Publications by authors named "W Luke Membrey"
Purpose: To investigate the correlation between morphological features of choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in the first eye and the severity of age-related maculopathy (ARM) in the fellow eyes in two racial groups: Caucasians and Chinese.
Participants: A total of 135, fluorescein angiograms of patients with unilateral neovascular AMD and ARM in the fellow eyes were included in the study: 38 Caucasians from King's College Hospital, UK; 45 Caucasians from West Kent Eye Centre, UK; 52 Chinese from Hong Kong Eye Hospital, Hong Kong.
Main Outcome Measures: CNV subtype in the affected eye and ARM severity in the second eyes.
Unlabelled: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a disease with significant visual morbidity and accounts for the majority of blind registrations in the developed world including the UK. Certain forms of neovascular AMD are amenable to treatment but require expeditious referral to a retinal specialist.
Aim: To evaluate the possibility of using nonstereo fundus photographs as a low-cost screening tool for neovascular AMD.
Autologous platelets for macular hole surgery: the Sussex Eye Hospital experience.
Clin Exp Ophthalmol
October 2004
Purpose: To evaluate the anatomical and visual outcomes of patients managed by macular hole surgery with adjunctive use of autologous platelets at Sussex Eye Hospital, UK.
Methods: A retrospective non-comparative consecutive interventional case series was conducted. Standard macular hole vitrectomy surgery was combined with autologous platelets.
Aim: We undertook a national survey to establish the management of dense vitreous haemorrhage without obvious cause.
Methods Design: Cross-sectional anonymous self-reporting survey of ophthalmic practitioners within three target groups: vitreoretinal specialists (VRS), nonvitreoretinal specialists (NVRS), and associate specialists (AS).
Intervention: Presentation of the hypothetical scenario of a patient presenting with recent onset (fresh) vitreous haemorrhage with no retinal view and no apparent cause on history taken at presentation.
Background: Reduction of intraocular pressure by 20-30% with glaucoma drainage surgery slows disease progression in normal tension glaucoma (NTG). It is not clear whether adjunctive antiproliferative agents are necessary or safe in eyes at low risk for scarring.
Method: 61 eyes of 61 white patients with NTG who had undergone a primary guarded fistulising procedure were reviewed.