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OCTA in angioid streaks
1 February 2019
| Saruban Pasu
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This paper reports on the optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) features of choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) secondary to angioid streaks and the ability to predict CNV activity. A total of 38 eyes of 19 patients were included in the study. Thirty...
Type 3 CNV and anti-VEGF
1 February 2019
| Saruban Pasu
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The purpose of the study was to determine the differences between aflibercept and ranibizumab in terms of their therapeutic efficacy in the treatment of Type 3 neovascularisation. The authors highlight that the dominant mechanism for Type 3 neovascularisation development is...
Needling procedure for failed bleb
The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of needling with 5-FU after failed filtering procedures in the paediatric population. This was a retrospective review of 324 filtration surgeries in 265 children with 55 eyes (16.9%) undergoing needling...
Trabeculectomy with MMC in post-traumatic angle recession glaucoma
1 June 2022
| Su Young
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EYE - Glaucoma
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angle recession, blunt injury, fellow eye, mitomycin-c, trabeculectomy
This study aimed to evaluate the outcomes of primary trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C (trab MMC) in phakic eyes with post-traumatic angle recession glaucoma with no prior intraocular surgery. Thirty-two phakic eyes of 32 patients who underwent trab MMC between January-2002 and...
Progression of macular atrophy on long-term anti-VEGF therapy for AMD
3 October 2022
| Sofia Rokerya
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
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Anti-VEGF therapy, Long term, Macular atrophy, neovascular age-related macular degeneration
This retrospective study evaluated the progression of macular atrophy in 53 eyes of 53 patients receiving AntiVEGF Therapy for age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), for at least six years. None of the patients had any macular atrophy (MA) at presentation. MA...
Contrast sensitivity in myopic eyes
3 June 2024
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
A classification system has been proposed for myopic maculopathy: grade 0 (no myopic retinal lesions), grade 1 (tessellated fundus), grade 2 (diffuse chorioretinal atrophy (CRA)), grade 3 (patchy CRA), and grade 4 (macular atrophy). Tessellated fundus is defined as the...
The use of adalimumab for relapse in patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease
2 August 2024
| Zina Mobarak
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
In this retrospective, multi-centre, cohort study, the efficacy and safety of Adalimumab (ADA) treatment for the exacerbation or recurrence of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) patients was assessed by investigating the medical records of patients who had received ADA treatment for more than...
The approach to angle-closure glaucoma
1 October 2016
| Kaivon Pakzad-Vaezi
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EYE - Glaucoma
Further to my last article in Eye News (print issue) describing the diagnostic approaches to various clinical scenarios in glaucoma, the approach to angle-closure glaucoma (ACG), a situation terrifying for patient and registrar alike, will be discussed. Please refer to...
Polymerase chain reaction evaluation of infectious multifocal serpiginoid choroiditis
1 December 2014
| Nikolaos D Georgakarakos
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This paper presents a retrospective review of infectious agents associated with multifocal serpiginous choroiditis (MSC) based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) evaluation and specific antimicrobial therapy. The study included 13 patients with MSC who were evaluated with PCR for the...
Melanocytoma of the optic disc
1 June 2015
| Lucia Derriman, Sumith Perera
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Melanocytoma is a heavily pigmented lesion, composed of melanocytes and is a variant of melanocytic naevus. It classically occurs at the optic disc and is usually benign, static and asymptomatic. However, it can occasionally grow and invade the retina or...
