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Risk factors for lens dislocation post cataract surgery

5 August 2020 | | Cataract and Refractive
This retrospective cohort study in Korea assessed the risk factors for intraocular lens (IOL) dislocation. They used national data of 2,162,191 patients who had had cataract surgery between 2009 and 2016. They excluded any patient who had an IOL dislocation...
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Silicone oil migration presenting as an eyelid cyst

5 August 2020 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The author presents a single case report of a rare complication of silicone oil tamponade, silicone oil migration, after pars plana vitrectomy. A seven-year-old female, with a history of vitrectomy one year prior for penetrating eye trauma, presented with a...
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Are corneal guttata an additional risk factor in complicated cataract surgery needing a future corneal transplant?

3 June 2021 | | Cataract and Refractive
This registry-based cohort study from Sweden utilised data from the Swedish National Cataract Registry and the Swedish Cornea Transplant Registry. Patients who underwent phacoemulsification with a posterior intraocular lens between 2010 and 2012 numbered 192,476. Of these cases, 288 underwent...

Effect of rebubbling after DMEK

1 August 2018 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease
This study objectively evaluated the impact of rebubbling on postoperative corneal clarity and endothelial cell loss (ELD) after DMEK. This was a retrospective analysis of 132 consecutive DMEK cases performed for Fuchs endothelial dystrophy or pseudophakic bullous keratopathy. Patients were...

Ocular surface in donor eyes after CLAU

1 February 2018 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease
This retrospective study examined ocular surface stability of donor eyes following conjunctival limbal autografts (CLAU). Forty-five eyes underwent CLAU with chemical burns being the most common indication. All but two eyes had just over 4 o’clock hours of CLAU segment...

Paediatric uveitis in India

1 October 2016 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous | Complication, etiology, management, pediatric uveitis
This article was a retrospective review of paediatric patients presenting to a tertiary hospital in India. Records over a three year period were reviewed. The authors highlight that children account for about 2.2-13.8% of uveitis patients and are at greater...

PACK-crosslinking for infectious keratitis

1 October 2015 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease
Corneal cross-linking with riboflavin and UV-A light (CXL) is a technology that has been initially developed to treat corneal ectatic disorders [1]. Its effect in stabilising diseases such as keratoconus was reported in numerous trials with excellent long-term outcomes and...

Haag-Streit UK to offer iTrack Advance demonstrations at UKEGS 2022

26 September 2022 | Company Profiles, Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries
Haag-Streit UK are excited to announce they will be offering iTrack Advance demonstrations at the United Kingdom & Eire Glaucoma Society (UKEGS) event on the 19th and 20th October 2022.

Safety and efficacy of a nurse-led intravitreal injection service using an Precivia® injection assist device

1 December 2021 | | Optometry, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Nurse-led intravitreal injections have become of great importance for busy eye units. In this article, the authors present safety data from five years of a nurse-led service with the use of the Precivia® intravitreal injection assist device. Intravitreal injections of...

An uncommon late postoperative complication of combined cataract surgery and intravitreal triamcinolone injection

1 December 2014 | | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Case report A 64-year-old female with diabetic maculopathy (DMO) underwent phacoemulsification with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in her right eye combined with intravitreal triamcinolone (IVTA). Diabetes control was poor with HbA1c (IFCC) of 119mmol/mol and blood sugar level of 27mmol/L....

A step-by-step approach to the diagnosis and management of Sands of Sahara Syndrome

1 October 2018 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease, Ophthalmology, Cataract and Refractive
Sands of Sahara syndrome (diffuse lamellar keratitis) is a rare postoperative complication of Laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). Its estimated prevalence is reported to be 2-4% among LASIK cases [1], despite that, it is more likely to be encountered by...

Does beauty truly lie in the eye of the beholder?

1 June 2019 | | Ophthalmology, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are based on facts and which are ‘fake news’. Headline: Does beauty truly lie in the eye of the beholder? Scleral whitening, iris colour-changing drops and...