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Understanding and confronting bacterial endophthalmitis
Abdus Samad Ansari highlights the importance of early recognition of this condition using an unusual presentation. Endophthalmitis is a medical emergency with devastating consequences. Despite adequate treatment, severe cases frequently result in permanent blindness. Endophthalmitis involves inflammation of both the...
Predicting causes and prognosis in cases of optic disc swelling
1 December 2017
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Bilateral, cause, optic disc swelling, unilateral
The authors reviewed 93 consecutive cases with optic disc swelling (ODS) with the purpose of comparing the clinical manifestations and prognosis between cases. The aim was to understand the differences in frequency and clinical features of ODS, relating these to...
Vitrectomy after ocriplasmin for VVMT adhesion of MH study
1 April 2017
| Jonathan Chan
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This is a multicentre retrospective study of 51 eyes that received intravitreal ocriplasmin between January 2013 to January 2014 for symptomatic vitreomacular (VMT) +/- macular hole (MH), and then went on to PPV for persistent pathology, comparing a control group...
Treat and extend for PCV
1 April 2017
| Saruban Pasu
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This South Korean study investigated the efficacy of a treat and extend regimen (TER) using ranibizumab to treat polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). Twenty-nine eyes were included in this retrospective case note review. Of these, five eyes had been treated with...
Comparison of treatment for hemianopia following stroke
1 August 2016
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Fresnel prisms, homonymous hemianopia, randomised controlled trial, recruitment, screening, stroke, visual search
The authors report the screening process and recruitment figures for a randomised controlled trial comparing interventions for post stroke homonymous hemianopia. Interventions included Fresnel prisms, visual search training and standard care (information only). Primary outcome measure was the change in...
15 prism test for anisometropic amblyopia
The authors aimed to investigate the accuracy of the 15^ base in prism test (BIPT) in detecting amblyopia in anisometropic patients. This was a retrospective study in which the 15^BI was placed before the right eye followed by the left...
Choroidal thickness in ocular sarcoidosis by OCT measurement
1 December 2014
| Nikolaos D Georgakarakos
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This is the first study to evaluate the choroidal thickness in patients with ocular sarcoidosis during the quiescent phase using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) and comparing with normal subjects. Ocular sarcoidosis may affect the choroidal circulation (occlusive...
Assessing the quality of scars from incisions made by a Colorado needle or a scalpel
Traditional teaching has held the best scars are achieved with cold steel although no previous study has formally investigated this hypothesis in oculoplastic surgery. This paper describes a non-randomised cross-sectional study comparing the scar quality achieved from cold steel with...
PD-1 and PD-L1 in exenteration specimens
This is an immunohistochemical study looking at variation in the expression of the programmed death-1 receptor (PD-1) and the programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1), comparing cutaneous malignancies which invaded the orbit with uncomplicated nodular basal cell carcinomas. The authors retrospectively...
Chloral hydrate sedation
A systematic review of literature sourced from PubMed, EMBASE, ISI, Web of Science, Scopus, CENTRAL, Google Scholar and Trip database to 1 October 2015, about the safety and efficacy of chloral hydrate (CH) by meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs)...
Success rates of primary and revision transcanalicular DCR surgery
Transcanalicular laser DCR is a relatively rare procedure compared to more conventional external or endo-nasal techniques. In this article the authors examine the outcomes of revision surgery following failed transcanalicular diode laser dacryocystorhinostomy (TCDL DCR), comparing a conventional external revision...
Randomised trial of multifocal intraocular lens versus monovision
1 April 2014
| Brian Ang
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EYE - General
The authors report on a randomised, multicentre clinical trial comparing the outcomes of Tecnis ZM900 diffractive multifocal intraocular lenses (IOL) versus monovision with Akreos AO monofocal IOL (dominant eye targeted for emmetropia and non-dominant eye targeted for -1 to -1.50...
