Five-year follow-up of clear cornea trabeculectomy.
A five-year follow-up of a prospective trial of 21 eyes with clear cornea trabeculectomy is reported. The procedure had a 56% success rate at five years.
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M J Elder
Publications and source records attributed to M J Elder.
A clinicopathological study of loop recession in strabismus.
This communication reports the histological structure of loop recessions of extraocular muscles from seven patients. In all cases the loops formed pseudotendons in which the typical histological structure was well established by four months. Subsequently, moulding of these pseudotendons occurred with improved alignment of collagen and decrease in vascularity. By three and a half years after the operation the pseudotendon had acquired a very close resemblance to true tendon.
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Paediatric dacryocystorhinostomy.
The results of 95 dacryocystorhinostomy procedures in 78 paediatric patients are reviewed. The success rate was 77%. Factors influencing success and failure are discussed.
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Diazepam and its effects on visual fields.
A patient who experienced severe visual field loss whilst taking 100 mg of diazepam that reverted to normal on cessation of the drug is described. Diazepam affects GABA inhibitory neurones and the physiology of this in the retina and visual cortex is reviewed.
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Bone implants after enucleation.
A method of preparing antigen-free cancellous bone for use as an orbital implant is described together with the surgical technique for its use in enucleation. The results of 52 patients with follow-up spanning 10 years is reported. In the first four years, five implants had to be removed, all due to infection following breakdown of Tenon's capsule in the early postoperative period. However, with more careful closure of Tenon's capsule, there have been no extrusions during the last six years.
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Prevention of bony fluorosis in aluminum smelter workers. A 15-year retrospective study of fluoride excretion and bony radiopacity among aluminum smelter workers -- Pt. 4.
1. Fifty six aluminum smelter workers with 10 to 43 years' occupational exposure, and who had been previously studied medically, were re-x-rayed. Average urinary fluoride concentrations since 1960 were estimated to range from 2.78 mg/liter preshift and 7.71 mg/liter postshift. 2. Roentgenographic studies in 1960-66 and 1974 failed to reveal any evidence of fluoride associated bony change. 3. Although these workers represent a self-selected group, their magnitude and duration of exposure far outweighs any other group working at present or in the past at this plant. The implication that they have uniformly self-selected as fluoride resistant individuals is improbable. 4. These data indicate that group post-shift ur a long period is not associated with enhanced risk of bony fluorosis. If preshift urinary fluoride concentrations are less than 4 mg/l, the same results appears to apply.
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