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First systematic review of COVID-19 colonisation of ocular tissues and secretions

The authors present the first systematic review summarising all the data regarding SARS-CoV-2 colonisation of ocular and periocular tissues and secretions. They reviewed all publications between December 2019 to April 2020 in the Cochrane Library, Medline, World of Science and...

Recurrent sebaceous gland carcinoma

In this retrospective case review study, authors report their outcomes in management of recurrent sebaceous gland carcinoma (SGC) and propose a graded protocol to manage these entities. All consecutive cases of SGC from January 2004 to December 2017 at the...

Amblyopia prediction using Plusoptix

The aims of this study were to evaluate Plusoptix performance in amblyopia prediction, to examine the best readings for that prediction and to determine if it is sufficient to have one measure or more. Data were collected in a two-year...

Outcomes of early versus late surgery for infantile esotropia

The authors aimed to provide a better understanding of the clinical spectrum of infantile esotropia by comparing motor and sensory results in the long-term follow-up of patients who underwent surgery. This was a retrospective review over a 17-year period. There...

Can retinal layer thickness predict the progression of disability in MS?

This is an observational retrospective cohort study presenting the data of 188 patient diagnoses with multiple sclerosis at two specialist centres. All included patients were adults below the age of 70 years, stable on their disease modifying treatment for at...

Assessment of slow and fast vergence in stroke survivors

The authors present the findings of a prospective cohort study. Three hundred and five stroke survivors were recruited consecutively. The following exclusion criteria were applied; aphasia, cognitive impairment, visual inattention, ocular motor nerve palsy and neuromuscular disease. Fifty age-matched controls...

Needling procedure for failed bleb

The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of needling with 5-FU after failed filtering procedures in the paediatric population. This was a retrospective review of 324 filtration surgeries in 265 children with 55 eyes (16.9%) undergoing needling...

Evaluation of a service providing sight impairment registration for stroke survivors

This service evaluation study of a hospital single centre stroke service was undertaken to determine reasons for declining sight registration, whether patients feel supported without registration and determine changes needed to improve registration processes. A review of existent data was...

DIGIROP efficacy for detecting treatment-requiring retinopathy of prematurity (TR-ROP)

This article examines the efficacy of using the DIGIROP online prediction model in estimating the risk of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) requiring treatment in two Portuguese hospitals. Portuguese screening criteria for ROP mirrors that of the UK (<32 weeks gestation...

Progression of macular atrophy on long-term anti-VEGF therapy for AMD

This retrospective study evaluated the progression of macular atrophy in 53 eyes of 53 patients receiving AntiVEGF Therapy for age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), for at least six years. None of the patients had any macular atrophy (MA) at presentation. MA...

Manual versus photo screening comparisons

This study was designed and undertaken to compare the results obtained from the SPOT vision screener and PlusOptix vision screener versus manual screening results in preschool children. Manual screening used LEA symbols and stereo butterfly tests. Over a three-month period,...

Efficacy of combined vitrectomy with intravitreal corticosteroid injection for ERM

In this study the authors evaluated the efficacy of vitrectomy combined with corticosteroid injection for idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM). A systematic literature review was conducted by searching three electronic databases, PubMed, Embase and Medline, up to 2020 for relevant studies....