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Doctor in the House

4 August 2021 | | Ophthalmology
“What’s the bleeding time?”“10 past 10 sir”. These are the famous lines uttered by Chief Surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt (James Robertson Justice) and Medical Student Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) on a pre-op ward round at the fictional St Swithin’s Hospital,...

Detection of SO tendon abnormality versus atrophy

3 October 2022 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Extraocular muscle anatomy/histopathology/physiology, magnetic resonance imaging, strabismus, superior oblique palsy
This study aimed to evaluate patterns of binocular misalignment in primary gaze, lateral and vertical gaze, and head tilt in patients showing head-tilt dependent hypertropia associated with discontinued superior oblique (SO) tendon but without SO muscle atrophy, versus patients with...
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Intravenous ketorolac during DCR

4 October 2023 | | Oculoplastics, Orbit | Dacryocystorhinostomy, ketorolac, opioid, pain
This study compares pain scores postoperatively between patients that received intravenous ketorolac (IVK) pre, intra or immediately postoperatively and a control group that did not receive it. The authors state that the patients were randomised, however it is not described...

Traumatic optic neuropathy

1 October 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Orbit, Emergency Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology
In neuro-ophthalmology we get asked a lot about management of patients who suffered significant trauma and presented with loss of vision secondary to presumed traumatic optic neuropathy (TON). TON happens usually in the context of significant craniofacial trauma. The incidence...

Surgery for superior oblique palsy with superior rectus contracture

5 June 2020 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Superior oblique palsy, botulinum toxin injection, inferior oblique weakening, superior rectus contracture, superior rectus recession
With limited information in the literature regarding simultaneous surgery in cases with superior rectus (SR) contracture in superior oblique (SO) palsy, the authors aimed to evaluate the efficacy of combined SR/IO surgery. This was a retrospective study of 15 cases...
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Myopia in Han Chinese

2 February 2024 | | Cataract and Refractive | Han Chinese, Myopia-associated genes, High myopia, retinal nervous system, single nucleotide polymorphisms
The authors present a case-control study of 361 patients with high myopia (mean spherical equivalent of -6.0DS or lower, and axial length greater than or equal to 26mm) and 749 healthy controls (mean spherical equivalent -1.0 to +1.0DS). They tested...

Eye News Bring Artistic Eye to RCOphth

29 April 2022
Eye News is delighted to be taking some of Steve Thomson's artwork to the RCOphth in May, raising money for the charity Fight for Sight.

Refined glaucoma referral practice offers prospect of improved capacity and expanded role for primary eye care professionals

1 February 2018 | | Glaucoma, Ophthalmology
Glaucoma is the most frequent cause of irreversible blindness worldwide and the second leading cause of blindness in the UK [1,2]. The global prevalence of glaucoma in 2010 was approximately 3.5% for people aged 40-80 years, according to Jonas et...
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Ocular hypertension following intravitreal steroid injections: a comparative study between triamcinolone-acetonide and dexamethasone-implant

3 April 2023 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous | Dexamethasone-implant, Glaucoma, Intravitreal steroid-induced ocular hypertension, Risk factors for steroid-induced ocular hypertension, Triamcinolone-acetonide
This was a retrospective observational study of steroid response following 1549 intravitreal steroid (TA and Dex) injections. One thousand and seventy-five eyes of 897 patients were reviewed. Glaucoma patients, glaucoma suspects, uveitis, trauma, and cases with less than one month...

Insects, swelling and sight loss: a case of orbital inflammatory syndrome

1 June 2022 | | Ophthalmology
Despite being the most common cause of painful orbital mass in adults and the third most common orbital disease, orbital inflammatory syndrome still proves to be a difficult ocular condition to diagnose, treat, and manage. A 41-year-old lady presented to...

Hype or helpful: ChatGPT

5 June 2023 | | Ophthalmology
It would have been hard to miss all the attention chatbots have received over the last few months. Whilst ChatGPT is easily the most well-known example of the large language models that have become so widespread of late, artificial intelligence...

The role of inflammation in the pathophysiology of DMO

1 February 2016 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Diabetic macular oedema (DMO) is a major cause of visual loss in diabetes, with a complex multifactorial pathogenesis. In the UK alone it is estimated that there are nearly 2.5 million diabetic patients aged over 12 years. Approximately 65,000 of...