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Endophthalmitis after intravitreal injections in France
1 June 2015
| Efrosini Papagiannuli
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
In this nationwide, retrospective, multicentre case series, the authors looked at the incidence and characteristics of endophthalmitis after intravitreal injections of anti-VEGFs and steroids, given for a variety of posterior segment conditions (macular oedema secondary to diabetes or retinal vein...
The risk factors associated with isolated microvascular third nerve palsy
3 April 2024
| Lauren R Hepworth
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
The authors used the Rochester Epidemiology Project for this retrospective case review of third nerve palsy. Inclusion criteria was adults >18 years, with new onset isolated microvascular third nerve palsy diagnosed within a 36-month period, with recovery or significant improvement,...
Pathological myopia: a trainer’s perceptive
3 April 2024
| Anitha Priya Arun Shankar, Adelehin Ijasan
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
High myopia is defined as myopic refraction of greater than -6 dioptres with an axial length greater than 26.5mm, while pathological myopia is myopic refraction with posterior pole degeneration [1]. These degenerative changes can affect a young population and in...
The power of the full blood count
Vishal Shah walks us through his thought process whilst highlighting the importance of routine investigations when dealing with unusual retinovascular presentations. Retinal changes can arise in anaemia, leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloproliferative and myelodysplastic syndrome. They are often the first manifestation of...Considerations in the management of retinal disorders
1 October 2017
| Rod McNeil
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Vision research presentations and publications explore practice considerations in the management of AMD and diabetic retinopathy. Over the past two decades in Europe there has been a decreasing prevalence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and an improvement in visual acuity...
Advances and developments in medical retina
The author provides an update on late breaking clinical trial results in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and presentations on diabetes management from the American Academy of Ophthalmology Retina Subspecialty Day, held during the Academy’s annual meeting in Chicago, October...
Microvascular disease in Alport syndrome
2 December 2019
| Patty Mopamboli Mboli
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Alport syndrome, Hypertension, microvascular disease
The authors present the findings of a retrospective case-control observational study on increased microvascular disease in individuals with Alport syndrome recruited over a 21-year period. They recruited 28 males and 28 females with X-linked Alport syndrome (XLAS) and eight men...
The management of retinal vein occlusions: a summary
1 February 2015
| Amy-lee Shirodkar
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
Retinal vein occlusions (RVO) are the most common cause of visual loss from retinal vascular disease second to diabetic retinopathy. Vision is lost due to ischaemia, macular oedema and / or haemorrhage which ultimately effects a patient’s quality of life...
Literature review of isolated ocular motor nerve palsies
1 June 2015
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Abducens, cranial nerve, microvascular ischaemia, oculomoto, trochlear
Patients aged over 50 presenting with isolated nerve palsies of the third (pupil sparring), fourth or sixth nerves, are often described as having microvascular extraocular palsies. This review looks critically at the evidence surrounding these microvascular non-arteritic extraocular palsies and...
Stereotactic radiotherapy for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
1 August 2015
| Sofia Rokerya
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is a variant of neovascular AMD. It is a disease of choroidal vasculature characterised by abnormal branching vascular network with aneurysmal dilatations (polyps). Features of PCV include pigment epithelial detachments (PED), subretinal fluid (SRF) accumulation and...
Does a gut-eye axis exist?
1 October 2019
| Simerdip Kaur
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EYE - General
Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are based on facts and which are ‘fake news’. Headline: Does a gut-eye axis exist? Over a decade ago, the Human Microbiome Project was launched by...
