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Prevalence of strabismus, nystagmus and risk factors in children and adolescents born preterm with and without retinopathy of prematurity
This is a retrospective study of 949 children (11.21 +/-3.92 years, 495 females). They were divided into 6 groups based on gestational age (GA) with/without retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and with/without treatment of ROP, alongside full-term babies as a control...
Healthcare costs of early vs late genetic testing
This is a retrospective observational cohort study of the relative healthcare costs incurred by early vs late genetic testing for inherited retinal diseases in a population of patients from the USA. Three hundred and ten patients with a genetically confirmed...Choosing the right FRCOpth Part 1 question bank: My Experience with Eye Academy, EyeDocs and eFRCophth
Digital revision for the FRCOphth Part 1 has never been more crowded, or more confusing. Alongside well-established favourites like EyeDocs and eFRCOphth, newer platforms such as Eye Academy are rapidly gaining attention, promising the edge needed to pass. Like many...
Factors associated with presence of stereopsis in early treatment of refractive esotropia
The authors investigate the factors affecting better stereopsis outcomes in 29 patients with refractive accommodative esotropia with an age of onset within 6 months of life who were successfully treated. The study included 17 males and 12 females with mean...
Limitations of next generation sequencing
This is a report of a young female patient with clinically diagnosed retinitis pigmentosa who underwent genetic testing using an inherited retinal disease panel and whole exome sequencing by next generation sequencing (NGS) technology. This approach did not identify any...
Long-term risk calculation of retinal detachment in childhood myopia
The aim was to examine the risk of retinal detachment in children with myopia over a 10-year follow-up period. This was a retrospective cohort study using the TriNet X platform which houses anonymised electronic patient records from 180 healthcare groups....
Clinical characteristics of AACE
In this study, the authors aimed to categorise the demographics and clinical characteristics and medical evaluation results in patients with adult acute onset comitant esotropia (AACE). This was a retrospective study of 268 patients; 62.7% female, 84% white, with mean...
