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Appropriate preparation of the ocular surface can improve results

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Cataract extraction could reduce complications in XFS

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Thicker amniotic membrane a promising solution to improve ocular surface outcomes

Study shows that phaco can cause IOP increase and alteration to bleb morphology

Randomized pilot study suggests possible role for bromfenac treatment in exudative AMD

The identification and treatment of dry eye disease

Frequency doubling technology (FDT) is successful in monitoring functional damage in the standard automated perimetry (SAP)-normal hemifield in eyes with open-angle glaucoma (OAG).

Ethnicity does not effect treatment, according to Dr Catherine Birt

Medical treatment needs to address ocular surface disease as well as underlying conditions

A pharmacoeconomic argument for neuroprotective agents is discussed

Application of intravitreal tacrolimus could suppress the development of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR).

Rigid gas-permeable (RGP) contact lens corrected visual acuities are affected by corneal cylinder and Sim K values.

Drusen subregion staining may not be directly linked to in vivo observations of macula drusen in age-related macula degeneration (AMD).

Patients with brown irises are most likely to develop melanomas.

Vitrectomy used to treat highly myopic macula holes (HMMHs) is negatively affected by retinoschisis.

Ocular disorders such as keratoconjunctivitis and allergic blepharitis can be caused by wearing eyelash extensions.

Performing photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) reduces the retinal image quality in myopic patients.

Important predictors of postoperative visual outcome after successful successful rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair have been identified.

Residual conjunctiva measurements and caruncle morphological characteristics help grade recurrent pterygium severity, assist in surgical techniques and predict the surgical outcomes.

A standard treatment regime is required for the management of blebitis.

Administering emulsion drops in dry eye patients improves tear stability and decreases osmolarity and corneal staining.

The repeatability of colour Doppler imaging (CDI) measurements in open-angle glaucoma (OAG) patients has been confirmed by a study published in Journal of Glaucoma.

Preoperative aqueous flare is a significant risk factor for proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) redetachment in patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.

Choroidial neovascularisation (CNV) patients are responsive when switching to bevacizumab or ranibizumab after they develop tachyphylaxis during anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy.

The London Eye Hospital is the first in the UK to use femtosecond laser for cataract removal and clear lens extraction.

A novel blood clump-assisted procedure safely and efficiently labels the posterior vitreous and coats the internal limiting membrane (ILM) for the reparation of macular hole (MH).

Patients sleeping in a low-lit room may find that the changes in diabetic macular oedema (DME) are reversed.