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Conjunctival inflammation in glaucoma patients
1 April 2015
| Khadijah Basheer
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Glaucoma
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Antiglaucoma treatment, benzalkonium chloride, conjunctiva, EMMPRIN, preservatives
Numerous studies have demonstrated that topical medications and preservatives used for the management of glaucoma can induce significant histopathologic and inflammatory changes in the ocular surface. This study describes an increased expression of major histocompatibility complex class II antigen HLA-DR,...
Children’s clinic perceptions
1 April 2015
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors designed a questionnaire intended to be child friendly and for use in a paediatric ophthalmology clinic. The aim of the study was to sample the opinions of the children attending their clinics. Topics in the questionnaire included timing...
Low-dose atropine 0.01% for the treatment of childhood myopia: a pan-India multicentric retrospective study
2 August 2024
| Jonathan Chan
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This is a retrospective multicentre study (20 centres) in India over two years, monitoring the progression of myopia after starting treatment with 0.01% atropine drops. Seven-hundred and thirty-two children were recruited in the study, between six and 14 years old,...
SCOPE supports VCHP
Longstanding VCHP supporters, Scope Eyecare, have stepped up their giving with a £2,000 donation which will help the charity to deliver even more free eye examinations around the country. Daniel Achilles, Medical and Professional Affairs Advisor with Scope Eyecare and...DALK as an early therapeutic option for Acanthamoeba keratitis
1 February 2016
| Magdalena Popiela
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
Eleven patients with Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) were treated by early therapeutic deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK). All surgeries were performed in patients who had no response to standard medical therapy of chlorhexidine gluconate, propamidine isethionate and neomycin sulphate, within 10-15...
The results of the last survey Oct 2019
Another fascinating response which once more highlights the massive variation in practice. I completely acknowledge that ophthalmology is an art as well as a science and therefore there will be variances in practice and there will not be one ‘right’...What's trending Feb/Mar 2022
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending over the last few weeks. British man fitted with 3D printed eye Steve Verze of London has required a prosthetic eye for over 20 years. On 25 November 2021,...Usefulness of gonioscopy to investigate cause of corneal oedema after cataract surgery
1 December 2021
| Jack Bradbury, Corrado Gizzi, Anant Sharma
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Ophthalmology, Cornea / External Eye Disease
A 72-year-old man with ocular hypertension presented three months after routine right phacoemulsification and toric intraocular lens (IOL) implantation with a two-week history of an irritated right eye and a sudden deterioration in right vision. His preoperative spherical equivalence was...
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...
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...Manometric tear duct irrigation system against the conventional lacrimal syringing
1 December 2018
| Rina Bhatt
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Oculoplastics, Orbit
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Dacryocystorhinostomy, epiphora, lacrimal outflow, lacrimal syringing, manometric
The authors assessed the lacrimal outflow resistance with a modified irrigation system. The manometric tear duct test (mTDT) comprised of a 6mm thin wall 25 gauge lacrimal cannula which was attached to a bag of normal saline by standard fluid...
Do topical steroids improve visual outcome in the treatment of bacterial keratitis?
1 December 2014
| Lona Jawaheer
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
The use of topical corticosteroids as an adjunctive treatment to antibiotics in the management of bacterial keratitis remains a controversial issue. The results of the Steroids for Corneal Ulcers Trial (SCUT) – a randomised, double-masked, placebo-controlled trial that recruited patients...