to help with patient expectations and decide management. Functional and psychosocial impact of BT effect was evaluated in...
Orbital rhabdomyosarcoma treatment characteristics
1 February 2017
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The aim of this study was to review the clinical presentation, management, local and systemic outcomes of 14 orbital rhabdomyosarcoma (OR) cases with the focus on the role of surgery as treatment. The mean age at presentation was eight years...
Causes and outcomes of eyelid lacerations
11 January 2024
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The purpose of this study was to characterise the epidemiology of paediatric eyelid lacerations, identify risk factors for canalicular involvement and describe postoperative complications after surgical repair. This was a retrospective review of tertiary care trauma centre records in which...