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Long-term corneal crosslinking results in paediatric eyes
This prospective longitudinal study examined patients 18 years of age or less with progressive keratoconus, who underwent corneal crosslinking and completed 10 years of follow-up. Crosslinking protocol involved removal of epithelium, 10 minutes of riboflavin soaking, followed by 30 minutes...
Penetrating keratoplasties in infants
This retrospective review looked at endothelial cell counts (ECC) following penetrating keratoplasties (PKP) performed in infants within the first year of their life. One hundred eyes of 71 patients had their first PKP during the study period (1998-2013). In 30%...Step-by-step guide to mastering skills with the Goldmann applanation tonometer
2 August 2024
| Joan Efua Hanson
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EYE - Glaucoma
Ophthalmology is a highly specialised field that requires proficiency in various diagnostic skills for numerous conditions. Entrants into ophthalmology at ST1 often possess minimal to no ophthalmic experience beyond what they learned in medical school. Consequently, they may face significant...
Moorfields International Corneal & Cataract Symposium 2024
12 October 2024
Mr Alexander Ionides & Mr Mark Wilkins, supported by Théa Pharmaceuticals, NuVison Biotherapies, Altomed Ltd. and Daybreak Medical, are pleased to invite you to register your place for the 2024 Moorfields International Corneal & Cataract Symposium!
The programme is under construction and will include 14 talks on current Cornea & Cataract topics from Moorfields, UK and international keynote speakers.
Confirmed keynote speakers include Dr Soosan Jacob from Dr Agarwal’s Group of Eye Hospitals, Chennai, India, Prof Adnan Tufail and Prof Paul Foster from Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Thea are pleased to be the gold sponsors of this event along with Altomed, NuVision and Daybreak - silver sponsors.
Quiz Apr/May 2023
3 April 2023
| Christopher Bell
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EYE - General
History A 76-year-old female presented at her local district general hospital with right decreased visual acuity, glare, and foreign body sensation, in addition to longer-term dry eyes. She was otherwise well. Her past medical history included hypertension. On examination: vision...
Corneal cross-linking for treatment of corneal ulcers
This was an observational cohort study looking at the usefulness of photo activated chromophore for infectious keratitis-corneal collagen cross-linking (PACK-CXL) in reducing the time to heal in suppurative corneal ulcers. This study, conducted in a tertiary care centre in South...Dramatic myopic shift due to epithelial basement membrane dystrophy
3 October 2024
| Annes Ahmeidat, Blazej Staniszewski, James Welch
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EYE - Cornea
Epithelial basement membrane dystrophy (EBMD), also known as map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy, is a common anterior corneal disorder affecting approximately 2% of the population [1]. It is characterised by the abnormal maintenance of the basement membrane, resulting in protrusions into the epithelium....
Characteristics of limbal lymphatic vasculature on confocal microscopy
This ex vivo study aims to describe the morphological characteristics of the human limbal lymphatic vasculature using confocal microscopy and immunofluorescence. Twelve corneal specimens are obtained from human donor eyes. These corneal buttons are not suitable for transplantation due to...
Surgically induced astigmatism after cataract surgery
In this study, the authors analysed a dataset of 122 eyes of 122 patients with pre- and postoperative measurements of corneal astigmatism with IOL Master 700. A standardised 2.5mm superior corneal incision was utilised. The corneal power vector component in...Ophthalmology elective: a local experience
24 March 2023
| Rajan Sondh
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EYE - General
Dr Rajan Sondh talks about medical electives and how he believes they are an opportunity to explore career interests, giving undergraduates an opportunity to develop skills in areas that they wouldn’t normally encounter on placements. Typically, electives are taken abroad,...
Comparison of changes in ECD and CCT between CPS and FLACS
5 June 2020
| Jonathan Chan
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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ECD, FLACS, corneal thickness, endothelial cell density, femtosecond laser, phacoemulsification
This is an intraindividual randomised clinical trial of 134 eyes from 67 patients, one eye was treated with femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) (including pretreatment of main incision, side port, capsulotomy and lens fragmentation) and the fellow eye received conventional...
Bandage contact lens cultures after corneal collagen cross-linking
1 August 2016
| Saruban Pasu
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
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Bacterial contamination, contact lens, corneal collagen cross-linking, keratoconus, photorefractive keratotomy
Corneal collagen cross-linking (CCL) is a treatment modality that has been shown to stop the progression of keratoconus. There have also been reports that CCL acts as an antimicrobiologic agent in treating resistant microbial keratitis. This study aimed to investigate...
