Clinical & experimental ophthalmology
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Clin. Experiment. Ophthalmol. · May 2013
Multicenter StudyCorrecting Indigenous Australians' refractive error and presbyopia.
This paper aims to identify the barriers and solutions for refractive error and presbyopia vision correction for Indigenous Australians. ⋯ The refractive error and presbyopia correction needs of Indigenous Australians are immediately treatable by the simple provision of glasses. The workforce capacity exists to provide the eye exams to prescribe glasses and the cost is modest. What is required is identification of patients with refractive needs within community, referral to accessible optometry services, a good supply system for appropriate and affordable glasses and the coordination and integration of this service within a broader eye care system.
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Clin. Experiment. Ophthalmol. · May 2013
Maintenance of perioperative antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy for vitreoretinal surgery.
The objective of this study was to prospectively assess the risk of bleeding from vitreoretinal surgery in a continuous unbiased cohort of patients taking unsuspended antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy. ⋯ There were no cases of uncontrolled intraoperative haemorrhage or serious postoperative choroidal haemorrhage. Mild haemorrhagic oozing during vitrectomy and dispersed vitreous cavity haemorrhage postoperatively were common. For the majority of patients taking antiplatelet or anticoagulant medication, these agents can be safely continued in the vitreoretinal surgical perioperative period.