- •Contents
- •Contributors
- •Preface
- •Glossary
- •2. Synthesising the evidence
- •3. Evidence in practice
- •4. Allergic conjunctivitis
- •6. Viral conjunctivitis
- •7. Screening older people for impaired vision
- •8. Congenital and infantile cataract
- •9. Congenital glaucoma
- •13. Infantile esotropia
- •14. Accommodative esotropia
- •15. Childhood exotropia
- •17. Entropion and ectropion
- •18. Thyroid eye disease
- •19. Lacrimal obstruction
- •20. Trachoma
- •21. Corneal abrasion and recurrent erosion
- •22. Herpes simplex keratitis
- •23. Suppurative keratitis
- •24. Ocular toxoplasmosis
- •25. Onchocerciasis
- •27. Cytomegalovirus retinitis in patients with AIDS
- •28. Anterior uveitis
- •29. Primary open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension
- •30. Acute and chronic angle closure glaucoma
- •31. Modification of wound healing in glaucoma drainage surgery
- •32. Cataract surgical techniques
- •33. Intraocular lens implant biocompatibility
- •34. Multifocal and monofocal intraocular lenses
- •35. Perioperative management of cataract surgery
- •36. Age-related macular degeneration
- •37. Treatment of lattice degeneration and asymptomatic retinal breaks to prevent rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
- •38. Surgery for proliferative vitreoretinopathy
- •39. Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
- •40. Surgical management of full-thickness macular hole
- •41. Retinal vein occlusion
- •42. Medical interventions for diabetic retinopathy
- •43. Photocoagulation for sight threatening diabetic retinopathy
- •44. Vitrectomy for diabetic retinopathy
- •45. Optic neuritis
- •47. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
- •48. Toxic and nutritional optic neuropathies
- •49. Traumatic optic neuropathy
- •50. Ocular adnexal and orbital tumours
- •51. Uveal melanoma
- •52. Retinoblastoma
- •Index
Contributors
Section editors
James Acheson
Moorfields Eye Hospital
and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery London, UK
Bill Aylward
Moorfields Eye Hospital
London, UK
Linda Ficker
No address supplied
Clare Gilbert
International Centre for Eye Health
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London, UK
Emma Hollick
Moorfields Eye Hospital
London, UK
Carlos Pavesio
Moorfields Eye Hospital,
London, UK
Jugnoo S Rahi
Clinical Senior Lecturer in Ophthalmic Epidemiology, Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Department of Ophthalmology,
Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital and Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK
Bernd Richter
Cochrane Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders Group
Medizinische Einrichtungen
Heinrich-Heine Universitaet
Germany
Gary Rubin
Division of Rehabilitation Research
Institute of Ophthalmology
London, UK
Aziz Sheikh
Professor of Primary Care Research and Development
Department of Community Health Sciences
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, UK
Arun D Singh
Wills Eye Hospital
Oncology Service
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania, USA
Michael J Wearne
Department of Ophthalmology
Eastbourne District Hospital
Eastbourne, UK
Other contributors
David F Anderson
Moorfields Eye Hospital
London, UK
Heather Baldwin
St Thomas’ Hospital
London, UK
Michael Bearn
Department of Ophthalmology
Cumberland Infirmary
Carlisle, UK
Kostas G Boboridis
Department of Ophthalmology
Oculoplastic Service
AHEPA University Hospital
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Greece
Fion Bremner
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and Moorfields Eye Hospital
London, UK
Lorraine Cassidy
The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin, Ireland and The Adelaide and Meath Hospital Incorporating the National Children’s Hospital
University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
David G Charteris
Moorfields Eye Hospital
London, UK
Michael Clarke
Children’s Eye Clinic and Orthoptic Department
Claremont Wing
Royal Victoria Infirmary
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
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Evidence-based Ophthalmology
