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Electrocautery and implantable cardiac devices
This is a literature review of the risks associated with bipolar and monopolar electrocautery in patients with a permanent pacemaker (PPM) or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). The authors found 12 publications which met their inclusion criteria, but within these there...
Hering’s response in ptosis surgery
his is a prospective study of the Hering’s response in patients undergoing Muller’s muscle-conjunctival resection (MMCR) ptosis surgery, with a particular reference to the accuracy of preoperative phenylephrine testing. Patients with unilateral ptosis were assessed clinically preoperatively, in the immediate...
Clinical and anatomical differences for heavy eye syndrome, highly myopic sagging eye syndrome, and sagging eye syndrome
The authors explored the mechanisms underlying the development of heavy eye syndrome (HES), highly myopic sagging eye syndrome (SES)-like, and SES with the aim to differentiate the three conditions clinically and anatomically to aid treatment decision-making. This was a retrospective...
ILM peeling techniques in myopic traction maculopathy
Myopic traction maculopathy (MTM) is a sight-threatening complication of high myopia including macular retinoschisis (MRS) or foveoschisis, foveal detachment (FD) and myopic macular hole (MMH). Standard surgical treatment is vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling, but full-thickness macular hole...
Does modern radiological imaging detect lesions associated with internuclear ophthalmoplegia?
The authors present a retrospective case review including all patients with a diagnosis of internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO) presenting to two tertiary neuro-ophthalmology centres over a five-year period. The aim of the study was to assess the sensitivity of modern radiological...
Choroideremia in women
The authors report a questionnaire-based study of female carriers of choroideremia, an X-linked inherited chorioretinal dystrophy. As an X-linked condition the full clinical features are predominantly seen in men but a proportion of women suffer some morbidity, likely due to...
