New management algorithm for acute post cataract endophthalmitis
2 February 2024
| Su Young
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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Bacteria, cataract, endophthalmitis, infection, pseudophakia, vitrectomy
In this study, the authors aimed to establish an objective algorithm for recommending urgent pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) to help improve visual outcomes in the current era of clear corneal-incision phacoemulsification and small gauge PPV. This study examined 150 cases...
Ocular manifestations of Whipple’s disease
2 February 2024
| Lucy Osborne
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
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Granulomatous uveitis, Whipple’s disease, infectious uveitis, ocular infection, tropheryma whipplei
In this retrospective review of 217 patients with Whipple’s disease (WD), the authors reviewed the presentations of those with ocular manifestations. Ocular signs of WD are under recognised, frequently resulting in misdiagnosis and mismanagement. Mayo Data Explorer, a Mayo Clinic...
Changing operating room practices: the effect on postoperative endophthalmitis rates following cataract surgery
4 October 2023
| Jonathan Chan
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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eye (globe), infection, public health, treatment surgery
This is a retrospective clinical registry study from India of 85,552 cataract surgery patients; group 1 (56,551 patients from January-March 2020) and group 2 (29,011 patients from May-August 2020). Group 1’s patients were ungowned, surgical gloves were disinfected but not...
High rate of conversion from ocular hypertension (OH) to glaucoma (UG) in subjects with uveitis
5 June 2023
| Jonathan Chan
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EYE - Glaucoma
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glaucoma, infection, inflammation, treatment medical, treatment surgery
This is a retrospective study from Auckland over a 10-year period including 188 eyes of 139 subjects with either OH or UG and were included for analysis with a mean follow-up of 9.9 years. The most common uveitis causes were...
High rate of conversion from ocular hypertension to glaucoma in subjects with uveitis
3 April 2023
| Jonathan Chan
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EYE - Glaucoma
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glaucoma, infection, inflammation, treatment medical, treatment surgery
This is a retrospective study from Auckland over a 10-year period. A total of 188 eyes of 139 subjects with either ocular hypertension (OH) or uveitic glaucoma (UG) were included for analysis with a mean follow up of 9.9 years....
Ocular toxoplasmosis
3 June 2021
| Jonathan Chan
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
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acute chronic infection, ocular toxoplasmosis, serology IgG IgM
This is a retrospective study of 106 patients between March 2011 and June 2018, of 37 IgM + group and 69 IgM - group of patients. The clinical features, demographics of patients with ocular toxoplasmosis (OT) were studied according to...
Corneal suture sample evaluation
This is a prospective study of 35 patients’ suture samples taken from a tertiary cornea clinic, Miami, Florida, with a history of penetrating keratoplasty. The aim is to study the relationship between corneal suture bacteriology, biofilm and the clinical setting,...
Treatment options for septic cavernous sinus thrombosis
1 April 2017
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Cavernous sinus thrombosis, infection, treatment
Septic cavernous sinus thrombosis is a rare but serious complication of infection of the cavernous sinuses. Potential therapies include antibiotics, corticosteroids and anticoagulation, as well as surgical intervention for source control of the infection. The authors report that there is...
