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Publications and Presentations

2003

DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Presentations and Publications and Current Research Projects

The Red Eye
A. Bobart, L.M.T. Collum
Published in the Irish Medical News, Vol 20(20) 2003.

Complications associated with intralesional steroid injection of eyelid haemangiomas in the UK and Ireland
A. Bobart, V. Long, D. Brosnahan
A Bristish Ophthalmic Surveillance Unit (BOSU) study.
xtened for a 2 nd year duration - now 1/3/2002 to 31/3/2004.

The Eye
A. Bobart
Presented at the College of General Practitioner’s Summer School for GPs
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
August 2003

The Eye and the Elderly Patient
Dr. Amanda Collum
Presented at the Postgraduate Medical meeting at St. Columcille’s Hospital, Loughlinstown,
Co. Dublin.
September 2003

An unusual increase in the incidence of Pseudomonal Aeruginosa Keratitis
P. O’Brien, A. Bobart, P. Timoney, G. Lal, S. Kennedy, N. McDonald, P. Murphy,
L.M.T. Collum
Presented at the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland Ophthalmic Section meeting
November 2003 at the Irish College of Physicians in Ireland

Dry Eye: Diagnosis and Current treatment strategies
P.D. O’Brien, L.M.T. Collum
In press: Current Allergy and Asthma Reports - January 2004

2002

DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Presentations and Publications and Current Research Projects

"Incidence of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction in children born by Caesarean Section versus children born by spontaneous vaginal delivery".
Doctor Elizabeth Chacko and Professor Lorraine Cassidy.

"The incidence of re-occurrence of periocular skin tumours in patients having routine excision by a non-oculo-plastic trained ophthalmologist, versus in those patients having modified Moh’s excision by an oculo-plastic surgeon."
Dr. Yousef, Dr. Susan Kennedy, Mr. Paul Moriarty, Professor Lorraine Cassidy.

"A prospective study to assess the accuracy of A-Scanning performed in patients having cataract surgery in the Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital."
Dr. Susan Kelly and Professor Lorraine Cassidy.

"Study comparing incidence of astigmatism in patients having scleral tunnel incision phaco-emulsification versus clear corneal incision phaco-emulsification."
Dr. Catherine Cleary and Professor Lorraine Cassidy.

"A report on keratoacanthoma has been submitted to the British Journal of Ophthalmology."
This is by T.K. Chow, Dr. Catherine Cleary, Dr. Susan Kennedy and Professor Lorraine Cassidy.

We are currently awaiting the arrival of an optico-kinetic nystagmus full field analyser, and will be conducting a project comparing full field and small field OKN in elderly patients with no neurological disease, young patients with no neurological disease, and elderly patients with progressive super-nuclear palsy and Parkinson’s disease.

"A prospective study looking at the long-term incidence of recurrence of basal cell carcinoma following modified Moh’s surgery"
Dr. M. Yousef, Mr. Paul Moriarty, Dr. Susan Kennedy and Professor Lorraine Cassidy.

"An audit of patients presenting with optic neuritis and incidence of multiple sclerois in these patients."
Mr. Donald Fernandez, Professor Lorraine Cassidy.

Keratoprosthesis in Duane's Clinical Ophthalmology , Tasman and Jaeger eds. Lipponcott Williams & Wilkins. W. Power

DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Presentations and Publications and Current Research Projects

Sympathetic Ophthalmia in Diagnosis and Treatment of Uveitis .

Foster and Vitale eds W.B.Saunders Company. W. Power

Scloral Grafting in The Cornea. Azar and Dohlman eds.

Little Brown and Company (in press). W. Power.

Non Mydriatic cameras and software - B. Chang, H. Nolan, D. Mooney - presented at the Irish College of Ophthalmologists meeting (diabetic retinopathy Update Symposium) in May 2002

Vitreous Cyst and A Cataract in a Toddler - presented at the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland (Ophthalmology) meeting in November 2002. Eye Journal (in press)

The Role of Viral Infection in Thygeson's Superficial Punctate Keratitis. Presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting, Orlando, November 2002.

O'Reilly J., Hall W., Collum LMT., Power W.J.

