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Nordic Pharma Announces CE Mark Approval for Lacrifill® Canalicular Gel, Paving the Way for European Launch
Nordic group B.V – an international pharmaceutical company operating as Nordic Pharma have received CE mark approval for Lacrifill®, a novel dry eye therapy. Lacrifill® is a cross-linked hyaluronic acid gel that temporarily blocks tear drainage by occluding the canalicular...
Pneumatic trabeculectomy
The authors present a novel technique which uses constant pressure air infusion via the constellation vision system (Alcon Laboratories) to prevent anterior chamber (AC) collapse and intraocular pressure fluctuations during trabeculectomy in high-risk cases. This was a prospective, interventional, non-randomised,...
Biomechanical stabilisation of ocular measurements post cataract surgery
This prospective study looks into the time duration of biomechanical stabilisation post uneventful cataract surgery in a case series of 62 consecutive eyes in patients with no ocular or systemic comorbidity. The patients were followed-up at fixed intervals of one...
Excessive blinking
A case review is presented to understand the clinical implications for children presenting to ophthalmology with episodes of excessive blinking in the absence of any obvious ocular abnormalities. This retrospective review was conducted from 2011-2014. The authors contacted parents and...
Comparison of visual fields between migraine and tension type headaches
The aim of the study was to compare the clinical features and visual fields of patients with migraine without aura and tension type headache. Visual fields were assessed whilst the patients were having an attack of pain and tested using...
A clinical review of optic neuropathy associated with amiodarone
The authors present a clinical overview of the occurrence of visual loss secondary to optic neuropathy associated with the use of the antiarrhythmic agent amiodarone. Amiodarone is prescribed for the management of atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia / fibrillation. However,...
Incidence and factors associated with complication of sutured and sutureless cataract surgery following PPV
This is a retrospective review of 485 patients who had undergone phacoemulsification and IOL implantation after previous pars planar victrectomy (PPV) surgery between May 2000 and May 2014. The incidence and factors contributing to complications were studied. The most common...
Vitrectomy after ocriplasmin for VVMT adhesion of MH study
This is a multicentre retrospective study of 51 eyes that received intravitreal ocriplasmin between January 2013 to January 2014 for symptomatic vitreomacular (VMT) +/- macular hole (MH), and then went on to PPV for persistent pathology, comparing a control group...
Visual consequences of congenital hypothyroidism
This study evaluated the frequencies of ophthalmic abnormalities in Turkish children with a history of congenital hypothyroidism in a retrospective study of 121 children. Median age was nine months (one to 216) at initial ophthalmic examination. Forty children were ex-premature...
Predictors of IOP reduction after SLT
The aim of this study was to identify predictors of intraocular pressure reduction following selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma, who are already taking maximally tolerated IOP-lowering medication and need further IOP reduction. In this prospective...
Changes in parafoveal retinal thickness after bariatric surgery in type 2 diabetics
Bariatric surgery induces an instant normalisation of blood glucose in as many as 80% of patients with type 2 diabetes. It has been previously reported that diabetic retinopathy (DR) is stable within one year after bariatric surgery. In this study,...
