Association of Visual Impairment and All-Cause 10-Year Mortality Among Indigenous Australian Individuals Within Central Australia: The Central Australian Ocular Health Study.

Importance: It is well established from different population-based studies that visual impairment is associated with increased mortality rate. However, to our knowledge, the association of visual impairment with increased mortality rate has not been reported among indigenous Australian individuals.

Objective: To assess the association between visual impairment and 10-year mortality risk among the remote indigenous Australian population.

Reprint of: Aspirin use and early age-related macular degeneration: a meta-analysis.

Objective: The aim of this review was to evaluate the evidence for an association between Aspirin use and early age-related macular degeneration (ARMD).

Methods: A literature search was performed in 5 databases with no restrictions on language or date of publication. Four studies involving 10292 individuals examining the association between aspirin and ARMD met the inclusion criteria.

Cyclodialysis cleft with late hypotony maculopathy after inadvertent cannula detachment during cataract surgery.

We present the case of a 69-year-old woman who presented with hypotony several years after an inadvertent cannula detachment presumably formed a cyclodialysis cleft during phacoemulsification cataract extraction and posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation in her right eye. To our knowledge, this is the first report of late hypotony maculopathy as a result of inadvertent cannula release.

Cataract surgery audit at an Australian urban teaching hospital.

Background: To provide local data on visual acuity and surgical outcomes for cataract surgery performed in an Australian teaching hospital.

Design: Continuous audit over 7 years in a public teaching hospital.

Participants: A total of 3740 eyes had cataract surgery performed at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, South Australia, from May 2006 to September 2013.

Flashes and floaters - a practical approach to assessment and management.

Background: Flashes and floaters are common ophthalmic issues for which patients may initially present to their general practitioner. It may be a sign of benign, 
age-related changes of the vitreous or more serious retinal detachment.

Objective: This article provides a guide to the assessment and management of a patient presenting with flashes and floaters.

Manual small incision extracapsular cataract surgery in Australia.

Background: Examination of the results and describing the technique of manual small incision extracapsular cataract extraction on patients with advanced cataracts in urban Australia.

Design: A descriptive case series.

Participants: Thirty-eight patients at three public hospitals, one tertiary and two secondary ophthalmic units in urban Australia.

Aspirin use and early age-related macular degeneration: a meta-analysis.

Objective: The aim of this review was to evaluate the evidence for an association between Aspirin use and early age-related macular degeneration (ARMD).

Methods: A literature search was performed in 5 databases with no restrictions on language or date of publication. Four studies involving 10292 individuals examining the association between aspirin and ARMD met the inclusion criteria.

Hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis to sphenoid wing.

We present a case report where hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis to the sphenoid wing was the initial presentation of an occult primary.

Exceptionally low prevalence of refractive error and visual impairment in schoolchildren from Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Objective: Vientiane Province is an urbanizing region in Southeast Asia. We aimed to determine the prevalence of refractive error and visual impairment in primary school-aged children in this region.

Design: Prospective, cross-sectional survey.