Should intravitreal steroids be used in the initial treatment of post-op endophthalmitis?
1 October 2018
| Eulee Seow
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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adjuvant intravitreal dexamethasone, cataract surgery, postoperative bacterial endophthalmitis, randomized controlled trial
Endophthalmitis following cataract surgery is one of the most feared complications, and can have significant impact on the visual outcomes of patients. The role of steroids in the management of endopthalmitis is controversial. The aim of this paper was to...
Intraocular surgical training – is there any inter-procedural transfer of skills?
1 June 2018
| Eulee Seow
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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assessment/formative feedback, cataract surgery, simulation-based training, vitreoretinal surgery
Cataract surgery is the most commonly performed surgery during ophthalmology training. This study aims to investigate how experience in simulated cataract surgery impacts and transfers to the learning curves for novices in vitreoretinal surgery. Twelve ophthalmology residents without previous experience...
Patients’ perspective over quality of care and cataract surgery
1 August 2017
| Mrinal Rana
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Cataract surgery, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), patient satisfaction, quality of care, treatment process
This study analyses the factors of perceived quality of care among patients undergoing cataract surgery. A questionnaire was designed to assess the patients’ views about the quality of care using QUOTE (Quality of Care through the Patient’s Eyes), which assessed...
Comparison of visual fields between migraine and tension type headaches
1 August 2017
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Migraine, retina, aesthetic surgery, visual field
The aim of the study was to compare the clinical features and visual fields of patients with migraine without aura and tension type headache. Visual fields were assessed whilst the patients were having an attack of pain and tested using...
Health-related quality of life after cataract surgery
1 June 2016
| Bheemanagouda Patil
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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cataract, cataract surgery, quality of life, quality-adjusted life years
This prospective study evaluates the impact of cataract surgery on subjects’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measured with a 15-dimension generic instrument, the 15D. The HRQoL of cataract subjects was compared with that of an age- and gender-standardised sample of...
Nanofiber-based hydrogels prevent capsular opacification
1 April 2016
| Graham Wallace
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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Capsule opacification, Cataract surgery, Epithelial–mesenchymal transition, Nanostructures, Prevention
Lens refilling is the replacement of the lens with a silicone polymer in an otherwise intact lens capsule. However, capsular opacification (CO), resulting in reduced visual acuity, is a major complication of these injectable accommodating lenses. Opacification is due to...
