Journal Reviews

The incidence of sympathetic ophthalmia

5 April 2022 | | Oculoplastics, Orbit | Sympathetic ophthalmia, globe injury, meta-analysis, ocular trauma, ophthalmology, systematic review, uveitis

In this meta-analysis, the authors looked at 24 retrospective studies to determine the incidence of sympathetic ophthalmia following open globe injury amongst adult and paediatric populations. The year of publication of studies included ranged from 1972-2019, and with broad search...

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Paediatric enucleation in a tertiary eye centre in North China, 2001-2015

2 December 2019 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Enucleation, evisceration, ocular trauma, pediatric, retinoblastoma

The authors review the demography and aetiology of paediatric enucleation over a 15-year period. A total of 9307 paediatric ophthalmic inpatients ranging from 0 to 14 years who underwent surgery at Shandong Eye Institute over the past 15 years were...