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Therapeutic ocular surface medium for persistent corneal epithelial defect
Corneal ulcers and persistent epithelial defects (PEDs) are caused by a variety of different insults to the cornea, which includes limbal epithelial stem cell failure. PED may be resistant to healing with standard therapy such as frequent ointments and /...Incidence of ocular myasthenia gravis and risk factors for conversion to generalised disease
This population based retrospective cohort study evaluates the incidence of ocular myasthenia gravis (OMG) as well as risk factors for transformation to generalised myasthenia gravis (GMG). Sixty-five patients (40 male and 25 female) with newly diagnosed with myasthenia gravis (MG)...Treatment of severe chronic ocular graft-versus-host disease
1 February 2018
| Jonathan Chan
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
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Cornea, Inflammation, Treatment Medical, Wound healing
A retrospective study from Cologne, Germany, between November 2012 to March 2015, of 17 patients with graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) treated with 100% single use vials autologous serum eye drops in sealed system. Visual acuity, corneal staining, frequency of artificial tears,...
Influence of FLEx and SMILE on corneal nerve density and ocular surface
1 August 2015
| Mrinal Rana
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Cataract and Refractive
This was a prospective study designed to compare the influence of femtosecond lenticule extraction (FLEx) and small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) on the corneal nerve density and ocular surface for myopic correction. Thirty patients underwent bilateral lenticule extraction. One eye...
Intensive diabetes therapy and ocular surgery in type 1 diabetes
1 October 2015
| Jonathan CP Roos
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) ran between 1983 and 1993 and showed that intensive glycaemic control was beneficial in reducing diabetic retinopathy in type 1 patients. There was a 76% reduction in onset of retinopathy and a 52%...
How common is ocular trauma in children and what are the clinical features?
3 April 2024
| Lauren R Hepworth
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors present a multicenter retrospective case review with the aim of reporting the incidence and characteristics of paediatric ocular trauma. Records for individuals aged 18 and under with a diagnosis of globe, orbit or adnexal injury over a 10-year...
First systematic review of COVID-19 colonisation of ocular tissues and secretions
5 October 2020
| Hadi Ziaei
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
The authors present the first systematic review summarising all the data regarding SARS-CoV-2 colonisation of ocular and periocular tissues and secretions. They reviewed all publications between December 2019 to April 2020 in the Cochrane Library, Medline, World of Science and...
Evaluation of Optive® in ocular discomfort after anti-VEGF intravitreal injection
1 October 2021
| Sofia Rokerya
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Artificial tear, Intravitreal injection therapy, Ocular discomfort, Ocular surface
In this study the authors prospectively evaluated the efficacy of Optive® eye drops after in full, then abbreviation - intravitreal injection (IVT). Patients naïve to IVT were included in the study. No artificial tear treatment was prescribed after the first...
Ocular mucous membrane pemphigoid: the importance of early detection and treatment
Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is an autoimmune blistering disorder that is characterised by subepithelial bullae. The ocular manifestation of MMP, ocular mucous membrane pemphigoid (OMMP), is a sight-threatening condition characterised by conjunctival cicatricial changes associated with corneal vascularisation and scarring....Atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC) and ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN)
1 April 2017
| Yamini Krishna
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Ocular Pathology and Oncology
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Atopia, Inflammation, Masquerade, Neoplasia, Ocular surface
The authors present two cases of invasive OSSN in patients with severe AKC. Case 1 was a 73-year-old male with severe AKC and atopic eczema who developed a suspicious papillary-like limbal lesion in the left eye. He had an excisional...
Incidence and risk factors of ocular hypertension following PPV and SOI
1 December 2018
| Sofia Rokerya
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Diabetic vitreo-retinopathy, Diseases of the retina and vitreous, Glaucoma, Ocular hypertension, Pars plana vitrectomy, Silicone oil, Surgery of the retina and vitreous, Tamponade, Tonometry
In this prospective, interventional study the authors evaluated the risk factors for elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with silicone oil injection (SOI). This study included 254 eyes of 254 patients, with a mean age of 55.33...
A revolution in modern genetic testing for the clinical management of ocular disease
1 August 2016
| Jane Ashworth, Chris Lloyd (Prof), Graeme Black
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Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Ophthalmology, Oculoplastics, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology
Recent years have seen a huge increase in our understanding of the genetic factors underlying a wide variety of eye diseases. This has included common conditions such as glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration, as well as those conditions which have...