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Aflibercept treatment in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
1 April 2019
| Sofia Rokerya
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The authors present a study to evaluate the anatomical and functional efficacy of aflibercept intravitreal (IVT) as a monotherapy in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) in a Caucasian population treated with initial three-monthly aflibercept IVT, followed by a bimonthly regimen for...
An unusual case of acute retinal necrosis
1 August 2015
| Pouya Alaghband, Louise Downey, Seema Arora
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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
Case report A 40-year-old Caucasian male presented with a four-day history of redness and progressive painless reduction of vision in the left eye. His visual acuities were 6/4 in the right and 6/36 in the left. The left eye showed...
Exploiting nature’s randomised trials of eye disease
1 December 2022
| Skanda Rajasundaram, Dalia Abdulhussein, Christopher Bentley (Prof), Shafi Balal, Minak Bhalla
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EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Orbit
Confounding and reverse causation in observational ophthalmic epidemiology Traditional observational studies are inherently limited in establishing a causal effect of an exposure on an outcome of interest. One fundamental limitation is confounding, whereby causation is incorrectly attributed to a third...
Optical practices to stop providing routine sight tests
24 March 2020
The following is a joint statement from the Optometric Fees Negotiating Committee (OFNC), Optometry Scotland, Optometry Wales and Optometry Northern Ireland.
Lothian Optometry Teach and Treat Clinic
1 December 2013
| Colin R Goudie, Niamh Stone, Donald Cameron, Abha Gupta
The Lothian Optometry Teach and Treat (LOTT) Clinic is a supervised training clinic for community optometrists with an interest in managing patients with acute eye pathology, normally managed in the hospital setting. LOTT, which is the first clinic of its...
Comparison of retinal pigment epithelium-choroid graft surgery and anti-VEGF therapy in patients with wet AMD
1 December 2015
| Sofia Rokerya
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This was a randomised intervention study in wet AMD patients to investigate benefits of free RPE-choroid graft transplantation surgery versus (continuation of) anti-VEGF treatment. Twenty patients who met the inclusion criteria were subdivided into three subgroups, i.e. RPE tears involving...
Hospital wins funding to investigate sickle cell sight loss.
12 July 2023
The hospital trust is the first in the UK to lead on a research project to understand the impact of sickle cell disease on eyesight.
NEOS (North Of England Ophthalmological Society) Spring Meeting 2024
23 April 2024
by Matthew Hartley, Trainee, Northern Deanery, UK. In NEOS’ 110th year, the spring meeting was held in Doncaster and centred around ocular oncology and vitreoretinal surgery. The meeting hosts, Umi Harley and Steve Winder from Royal Hallamshire Hospital, arranged a...
Moorfields: Joint Ocular Oncology and Vitreo Retinal Symposium for Nurses and Ophthalmic Health Care Professionals
15 November 2025
Following the success in 2024 of our first Joint Ocular Oncology and Vitreo Retinal Symposium for Nurses and Ophthalmic Health Care Professionals, we are delighted to announce that the symposium will take place again on 15 November 2025. This unique...
Vision loss during Eylea treatment for AMD
1 December 2017
| Saruban Pasu
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This report investigated patients who lost more than two lines of vision despite periodic injections of aflibercept and explored the factors associated with vision loss. One hundred and ninety-six eyes were included in this study over a two year period....
Paediatric uveitis in India
1 October 2016
| Saruban Pasu
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This article was a retrospective review of paediatric patients presenting to a tertiary hospital in India. Records over a three year period were reviewed. The authors highlight that children account for about 2.2-13.8% of uveitis patients and are at greater...
Comparison of SS-OCT and SD-OCT in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
1 April 2016
| Anjali Gupta
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Swept source OCT (SS-OCT) is known to have a longer wavelength than spectral domain OCT (SD-OCT), allowing deeper penetration into retinal and choroidal layers. The aim of this study was to investigate whether SS-OCT is superior to SD-OCT in imaging...