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Medial rectus inferior half plication surgery for near exotropia
In this study the authors report a relatively new surgical treatment for near exotropia. The study included 17 patients: four with previous surgery and all with medial rectus injection of bupivacaine to reduce the angle of deviation. Treatment involved inferior...
Inferior oblique adherence syndrome
5 June 2020
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus
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Inferior oblique anteriorization, hypotropia, inferior oblique adherence, limitation of levoelevation
A case is reported of a 14-year-old with inferior oblique muscle adherence and fat adherence following unilateral inferior oblique (IO) anteriorisation. Following surgery, the patient developed consecutive esotropia, ptosis and marked limitation of laevoelevation. Forced duction test was positive for...
Cutting-edge practice in glaucoma care: what, how and why?
1 April 2016
| Nick Strouthidis, Winifred Nolan, Keith Barton
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EYE - Glaucoma
More effective treatments and drug delivery modalities, implantable minimally invasive glaucoma surgical (MIGS) devices, as well as accelerating clinical research programmes, will transform the surgical and clinical management of glaucoma in the near future. There is also an ever-greater emphasis...
Brown’s syndrome surgery
Complications of surgery for Brown syndrome include under correction, extrusion of expanders and training for surgery. The authors introduced a procedure with minimal side-effects, accompanied by the application of the native tendon for superior oblique elongation. This was a prospective...My Top Five: Ophthalmology TikTok accounts, educating and entertaining both the public and trainees
5 April 2022
| Umar Ahmed
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EYE - General
In the modern world, our electronic devices have now become an extension of ourselves, with our reliance and use of them of comparable importance to an arm or a leg. The importance of electronic devices can also be seen in...
My Top Five: Ophthalmology TikTok accounts, educating and entertaining both the public and trainees
5 April 2022
| Umar Ahmed
|
EYE - General
In the modern world, our electronic devices have now become an extension of ourselves, with our reliance and use of them of comparable importance to an arm or a leg. The importance of electronic devices can also be seen in...
Surgery for myopic strabismus
The outcomes are reported of muscle belly union technique with medial rectus recession for cases with restriction according to the results of intraoperative forced duction testing (FDT). Surgery involved isolation of the lateral and superior recti muscles, which were separated,...UKISCRS donates £5,000 to support ophthalmology in Ukraine
31 March 2022
UKISCRS Council unanimously decides on donation, supporting ophthalmic aid in Ukraine.
Augmented surgery for monocular elevation deficiency
The outcomes are described for augmented lateral rectus superior transposition in cases of acquired monocular elevation deficiency (MED) associated with large hypotropia in primary gaze. The lateral rectus was transposed superiorly and reinserted on sclera between the temporal margin of...
Eye drop prescription and usage in glaucoma patients
1 April 2015
| Lorraine North
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EYE - Glaucoma
The authors describe a study using a questionnaire to determine how patients use their glaucoma medications to investigate the association between patterns of eye drop prescriptions and medication use. They enrolled 67 Japanese patients who had been prescribed topical anti-glaucoma...
