DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Presentations, Publications and 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.

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

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