Kay Dickersin
Center for Clinical Trials and Evidence-based Healthcare Brown University Medical School
Providence, Rhode Island USA
Jonathan GF Dowler
International Centre for Eye Health
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London, UK
Graham Duguid
Western Eye Hospital
London, UK
Henry Ejere
International Health Division
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Liverpool, UK
Jennifer Evans
International Department of Epidemiology
and Eye Health
Institute of Ophthalmology
London, UK
Hazel Everitt
Primary Medical Care
Aldermoor Health Centre
Aldermoor Close
Southampton, UK
Eric Ezra
Moorfields Eye Hospital
London, UK
Ian Flitcroft
Department of Ophthalmology
Mater Misericordiae Hospital and the Children’s
University Hospital
Dublin, Ireland
Lawrence Gnanaraj
Department of Ophthalmology
Royal Victoria Infirmary
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Simon J Hickman
NMR Research Unit
Institute of Neurology University College London and
Department of Neuro-ophthalmology Moorfields Eye Hospital
London, UK
Santosh G Honavar
Division of Plastic and Orbital Surgery
LV Prasad Eye Institute
Banjara Hills
Hyderabad, India
Andrew S Jacks
Centre for Defence Medicine
Selly Oak Hospital
Birmingham, UK
Nicholas P Jones
The Royal Eye Hospital
Manchester, UK
PT Khaw
Wound Healing Research Unit
Glaucoma Unit and Department of Pathology
Moorfields Eye Hospital and Institute of Ophthalmology
London, UK
JK Kirwan
Portsmouth NHS Trust
Portsmouth, UK
Eva Kohner
St Thomas’ Hospital
London, UK
Alistair Laidlaw
St Thomas’s Hospital
London, UK
Sarit Lesnik-Oberstein
Moorfields Eye Hospital
London, UK
Martin Leyland
Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Trust
Reading, Berkshire, UK
Christian J Lueck
The Canberra Hospital
Canberra, Australia
Denise Mabey
St Thomas’ Hospital
London, UK
Vincenzo Maurino
Moorfield s Eye Hospital
London, UK
Gawn G McIlwaine
Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion
Edinburgh, UK
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Contributors
Jodhbir S Mehta
Moorfields Eye Hospital
London, UK
Jane Moseley
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
London, UK
Philip I Murray
Academic Unit of Ophthalmology
Division of Immunity and Infection
University of Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre
Birmingham, UK
Christopher G Owen
Department of Community Health Sciences
St George’s Hospital Medical School
London, UK
Vinidh Paleri
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Freeman Hospital
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Maria Papadopoulos
Glaucoma Unit
Moorfields Eye Hospital
London, UK
Ian G Rennie
Department of Ophthalmology and Orthoptics
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Sheffield, UK
Sarah Richardson
Department of Ophthalmology Orthoptics
Royal Victoria Infirmary
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Andrew K Robson
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Cumberland Infirmary
Carlisle, UK
Alonso Rodriguez
Cornea and External Disease Department
Moorfields Eye Hospital
London, UK
Paul A Rundle
Department of Ophthalmology and Orthoptics
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Sheffield, UK
Anupa Shah
Cochrane Eyes and Vision Group
London, UK
Rajiv Shah
Moorfields Eye Hospital
London, Uk
Paul Sullivan
Moorfields Eye Hospital
London, Uk
Ahmed Toosy
NMR Research Unit
Institute of Neurology
University College London
London, UK and
Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology
Moorfields Eye Hospital
London, UK
Adnan Tufail
Corneal and External Diseases
Moorfields Eye Hospital
London, UK
Stephanie L Watson
Corneal and External Diseases
Moorfields Eye Hospital
London, UK
Silvia Wengrowicz
Department of Endocrinology
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Spain
Charles P Wilkinson
Greater Baltimore Medical Center and Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Maryland
USA
Cathy Williams
Bristol Eye Hospital and Departments of Child Health
and Ophthalmology
University of Bristol
Bristol, UK
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