Health-related quality of life after a diagnosis of bladder cancer: a longitudinal survey over the first year.

Objectives: To describe the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients in a prospective 12-month observational cohort study of new bladder cancer diagnoses and compare with national cancer and general population surveys.

Patients And Methods: A prospective UK study in patients with new bladder cancer diagnoses at 13 NHS Trusts. The HRQoL data were collected at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months.

Resection of an orbital haemangiopericytoma after direct intraoperative injection of 40% -butyl-2-cyanoacrylate and 60% Lipiodol.

Haemangiopericytoma is a highly vascular tumour, which is a rare soft tissue lesion that may arise anywhere in the body, including the orbit. During its surgical resection, it is too friable for the surgeon to handle and it can bleed severely causing many problems to the surgeon. That is why many surgical approaches have been reported till now, aiming at total excision with minimal blood loss.

Case report: a diagnostically challenging conjunctival mass caused by the Epstein-Barr virus.

We present a paediatric case of infectious mononucleosis in a 13-year old, manifesting with follicular conjunctivitis and a conjunctival mass in one eye with no evidence of leucocytosis on the blood count. The diagnosis was confirmed following surgical excision and biopsy. The case represented a diagnostic challenge due to its atypism and given the steady increase in the prevalence of EBV-related ocular diseases in the last years, this report can serve as an example to prompt earlier serological tests to identify the aetiology in similar cases.

Optical coherence tomography imaging of the optic nerve head pre optic and post optic nerve sheath fenestration.

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a disorder of unknown aetiology, and causes elevated intracranial pressures. This is often associated with papilloedema with subsequent degrees of optic atrophy if the intracranial pressures are not controlled in a timely manner. Optical coherence tomography imaging is widely recognised for its use in the monitoring of optic nerves in glaucoma, and this report is the first to describe its use to monitor the optic nerve head pre optic and post optic nerve sheath fenestration.

Emesis-induced sub-periosteal haematoma: a case report.

Background: Orbital sub-periosteal haematoma (OSH) is usually caused by orbital trauma. We present a case of spontaneous OSH and review the literature on this condition.

Methods: We present a case of sub-periosteal haematoma secondary to migraine and vigorous emesis.

Indications for orbital decompression for patients undergoing keratoprosthesis surgery.

Introduction: Optimizing the ocular surface and achieving acceptable cosmesis are important considerations in the rehabilitation of patients with keratoprosthesis (KPro). In osteo-odonto-KPro and type 1 Boston KPro surgery, it is important to ensure a healthy ocular surface to increase the chance of functional success.

Materials And Methods: The authors present 2 patients with KPros undergoing orbital decompression surgery.

Medpor lower eyelid spacer: does it biointegrate?

Purpose: To report the histopathologic findings of explanted Medpor lower eyelid spacers (LES) in complicated cases.

Materials And Methods: Four cases of lower eyelid retraction due to thyroid orbitopathy (n = 2), facial nerve palsy (n = 1), and post-enucleation socket syndrome (n = 1) were treated with Medpor LES.

Results: All implants were removed between 6 months to 2 years following their original insertion due to exposure, poor stability, or contour.

Changes in corneal topography with upper eyelid gold weight implants.

Purpose: To determine the effect of upper eyelid gold weight implantation on corneal astigmatism.

Methods: This is a prospective, cohort study. Eighteen eyes of 18 patients underwent upper eyelid gold weight implantation for facial nerve palsy.

The osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (OOKP).

The osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (OOKP), although described over 40 years ago, remains the keratoprosthesis of choice for end-stage corneal blindness not amenable to penetrating keratoplasty. It is particularly resilient to a hostile environment such as the dry keratinized eye resulting from severe Stevens-Johnson syndrome, ocular cicatricial pemphigoid, trachoma, and chemical injury. Its rigid optical cylinder gives excellent image resolution and quality.

Health status and satisfaction of patients receiving ambulatory care at osteopathic training clinics.

Little is known about the health status and level of satisfaction of patients receiving care at osteopathic training clinics. Previous studies report favorable responses to medical student participation in ambulatory clinics. The health status and level of satisfaction for 2700 patients attending six family medicine training clinics at a college of osteopathic medicine were measured from 1996 through 1998.

Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Quantitation of Left Ventricular Global and Regional Shape: Validation of an Algorithm Based on Fourier Transformation and Curvature Measurements of Endocardial Contours.

Left ventricular geometry is an important parameter of its function; however, left ventricular function has been conventionally quantified through measurements of volume, ejection fraction, and mass. Left ventricular global shape has been quantified previously using methods that are based on assumptions of idealized cavity shape. Although these indices have been applied to various disease states of the left ventricle, the underlying assumption of an ideal left ventricular geometry is inherently flawed.