RCT review of surgery for open angle glaucoma
1 December 2022
| Su Young
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EYE - Glaucoma
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Intraocular pressure, Open angle glaucoma, meta-analysis, microstent, phacoemulsification
This systematic review and meta-analysis examined eight randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to compare the intraocular pressure (IOP) reducing effect of three types of microstent implantation (Hydrus, iStent, CyPass) combined with phacoemulsification versus phacoemulsification alone for patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG)...
Trabeculectomy with MMC in post-traumatic angle recession glaucoma
1 June 2022
| Su Young
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EYE - Glaucoma
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angle recession, blunt injury, fellow eye, mitomycin-c, trabeculectomy
This study aimed to evaluate the outcomes of primary trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C (trab MMC) in phakic eyes with post-traumatic angle recession glaucoma with no prior intraocular surgery. Thirty-two phakic eyes of 32 patients who underwent trab MMC between January-2002 and...
Factors influencing the outcome of GT and TBT in PCG
1 February 2022
| Jonathan Chan
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EYE - Glaucoma
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goniotomy, trabeculotomy, angle surgery, prognostic factors, paediatric glaucoma
This is a retrospective study between 2013 to 2016 of 452 eyes of patients </=12 years with primary congenital glaucoma (PCG), who underwent either goniotomy (GT) (median age: six months, 120 eyes) or trabeculotomy (TBT) (median age: 5.2 months, 332...
Efficacy and safety of novel PF brimonidine / timolol fixed-combination ophthalmic solution for OAG
4 August 2021
| Su Young
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EYE - Glaucoma
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Open-angle glaucoma, brimonidine/timolol fixed combination, intraocular pressure, normal-tension glaucoma, preservative-free
This study is a multicentre, randomised, open-label, parallel-group clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a newly developed preservative-free (PF) brimonidine / timolol fixed-combination (BTFC) ophthalmic solutions as compared with preservative-containing (PC) BTFC ophthalmic solution in adult patients...
Van Herick Plus
2 December 2019
| Jonathan Chan
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EYE - Glaucoma
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angle, diagnostic tests/investigation, glaucoma incidence
This a consecutive cross-sectional study of 95 phakic patients over the age of 40-years-old. By applying a short, vertical slit beam, the inferior angle at the scleral-limbal junction at 6 o’clock position was evaluated, photographed and assessed by a ratio...
Advanced vestibular Schwannoma case report
1 December 2016
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Cerebellopontine angle tumour, papilloedema, vestibular schwannom
Vestibular Schwannoma is a benign, slow growing tumour which usually presents with unilateral hearing loss. It causes symptoms and findings on ophthalmic examination when the diagnosis is delayed. Ophthalmic findings may be related to the effect of the expanding mass...
Static subjective visual vertical (SVV) in the normal visual system
1 August 2016
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Otoliths, preset angle, subjective visual vertical (SVV), test-retest, variability
Graviception is the perception of a persons’ orientation relative to gravitational force. This can be measured by means of subjective verticals, which can be divided into three tests: subjective visual vertical (SVV), subjective postural vertical (SPV) and subjective haptic vertical...
Short-term effects of intravitreal bevacizumab on the cornea
1 December 2014
| Khadijah Basheer
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
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anterior chamber depth, bevacizumab, central corneal thickness, intraocular pressure, iridocorneal angle, simulated keratometry
Bevacizumab has been extensively used to treat macula oedema and neovascularisation of the retina and it has also been useful in the management of corneal neovascular diseases. This prospective study aimed to provide more information on the effect bevacizumab may...
