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Should we work together to identify congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction and otitis media?
The authors present a retrospective medical notes review. The aim of the study was to establish how common tympanostomy tube (T-tube) insertion is in children needing probe and intubation (P&I) for congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO). All cases of CNLDO...
What characteristics are linked with adolescent blindness and severe visual impairment
The authors present a retrospective cohort analysis which aimed to characterise the risk factors for adolescents being blind or severely visually impaired. The publicly available National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) was used as the data source and...
PAX6 methylation and myopia
The authors present a case control study of 41 adolescents (age 12–14) with myopia and 39 age- and sex-matched non-myopic controls. The myopic patients were sub-divided into mild, moderate and severe myopia subgroups. DNA was extracted from peripheral blood samples...
Avoiding prominent facial features during perimetry
The authors present a case series including six healthy participants prospectively recruited. All participants had no ocular pathology. The assessment included identification of their dominant eye for use in testing. A 60-4 SITA standard visual field assessment was completed in...
Associations between cerebral vascular malformations and retinal venous malformations
The authors present a retrospective medical notes review which aimed to understand associations between retinal venous malformations (RVM) and cerebral vascular malformations (CVM). Cases of known CVM over a four-year period were identified. The data extracted from medical records included...
Risk for systemic hypertension in ROP with IVB or laser therapy
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there is an association between intravenous bevacizumab (IVB) and hypertension among infants with severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and comparing those treated with IVB to those treated with laser, or infants...
Covid-19 ophthalmopathy
Ocular involvement is not uncommon in patients with Covid-19. However, the incidence of Covid-19 ophthalmopathy is unclear. The authors present a prospective case series including 2445 consecutive cases presenting at a neuro-ophthalmology clinic during the last resurgence of SARS-CoV-2 infection....
Single vs combined y-split surgery for Duane’s type III
The authors present the results of two surgical approaches to treat exotropia Duane’s retraction syndrome (DRS) with significant overshoot and retraction. This study compared single Y-split recession of the lateral rectus muscle vs combined Y-split lateral rectus recession plus medial...
