Journal Reviews archive for 2025
Risks for ROP development in mid and late preterm infants
The authors evaluated the incidence, risk factors and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) development in mid and late preterm infants born at 32 to <37 weeks of gestational age (GA). This was a retrospective study of 5477 infants: 54.4% male. Overall,...
Risks of advanced ROP development in unscreened babies
The authors report a retrospective study of the prevalence of infants with stage 4b and 5 retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) who were never screened and the importance of screening guidelines. The study was conducted in a tertiary eye hospital in...
How common is empty sella in neuro-ophthalmology patients not suspected of raised intracranial pressure
The study aimed to assess how common the presence of empty / partially empty sella is amongst neuro-ophthalmology patients undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) excluding for papilledema and raised intracranial pressure (ICP). The study retrospectively reviewed case records of consecutive...
The effect of orbital decompression on upper eyelid retraction
This is a systematic review and meta-analysis on whether there is a change in upper lid retraction following orbital decompression. Traditional teaching states that the order of surgery for thyroid eye disease should be decompression firstly, followed by squint surgery...
Comparison of surgical options for basic intermittent exotropia
This study compared the outcomes of three surgical options from one surgeon, to treat basic intermittent exotropia. Surgeries included bilateral lateral rectus recession (BLR), unilateral lateral / medial rectus recession / resection (RR), and unilateral lateral rectus recession and medial...
Adjunct amniotic membrane during enucleation for retinoblastoma to prevent implant exposure
Amniotic membrane (AM) has potential for treatment of retinoblastoma (RB) patients with contracted sockets after enucleation. The authors present their experience of AM with enucleation for patients with RB after chemotherapy in this retrospective study of 100 eyes of 107...
Early structural and functional retinal changes in intermittent exotropia
This study aimed to evaluate and compare spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD OCT) and electrophysiological measures in patients with intermittent exotropia and healthy controls, to outline changes in retinal and optic nerve structure and function. This was a cross-sectional...
Features from screening programme referrals pre and post pandemic
In this study the authors conducted an analysis of demographics, referral rates and prevalence of various ophthalmic assessments among children referred to an ophthalmologist through the UCI eye mobile programme. They further evaluated the influence of socio-economic factors and the...
Infliximab in treatment of PVR
In this phase 2 randomly controlled trial, 66 patients with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and grade C proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) were randomised in a 1:1 ratio to undergo pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and silicone oil (SO) injection with or without...
Beyond ‘Shield and Ship’: a novel device (Eye-Aid) to provide temporary aqueous tamponade
The authors present a pilot efficacy study of the novel Eye-Aid device in a porcine model of full-thickness corneal wounds to mitigate anterior chamber collapse in the forward military environment. Currently, the ‘Shield and Ship’ paradigm taught to military healthcare...
A novel parameter for angle closure
This is a population cross-sectional study of 464 eyes that underwent swept-source optical coherence tomography (SSOCT) imaging in the dark. Eight out of 128 cross-sectional images were selected for analysis. Matlab was used to measure the iridolenticular contact area (ILCA),...
Predicting visual prognosis of patients with methanol poisoning
Symptoms of methanol poisoning often occur 12–24 hours after oral consumption, and visual symptoms are seen in approximately 50% of cases. This study aims to investigate the role of optic nerve diffusion status on cranio-orbital magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in...
