Oculoplastic research review - February 2025
Foreign body suture granuloma in canthal surgery: association with suture type
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Dr Simon Dean
7 articles
Stunning outback trek supports Indigenous docs
Auckland ophthalmologist Dr Simon Dean has returned from what he described as a thoroughly immersive trek through the Aussie outback to support and fundraise for Indigenous doctors keen to pursue an Australasian ophthalmology career.
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Influence of eyelid malposition on dry eye
The eyelids protect the eye physically, by blinking, which protects the ocular surface from noxious insult and facilitates tear spreading via secretion of lipids from the meibomian glands. Involutional or iatrogenic eyelid changes can influence eyelid function, potentially leading to dry eye. This r
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Oculoplastic research review
Telemedicine in oculoplastic and adnexal surgery: clinicians’ perspectives in the UK
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The four-year diagnosis – a cautionary tale
A recent case illustrates that, despite recent advances in the diagnosis and management of dry eye disease (DED), its identification often remains elusive. To prevent misdiagnosis, clinicians are reminded to watch out for key features.
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Opinion: When steroids are not the answer
Here’s the thing many people don’t realise - dry eye is almost universally evaporative regardless of its cause. Even the rare aqueous deficient dry eye (eg. Sjögren's syndrome) has an evaporative
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When is dry eye not dry eye?
Interestingly pain perceived as ocular surface pain, can differ in origin. Nociceptive pain (caused by a corneal abrasion for example) is the normal activation of the cornea’s nociceptors. The
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