Telephone follow-up one day post-cataract surgery.

Clinical Relevance: With the increasing use of technology and an emerging need for virtual clinical reviews, particularly following the recent pandemic, it is essential to evaluate the safety of these clinical tools.

Background: This retrospective study aims to determine the safety of virtual follow-up day one after cataract surgery.

Methods: All patients who underwent cataract surgery at Auckland District Health Board, New Zealand (Aotearoa), and were triaged for telephone review the day after surgery, from 5 November 2018 to 31 January 2020, were eligible.

Long term complications and vision loss in HLA-B27 uveitis.

Objectives: To evaluate the long term complications and vision loss in HLA-B27 uveitis.

Methods: Retrospective review of subjects with HLA-B27 uveitis in a public tertiary centre between January 2008 and 2020.

Results: 562 HLA-B27-positive subjects (834 eyes) had mean follow-up of 9.

Cataract Surgery in Uveitis: Risk Factors, Outcomes, and Complications.

Purpose: To determine the outcomes of cataract surgery in eyes with uveitis, including the rates of intraoperative and postoperative complications, as well as predictors of visual outcomes.

Design: Retrospective observational cohort study.

Methods: Setting: Tertiary public hospital setting in Auckland, New Zealand, between 2008 and 2020.

Cataract surgery in herpes simplex virus ocular disease.

Purpose: To investigate the outcomes and complications associated with cataract surgery in eyes with herpes simplex virus (HSV)-related anterior segment ocular disease.

Setting: Public tertiary center in Auckland, New Zealand.

Design: Retrospective observational cohort study.

Peripheral pigmented lesions in -associated retinopathy.

: To investigate the prevalence and characteristics of peripheral pigmented retinal lesions and the associated clinical and genetic findings in patients with pathogenic variants in the gene. Records at a single tertiary hospital were retrospectively reviewed to identify the presence of peripheral pigmented retinal lesions on wide-field retinal imaging in patients with associated disease, compared with an cohort, and an age-matched control group. Data on patient demographics, genetic variants, severity of disease, and phenotype were collected and assessed.

Rates of spondyloarthropathies vary with age and ethnicity in HLAB27 uveitis.

Background/aims: To determine associations between HLAB27-positive uveitis, ethnicity and seronegative spondyloarthropathies (SpAs) in a New Zealand population.

Methods: Retrospective observational cohort study. Medical records of all subjects with uveitis at Auckland District Health Board from 2008 to 2018 were reviewed for HLAB27 status, age of presentation, ethnicity and SpA.

Vision loss in anterior uveitis.

Aims: To evaluate the long-term risk of permanent vision loss in subjects with anterior uveitis.

Methods: Retrospective study of subjects attending uveitis clinic at Auckland District Health Board and Moorfields Eye Hospital between 2008 and 2018. Main outcome measures were: best corrected visual acuity (BCVA); moderate vision loss (MVL ≤20/50); and severe vision loss (SVL ≤20/200).

Infected Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm After Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy of the Prostate: A Report of Two Cases.

Primary infected abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is an uncommon presentation which can be associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In this report, we present 2 cases of infected AAAs less than 10 days after a transrectal ultrasound-guided (TRUS) prostate biopsy. A 63-year-old male presenting with sepsis and back pain 9 days after TRUS biopsy was found to have a 27-mm ectatic abdominal aorta which expanded to 59 mm in the course of a week, despite antibiotic therapy.

Nutrition and health claims on healthy and less-healthy packaged food products in New Zealand.

Nutrition and health claims are displayed to influence consumers' food choices. This study assessed the extent and nature of nutrition and health claims on the front-of-pack of 'healthy' and 'less-healthy' packaged foods in New Zealand. Foods from eight categories, for which consumption may affect the risk of obesity and diet-related chronic diseases, were selected from the 2014 Nutritrack database.