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COVID-19 and the eye: a review of ocular involvement and protective strategies
1 June 2020
| Sohaib Rufai
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EYE - General
A lot of attention has been placed on the use of face coverings to limit COVID-19 transmission, but there has been less focus on ocular involvement and ocular protection strategies. The author reviews the literature and discusses possible solutions. The...
A paradigm shift: re-defining success in retinal detachment repair
3 April 2023
| Zhihang Cheng
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
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Integrity, Outer retinal folds, Pneumatic retinopexy, Retinal detachment, Retinal displacement, Scleral buckle, Vitrectomy
The authors describe in this review article that functional outcomes vary with surgical technique for retinal detachment repair. Traditional definitions of surgical success have been shifted due to advances in imaging techniques. Assessment of the integrity of retinal reattachment including...
Developments in oculoplastic surgery
1 June 2018
| Rod McNeil
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EYE - Oculoplastic
A study of NHS practice demonstrated significant patient-reported quality-of-life improvements from commonly performed oculoplastic operations: entropion repair, ectropion repair, ptosis repair and dacrocystorhinostomy (DCR) [1]. In recent years, surgical and non-surgical approaches to functional and aesthetic oculoplastic surgery have advanced...
Childhood glaucoma
When a child is given a diagnosis of glaucoma, the impact upon that child and their family is enormous; equivalent to the diagnosis of a cancer [14]. This article outlines the knowledge, techniques and approaches that offer solutions to the...
Lacrimal drainage system malignancies
This retrospective case series looks at the rare cases of lacrimal drainage system malignancies. The authors have identified 14 patients in 24 years, at a tertiary referral centre in the Indian subcontinent. Many previous publications have found squamous cell carcinoma...
Intravenous ketorolac during DCR
This study compares pain scores postoperatively between patients that received intravenous ketorolac (IVK) pre, intra or immediately postoperatively and a control group that did not receive it. The authors state that the patients were randomised, however it is not described...Defence Medical Services Ophthalmology Conference 2024
3 July 2024
-4 July 2024
by Dr Ben Smith, General Duties Medical Officer (Army), Tidworth, UK. This annual national meeting of tri-service defence ophthalmologists was held in the beautiful and historic setting of Merton College in Oxford, hosted by Professor Robert MacLaren, the current Professor...
Occurrence and risk factors for RD after PPV in acute postcataract bacterial endophthalmitis
1 February 2017
| Jonathan Chan
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This is a prospective multicentre study from France between March 2004 to December 2011 in four university hospitals; 123 consecutive patients treated with pars planar vitrectomy (PPV) were included in this cohort. The rate of retinal detachment (RD) of post-PPV...
Vitrectomy in retinal detachment associated with choroidal detachment
1 June 2019
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Hypotony, posterior retinal breaks, longer axial lengths and total retinal detachments (RD) are risk factors for development of RD associated with choroidal detachment (RRDCD). This study retrospectively analysed the anatomic outcomes and prognostic factors of vitrectomy in 175 patients with...
Visual snow syndrome: a review
11 January 2024
| Ivan Yip
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
Visual snow syndrome (VSS) is a neurological condition characterised by visual phenomena described as dots moving across the visual field. Other visual symptoms can take the form of palinopsia, entopic phenomena, photophobia and nyctalopia. Tinnitus and migraine can be commonly...
Infliximab in treatment of PVR
28 February 2025
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
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...
Effects of ‘inverted U method’ Nd:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy on anterior segment and IOL tilt
4 August 2021
| Su Young
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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capsulotomy, inverted U method, phaco-vitrectomy, posterior capsular opacification, rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
The study aimed to investigate the effects of the ‘inverted U method’ Nd:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy on anterior segment parameters, decentration and tilt of intraocular lens (IOLs) and visual acuity in 76 patients with posterior capsular opacification (PCO) after previous...
