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IOP and reversibility of RPE detachment
1 April 2015
| Lorraine North
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EYE - Glaucoma
The authors describe how three patients with retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) detachment showed a reduction or disappearance of an RPE detachment immediately following prone dark room test (PDRT). The authors performed spectralis OCT on 140 angle closure subjects before and...
In conversation with Professor Francesca Cordiero at RCOphth 2019
23 May 2019
In this video Professor Francesca Cordiero talks to Eye News about the Duke Elder Lecture she gave on Detection of Apoptosing Retinal Cells (DARC) Development and Translation.
Click the image below to see her answers to our questions.
Risk factors and untreated POAG
1 December 2013
| Lorraine North
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EYE - Glaucoma
The authors examined 50 untreated open angle glaucoma patients to determine if there was an association between the level of glaucomatous damage and documented risk factors. In this study the authors measured the extent of morphologic and functional glaucomatous damage...
Artificial intelligence in eyecare: how do we ensure new technologies truly benefit our patients?
3 April 2023
| Fiona Buckmaster
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EYE - General
From monitoring patients with heart disease to improving the early diagnosis of cancer, artificial intelligence (AI) using deep learning techniques is already employed in many different healthcare specialties [1]. In the eyecare field, AI technologies have been used to analyse...
Microvascular disease in Alport syndrome
The authors present the findings of a retrospective case-control observational study on increased microvascular disease in individuals with Alport syndrome recruited over a 21-year period. They recruited 28 males and 28 females with X-linked Alport syndrome (XLAS) and eight men...
Impact of solar eclipses on vision
4 December 2024
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Solar retinopathy occurs as a result of mechanical and photochemical damage to the retina caused by exposure to excessive light. The authors presented the optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT-angiography findings of five patients who looked at the solar eclipse...
The extended role of the specialist ophthalmic photographer
The prevalence of certain retinal conditions such as diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) is projected to grow substantially over the next decades. Estimates for the projected growth in burden on eye services for diabetic retinopathy and neovascular ARMD...
Conversion factors for fovea on / off detachments
This is a retrospective study of medical records in a single unit over a 14 year period from January 2001 – December 2014, of patients who converted from fovea-on to fovea-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). Ten cases were identified while...A tale of two membranes
1 February 2016
| Jan Huelle
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... It was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness... I am fortunate to work on a vitreoretinal firm at the moment and only a few...
Glaucoma and capillary perfusion
1 August 2019
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Glaucoma
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Glaucoma, OCTA, field of vision, intraocular pressure, macula, optic nerve
Elevated IOP is important but not the sole factor responsible for retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death and optic nerve damage in glaucoma. There is increasing evidence that visual loss correlates with macular inner retinal thinning. A total of 148 eyes...
Glaucoma diagnosis with spectral-domain OCT of GCL and IPL
1 October 2017
| Chrysostomos D Dimitriou
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EYE - Glaucoma
This is a prospective, cross-sectional, observational study by the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, which recruited normal subjects and glaucoma patients with a range of visual field loss representing various degrees of glaucomatous optic neuropathy. A total of 69...
