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Presentation profile for sports-related ocular injuries
This study sought to examine the initial presentation of sports-related ocular injury in youths presenting to a US tertiary eye centre. This was a retrospective study of cases with a one-year follow-up period. Over a five-year period of 2010-15, 3965...
Transient macular thinning with Densiron 68
4 August 2021
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
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OCT, Retinal detachment, heavy silicone oil, macula
Densiron 68 is a heavy silicone oil (HSO) used to treat rhegmatogenous retinal detachments (RRD) with inferior retinal breaks. The authors compared changes in retinal thickness during and after the use of Densiron endotamponade, and looked at any association between...
Macular pigment and dark adaptation in older population with normal maculas
1 December 2018
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Macular pigment (MP) such as lutein, zeaxanthin and meso-zeaxanthin are highly concentrated in the fovea. They protect the retina from damage of ambient blue light via antioxidant properties. In older eyes with normal healthy retina, macular pigment optical density (MPOD)...
Age-related macular degeneration
1 December 2015
| Nana Theodorou
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This review article offers an up to date review of the genetic and environmental risk factors associated with aetiology surrounding age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The article briefly describes the typical clinical presentation relating to early and late stages of the...
Does Ozurdex affect perfusion status in vein occlusion?
1 October 2018
| Eulee Seow
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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intravitreal dexamethasone implant, peripheral nonperfusion, retinal vein occlusion, wide-field fluorescein angiography
Ozurdex (intravitreal dexamethasone implant) has been approved by National Institute of Health & Care Excellence (NICE) for treatment of patients with macular oedema associated with vein occlusion. This study looks at the change in peripheral perfusion status in patients with...
Acute uveitis from late migration of soft lens matter 10 years post cataract surgery
3 June 2021
| Yusuf Mushtaq, Tejal Patel, Madhavan S Rajan
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Imaging, EYE - General
A 58-year-old Caucasian male presented to the emergency eye clinic with a two-day history of a painful, red left eye and blurred vision. His past ocular history included uncomplicated left phacoemulsification cataract surgery in 2010 and left retinal detachment repair...
OCT angiography in PAMM secondary to CRVO
1 June 2017
| Sofia Rokerya
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Paracentral acute middle maculopathy (PAMM) is a recently described manifestation presenting with hyperreflective bands within mid retina on spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD OCT). The current view is that these findings are markers of ischaemia of deep retinal circulation....
Optical coherence tomography in patients exposed to vigabatrin
1 August 2014
| Nana Theodorou
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Vigabatrin is used to treat epilepsy and can lead to increased levels of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the brain and in the retina leading to binasal visual field defects. Although not the first line of treatment for adults it is...
Pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy
4 December 2024
| William Spackman, Tun Giap Tan, Stephen Turner
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EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Presentation A 46-year-old Caucasian female was referred to the eye clinic by her local optician following a routine sight test. She was noted to have pigmentary retinal changes in both eyes but was asymptomatic with no visual complaints. At presentation...
Moorfields: The 2025 macula course
2 June 2025
-5 June 2025
The 2025 Macula course will take place from 2nd - 5th June 2025. Bookings are now open. Retinal diseases are a major cause of blindness. Diagnostic investigations, understanding of disease mechanisms, new therapies, and the evidence base, have all evolved...
In conversation with Vasuki Sivagnanavel at 100% Optical
11 March 2024
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100%, conference, events, meetings, ahp, allied health professions, optometry, ophthalmology
At 100% Optical at the end of February, we were lucky enough to run into Vasuki Sivagnanavel, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at The Royal Eye Unit, Kingston Hospital, shortly after her presentation: 'Diagnostic insights with retinal ultra-widefield multimodal imaging - perspectives from an optometrist and ophthalmologist'.
Moorfields cataract, medical retina and disc assessment
31 March 2025
The Cataract/medical retina/ disc assessment short course has been designed to meet the training needs of band 6’s and 7s who wish to develop their knowledge and skills in disease recognition, management and intervention of cataract, medical retina and disc...
