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Immunoglobulin G4-related ophthalmic disease – what is it? (Part 2)
Part 2: Clinical presentation and treatment (see part 1 here) Introduction IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is understood to have a vast clinicopathological spectrum; nearly every organ has had reported involvement. Similarly, IgG4-related ophthalmic disease (IgG4-ROD) is known to affect nearly every...Microcatheter in the vertebral artery as a cause of branched retinal artery occlusion?
A 19-year-old male presented to eye casualty with a seven-day history of a ‘blurred patch’ in the left eye. The patient denied any other visual symptoms including flashes or floaters and there had been no change in visual symptoms in...
Intravitreal Bevacizumab for the prevention of postoperative proliferative vitreoretinopathy in high-risk patients
This single- centre observational retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the effect of intravitreal injection of bevacizumab at the time surgery for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) repair on postoperative proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) in patients at high risk selected by laser...
Autofluorescence patterns in subretinal haemorrhages associated with neovascular age-related macular degeneration
The aim of this retrospective study was to describe the surgical results and fundus autofluorescence (FAF) patterns occurring in sub-macular haemorrhage (SMH) of duration <60 days in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Notes from 39 eyes of 39 patients with SMH,...Renewed momentum in ocular gene and cell therapy, broadening application to chronic disease
Gene and cell therapies offer the prospect of ground-breaking new avenues for the treatment of diseases, reflected in a renewed explosion of interest and investment in retinal gene therapy. Rod McNeil reports recent clinical trial readouts across a diverse range...
Surgery for lost inferior rectus muscle
This prospective study evaluated the impact of simultaneous ipsilateral superior rectus (SR) recession and superior rectus (IO) anterior transposition on the primary position alignment in six patients with traumatic loss of the inferior rectus (IR) muscle. Five males and one...Medical Ophthalmological Society (MOSUK) Meeting 2024
by Nima Ghadiri, Medical Ophthalmology Consultant and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Liverpool. Diseases at the interface between ophthalmology and systemic medicine are like chameleons, masterful in their ability to adapt and often challenging to diagnose. These conditions don't always present...Skills training and setting up of nurse practitioners led intravitreal treatment (IVT) workshop at the RCOphth Congress
The Medical Retina team at Great Western NHS Hospital, Swindon will be running a first of its kind skills training workshop at RCOphth Annual Congress, Birmingham on 24 May ’23.The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: vision beyond 2020
Introduction The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health was published in 2021 [1]. Drawing on expertise from within and outside the eye health sector, the Commission set out to: inform governments and other stakeholders about the path forward...The Eye Health Network – an ‘optometry-first’ approach to eye care
Historically, in NHS Grampian, ophthalmology and optometry worked separately, with even the process of optometry referral to hospital occurring only at the behest of the patient’s general practitioner (GP). Criteria for referral were not discussed and feedback after referral was...RCOphth: Portfolio Pathway Training Day
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists: Portfolio Pathway Training Day