Management Protocol of Optic Neuritis . RVEEH, November 2002, E. Chacko



DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIA

Presentations, Publications and Research

Presentations at scientific meetings:

Annual Scientific Meeting; College of Anaesthetists RCSI, Dublin, Ireland, May 2002

Debate – a general hospital is no place for a small child >Pro
Brendan O’ Hare
RAMI Section of Anaesthesia, Dublin, Ireland, June 2002

Paediatric trauma for the generalist
Brendan O’ Hare

South of Ireland Association of Anaesthetists Annual Scietific Meeting, Killarney, Kerry Sept 2002

Resuscitation workshops in the critically ill child
B Lyons, B Casey, R Taylor, P Loan, L Farren, D Mannion, M Gorman, B O’ Hare, F Kirby

Advanced Paediatric Life Support Course; Dublin Sept 2002
Course Director – Brendan O’ Hare

DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY

Presentations, Publications and Research

Hooper SB, Hill AD, Kennedy S, Dijkstra B, Kelly LM, McDermott EW, O'Higgins N.

"Tamoxifen as the primary treatment in elderly patients with breast cancer"
Ir J Med Sci. 2002 Jan-Mar; 171 (1):28-30
Cunniffe G, Chang BY, Kennedy S, Moriarty P

"Beware the empty curette!"
Orbit 2002 Jun; 21 (2): 177-80
Fenton S, Moriarty P, Kennedy S

"Primary mucinus meningoma of bone"
Orbit 2002 Sept; 21 (3); 227-9
Fenton S, Kennedy S, Moriarty P

"The role of interferon alpha 2b as an adjunctive treatment in the management of aggressive basal cell carcinoma of the eyelids"
Acta Ophthalmol Scand. 2002 Dec; 80 (6): 674-5
Khan R, Moriarty P, Kennedy S

"Rosai-Dorfman disease or sinus histiocytosis with massive lumphadenopathy of orbit"
JO (In Press)

RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Presentations , Publications and Research

Jeune's Syndrome - M. Tempany, R. Duggan, H. Dempsey, P. Kenna, D. Brosnahan. Paper presented to Ophthalmic Section of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland meeting held n Friday, 19 th April 2002 in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital

Atypical presentations of Best's Vitelliform Macular Degeneration - L. O'Toole, A. Bobart, D. Mooney. A Poster presented to the Ophthalmic Section of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland meeting held on Friday, 19 th April 2002 in RVEEH.

Targeted deletion at codon 307 of the mouse rds-Peripherin gene - a model of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa - Paul F. Kenna, Niamh McNally, Arpad Palfi, Brian O'Neill, Marian Humphries, Peter Humphries, G.Jane Farrar. Presented to the Ophthalmic Section of the Royal Academy of Medicine meeting held on Friday, 22 nd November 2002 held in RVEEH.

A study of the effects of light exposure on the retinaopathy induced by targeted deletion at codon 307 of the mouse res - Peripherin gene - Peter Timoney, Paul F. Kenna, Niamh McNally, Peter Humphries, G.Jane Farar. Presented to the Ophthalmic Section of the Royal Academy of Medicine meeting held on Friday, 22 nd November 2002 at RVEEH.

DEPARTMENT OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY

Presentations, Publications and Research

Stapedectomy - 5 year review/Audit - Mr Hugh Burns

Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss 10 Year review/Audit - Mr Hugh Burns

Tonsillectomy - National Audit - Mr Hugh Burns

The use of Botox for the management of Frey's Syndrome - Prof. C. Timon

Auricular Repair using the Contralateral Tissue Transfer Method - A. Maguire

Prospective Audit of Accident & Emergency Attendance - All Consultants

hinoCycle Examination by Rhinoflowmetry - Prospective Study - C. Timon

Informed Consent - A Parents Perspective

Peri-Orbital Cellulitis - A Retro Respective Review

MRI Scans of Brain and IAM's ordered by the ENT Dept. - Audit of ENT & non ENT Findings

Neck Dissection as a risk factor for cerebro vascular accident in Head & Neck Cancer

Post Tonsillectomy Haemorrhage - Patient Presentation, Management and Assessment of Risk Factors

Lingual Pyogenic Granuloma Gravidarum - A case report

A retrospective review of Bronchial Cysts

Ceruminous Gland - Tumours of the External Auditory Canal - Spring 2002, Grand Rounds, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

ENT Pharmacology - Summer 2002, Grand Rounds, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Sensori neural Hearing Loss - a 10 year audit - Irish Otolaryngological Society, October 2002

Endoscopic Decompression of the Orbit for Graves Disease - Royal Academy of Medicine, December 2002

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