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Ointment related granulomas post-blepharoplasty
This is a retrospective review of eight patients who developed granulomatous masses after lower lid blepharoplasty. All patients had sutureless bilateral trans-conjunctival surgery, and lubricating ointment was instilled into the inferior fornix postoperatively for two days. Painless lower lid masses...
Combined Vismodegib and Mohs surgery
This is a report of eight patients with locally advanced periocular basal cell carcinoma who were treated with Vismodegib prior to Mohs micrographic surgery. The rationale for the combined treatment plan was that long-term Vismodegib is poorly tolerated due to...
Surgical outcomes of isolated medial rectus palsy
Isolated medial rectus is a rare clinical entity. This prospective study of 32 patients from China showed that this was caused most commonly by iatrogenic injury (43.75%), trauma (37.50%) and congenital (18.75%) causes. An average of 60 ±25 prism dioptres...
Tutopatch® in surgical management of third nerve palsy
his study evaluates the benefit of using Tutopatch® to elongate the extraocular muscles in patients with third nerve palsy who have residual strabismus after unsuccessful surgery and no other surgical options considered to be appropriate. The study included nine patients...
Outcomes for acute acquired non-accommodative comitant esotropia
Outcomes are reported in a retrospective review of 338 patients with acute acquired non-accommodative comitant esotropia (AACE). Mean age at presentation was 12.60 ±9.37 years and 220 were male, 118 female. Best corrected visual acuity was 0.2 ±0.29 logMAR overall;...Optical practices to continue to provide urgent and essential care
The UK Government has now published further guidance clarifying that opticians are exempt from the general requirement for retail businesses and premises to close. Optical practices may therefore continue to provide urgent and essential eye care to the extent that they can, including remote care, while managing COVID-19 risk to keep patients, staff and the public as safe as possible.New factsheet and consent form aim to better inform parents of children with myopia
A new factsheet and consent form developed by the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) in partnership with CooperVision will help eye care professionals to better manage children with myopia.
Myopic choroidal neovascularisation
This is a review article summarising the latest myopic CNV (choroidal neovascularisation) literature in the clinical experience and management outcomes for recommendation algorithm. The aetiology of the myopic CNV was discussed by the authors under the heading of the heredo-degenerative...
Early diagnosis of pituitary apoplexy using combined MRI findings
The author presents a literature review searching the terms ‘pituitary ring sign’ and ‘sphenoid sinus mucosal thickening’ in the context of pituitary apoplexy from 1990 until the present day. These two findings are both magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signs of...
Enzymatic clearance of anterior chamber infiltrate in uveitis
Aqueous humour (AH) which fills the anterior chamber (AC) of the eye provides nutrients to the cornea and the lens. Clearance of cellular and particular matter from AH is necessary for good visual acuity. In part this is achieved by...
Providing well-developed education materials can improve follow-up attendance for retinopathy of prematurity screening
he authors present a repeated measures study with parents of children at risk of developing retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Inclusion criteria for the study was parents with children born at <32 weeks or with a birth weight under 1.5kg. Participants...
