ROPPVAL Syndrome as a differential diagnosis to optic neuritis
1 December 2021
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Photophobia, ROPPVAL, headache, migraine, optic neuritis, retro-ocular pain
Optic neuritis (ON) is a common cause of visual loss in young patients. Patients with eye pain and ipsilateral visual loss are often referred into neuro-ophthalmology clinics with a possible diagnosis of ON. In 2018 Jefferis et al. reported a...
Preoperative anxiety levels and pain during cataract surgery
5 June 2020
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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Phacoemulsification, VAS, VASA, anxiety, cataract, pain, surgery
Increased anxiety has been shown to be associated with greater pain in a number of procedures. In this observational, non-interventional study, the authors sought to evaluate the correlation between pain with phacoemulsification surgery (under topical and intracameral local anaesthesia) and...
Effect of topical diclofenac on postoperative PRK pain: RCT
1 April 2015
| Anjali Gupta
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
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cornea, diclofenac, pain, photorefractive keratectomy
A major disadvantage of excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) is pain and discomfort after the surgery, which is thought to be due to damage to corneal sensory nerve fibres or local release of inflammatory substances. Pain only resolves once corneal...
