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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology current awareness bulletin

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October 2025

Analysis of spaceflight-associated biometric and refractive changes in astronauts

Auditory discomfort and visual sensitivity

Birth of a change agent: the founding of “Women in Ophthalmology”

Capsular tension ring implantation for intraocular lens position: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Chlorhexidine versus povidone-iodine for intravitreal injection antisepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Diagnosis of primary open-angle glaucoma and mental health status

Differential impact of central and global visual field progression on quality of life in glaucoma

The effects of vitamin D on keratoconus progression

Electromagnetic stimulation for amblyopia: a systematic review of emerging techniques and their efficacy

Enhancing vision and well-being: eyewear design opportunities for older adults

Evidence and consensus-based imaging guidelines in multifocal choroiditis with panuveitis and punctate inner choroiditis—Multimodal Imaging in Uveitis (MUV) Taskforce Report 5

Fundus refraction offset as an individualized myopia biomarker

Global burden of eye injuries in children and adolescents, 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study

Influence of age and underlying etiologies on outcomes of strabismus surgery in the elderly population

Ocular features of VEXAS syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Outcomes of penetrating keratoplasty versus lamellar endothelial keratoplasty in iridocorneal endothelial syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ptosis assessment: current practice across the United Kingdom and future recommendations

Subtypes of visual hypersensitivity are transdiagnostic across neurodivergence, neurology and mental health

Thyroid eye disease (Graves' orbitopathy): clinical presentation, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and management

Translation from ophthalmic research to ophthalmic products

Uveitis in adults: a review (JAMA)

Visual acuity and complications at age 7 years following bilateral secondary intraocular lens implantation at 2 to younger than 6 years for pediatric aphakia

Visual and topographic outcomes after corneal allogeneic intrastromal ring segments for keratoconus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Visual impairment and blindness among children: a literature review

Sources

American Journal of Ophthalmology (Aug); Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics (Sep); Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health (Jul-Aug); JAMA (Aug); JAMA Ophthalmology (Jul-Aug); Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery (Jul); Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, The (Jul); Vision Research (Sep)

August 2025

Adherence and persistence on prostaglandin analogues for glaucoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Application of artificial intelligence to deliver Healthcare From the Eye

Binasal occlusion for partly accommodative esotropia

Breaking barriers in ocular drug delivery for Uveitis: advanced drug delivery systems, challenges and future prospects

Cataracts: a review (JAMA)

Characteristics of myopic retinopathy and its awareness in adults: a hospital-based comparative study

Cone density changes after repeated low-level red light treatment in children with myopia

Drugs associated with floppy iris syndrome: a real-world population-based study

Evaluation of AI summaries on interdisciplinary understanding of ophthalmology notes

Influence of common medications on diabetic macular edema in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Insights into cataract surgery outcomes in age-related macular degeneration: perspectives across severity grades under clinical routine conditions

Interventions for central serous chorioretinopathy: a network meta‐analysis (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Multifaceted behavioral interventions to improve topical glaucoma therapy adherence in adults (new Cochrane intervention review)

Predictability of visual outcome based on injury size and location following penetrating ocular trauma in children

Prevalence and severity of astigmatism in children after COVID-19

Race and vision outcomes in ranibizumab-treated participants with diabetic macular edema: a meta-analysis

Recent advances on modeling retinal disease: towards efficient gene/drug therapy

Reduced quality of life in corneal dystrophy – a prospective case control study

A simple and accessible diabetic retinopathy risk prediction model: establishment and validation in a hospital-based cohort of type 2 diabetes patients

Targeting mitochondrial dysfunction: innovative strategies to combat glaucoma neuroinflammation

Trachoma (Lancet seminar)

Understanding the subtypes of visual hypersensitivity: four coherent factors and their measurement with the Cardiff Hypersensitivity Scale (CHYPS)

Sources

American Journal of Ophthalmology (Jul); BMC Ophthalmology (Jun); Cochrane Library (May-Jun); Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice (Jun-Jul); Experimental Eye Research (Jul-Aug); JAMA (Jun); JAMA Ophthalmology (May-Jun); Lancet, The (May); Ophthalmology Retina (Jun); Optometry & Contact Lenses OCL (Jun); Vision Research (Jul-Aug)

June 2025

Acceptability, applicability, and cost-utility of artificial-intelligence-powered low-cost portable fundus camera for diabetic retinopathy screening in primary health care settings

Assessing structure - function relationships in non-neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Assessment of arterial stiffness in patients with diabetic retinopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Associations between ambient air pollution and five common vision-threatening ocular diseases in middle-aged and older adults: a large prospective cohort study

Bilosomes as a novel ocular drug delivery system: assessing the material attributes, process parameters, and quality attributes

Clinical features, risk factors, and outcomes following surgery for late intraocular lens decentration in the dead bag syndrome

Clinical outcomes in peripheral ulcerative keratitis

Controversies in myopia control treatment: what does it mean for future research?

CT and MRI findings of intraorbital wooden foreign bodies

Diagnostic accuracy of IDX-DR for detecting diabetic retinopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The effects of disease-modifying therapies on optic nerve degeneration in multiple sclerosis

Federally qualified health centers as a model to improve vision health: a systematic review

The global epidemiology of scleritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Hyperacute outer retinal dysfunction

Is there a clock in the cornea?

Local OCT structural correlates of deep visual sensitivity defects in early atrophic age-related macular degeneration

Low uptake of screening for retinopathy during pregnancy with pre-existing diabetes: a population-based cohort study

Ophthalmic complications associated with the antidiabetic drugs semaglutide and tirzepatide

Retinal imaging in an era of open science and privacy protection

Semaglutide and nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy

Sexual harassment in ophthalmology

Surgical interventions for presbyopia (new Cochrane intervention review)

Sources

American Journal of Ophthalmology (Apr-Jun); Clinical Radiology (May); Cochrane Library (Apr); Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice (May); European Journal of Neurology (Mar); Experimental Eye Research (Jun); JAMA Ophthalmology (Mar-Apr); Ophthalmology Retina (May)

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