What the Fundus Keeping you informed about new things in the world of eyeballs. Research Article Podcast Admin News Article The association between smoking and alcohol intake with AMD Research Article We have all been told for years that smoking can increase risk for developing age-related macular degeneration. The study Association of Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index, and Glycemic Risk Factors With Age-Related Macular Degeneration from the November 2021 issue of JAMA Ophthalmology, shows that there is a correlation between smoking and advanced […] Read More mikeeyes in 30 Nov 2021 No Comments Possible link between gestational diabetes and high refractive error Research Article A paper published on August 17, 2021 in Diabetalogia, “Association of maternal diabetes during pregnancy with high refractive error in offspring: a nationwide population-based cohort study” analyzed over 2 million people born between 1977 and 2016. It found that these people had a 39% increased risk of having high refractive errors of all types — […] Read More mikeeyes in 22 Nov 2021 No Comments Possible link between glaucoma and cognitive impairment Research Article I very much enjoyed reading this paper. Lower Cognitive Function in Patients With Functionally and Structurally Severe Glaucoma: The LIGHT Study in the October 2021 edition of Journal of Glaucoma. This quote says it all right here. “This cross-sectional study of 172 patients with glaucoma showed that functional and structural glaucoma damage was significantly associated with […] Read More mikeeyes in 17 Nov 2021 No Comments Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy Research Article Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is a subset of exudative AMD. Turns out that PCV patients are less sensitive to anti-VEGF therapies, so it’s very important to make this differentiation early in the diagnosis. Differentiating Exudative Macular Degeneration and Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy Using OCT B-Scan PCV presents with specific U-shaped elevations in the RPE using OCT-B. […] Read More mikeeyes in 15 Nov 2021 No Comments Laser therapy in chronic central serous chorioretinopathy Research Article Chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (cCSC) is something we run into all the time in practice. Acute CSC resolves without intervention in about 84% of cases within 6 months. What should we do in those that don’t resolve? “However, the disease has a strong tendency to become chronic manifesting in frequent recurrence or persistent subretinal fluid […] Read More mikeeyes in 13 Nov 2021 No Comments Factors affecting response to laser trabeculoplasty in glaucoma Research Article Given my interest in the anterior segment and myopia control, I will freely admit that I am not the best at treating glaucoma. I know my limits. That said, it has driven me to learn as much about it as humanly possible. This paper gives an excellent data set for why laser trabeculoplasty should be […] Read More mikeeyes in 10 Nov 2021 No Comments The association between blood pressure, blood pressure medications, and glaucoma in a nationwide electronic health records database Research Article A retrospective study in the journal Ophthalmology reporting that low blood pressure has a significant correlation with developing open angle glaucoma. Interestingly, the association was not there for people with low blood pressure as a secondary effect from being treated for hypertension. Read More mikeeyes in 01 Nov 2021 No Comments Degree of Myopia and Glaucoma Risk: A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis Research Article A lot of great information from this study in the October 2021 edition of American Journal of Ophthalmology. “We found that for each unit (1 D) increase in myopia, the risk of glaucoma increases by approximately 20%. The risk more steeply increases in high-degree myopia, representing a significant non-linear relationship.” If you look more granularly […] Read More mikeeyes in 30 Oct 2021 No Comments The Retinal Posterior Pole in Early Parkinson’s Disease: A Fundus Perimetry and SD-OCT Study Research Article A lot going on in this relatively small study. The holy grail is neurodegenerative disease is to find an easy way to diagnose them earlier. A lot of this work is focused on the eye because it is an extension of the brain, and it is relatively easy to examine. Our results showed that the […] Read More mikeeyes in 28 Oct 2021 No Comments Using face masks with spectacles versus contact lenses Research Article Here is a short study regarding contact lens wear versus glasses wear while wearing masks. There was no difference between groups for overall QIRC score but some individual question scores reflected better quality of life in the CL: ‘outdoor activities’, ‘keep fit’ and ‘able to do things’ (all p < 0.05). Differences in favour of the CL […] Read More mikeeyes in 25 Oct 2021 No Comments Posts navigation 1 2 Next Search Search Search Recent Posts New podcast The association between smoking and alcohol intake with AMD Possible link between gestational diabetes and high refractive error Possible link between glaucoma and cognitive impairment Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy Subscribe to our podcast. © 2021 What the Fundus Powered by WordPress Whiteboard Theme ↑