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Lacrimal gland carcinoma
This is a major review of the management of lacrimal gland carcinoma, focusing mainly on adenoid cystic carcinoma. Relevant literature published in English since 1970 was included amounting to some 40 articles after filtering. Overall mortality for all lacrimal gland...
OCT choroidal signs for congenital retinal pigment epithelium hypertrophy
Congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (CHRPE) on ocular coherence tomography (OCT) has the characteristic sign of RPE thickening and hyper reflectivity. However, the underlying choroid characteristics remain under researched. This retrospective study utilised data from an ophthalmic oncology...
Biometric changes in phakic eyes over time
This was a single-centre retrospective cohort study of patients who attended a ‘two-stop’ preassessment clinic for consideration of cataract surgery between November 2002 and March 2015. Four biometric measurements were recorded: axial length, horizontal (K1) readings, vertical (K2) readings and...
Survey of parental experience of contact lens support
In this study, the service under evaluation is for paediatric aphakia patients. Soft contact lenses (CLs) are inserted at the time of surgery and remain in-situ for the immediate postoperative period. The aim is for families to undertake daily CLs...
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...
Comparison of paediatric migraine and healthy controls using optical coherence tomography angiography
The authors present a cross-sectional study which recruited patients with paediatric migraine without aura along with age and sex-matched healthy controls. Both groups were recruited following attendance to an ophthalmology outpatient clinic. Children diagnosed with any of the following were...
Associations with non-attendance for paediatric patients attending eye appointments
In this study the aim was to identify patient demographic, socioeconomic and appointment characteristics associated with missed appointments in paediatric ophthalmology at a tertiary care academic ophthalmology centre and assess appointment reminder method effects. This was a retrospective cross-sectional study...
Reproductive counselling for females with X-linked inherited retinal diseases
The authors report a survey-based study of 118 female patients who were genetically confirmed carriers or obligate carriers of an X-linked inherited retinal disease. The majority (66.9%) of these patients were carriers of choroideremia; other diagnoses included retinitis pigmentosa, X-linked...
