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BT vs primary surgery for infantile esotropia

In this study, the success rate of treatment for infantile esotropia (IET) patients who had surgery because of under correction after botulinum toxin (BT) is compared to those having primary surgery. The study included 52 patients (27 male) with mean...

Long-term treatment for diabetic macular oedema

The authors set out to characterise anti-VEGF treatment patterns and long-term outcomes in patients with diabetic macular oedema. A retrospective analysis of over 190 thousand patients on the Intelligent Research in Sight registry was performed. Of these, 1236 eyes have...

Social determinants of health associated with rates of attendance for ROP follow-up

This study aimed to identify clinical and social determinants of health (SDOH) factors associated with adherence to the recommended follow-up care interval for infants screened for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). This was a retrospective cohort study from 2018–2022 of 723...

Incidental ocular surface squamous neoplasia in pterygia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

This is a systematic review of 12 papers, which included 8688 participants and identified 202 cases of incidental ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) (pooled prevalence=1.32%, 95% confidence interval (CI), I2=95.3%). Meta-regression showed that lower OSSN prevalence was associated with greater...

Two-year outcomes of repeated red-light therapy in pre-myopic children: sustained efficacy and rebound effects

This was the extended second year phase of the prospective , parallel-group, randomised, clinical trial, to evaluate the long-term prevention effectiveness and rebound effect of repeated red light therapy (RRLT) in children with pre-myopia over 2 years. A total of...

EyeLogbook

This issue we’re covering the recently updated EyeLogbook (www.eyelogbook.co.uk), the Royal College of Ophthalmologist’s (RCO) online surgical logbook. Back in March 2016 a fully re-designed version of the site was released. Not only does the new version bring a beautifully...

‘A space that rekindles the fire in my mind’

The end of 2024 offered us many reasons to celebrate, one of which was the eventful, annual UKISCRS conference in London, during which we saw our editor, David Lockington, step into the role of President and lead the society into...