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Once a homonymous field defect is permanent, management shifts mainly to what?
When tissue damage is permanent, management moves to compensatory scanning techniques, prism therapy in selected cases, low vision rehabilitation referral, and counselling about driving.
Homonymous Hemianopia: What Congruity Tells You About the Lesion
Post-vaccination uveitis is treated with which of the following approaches?
Management mirrors uveitis of any other cause: topical, periocular or systemic corticosteroids selected according to the anatomical location and the severity of inflammation.
Uveitis After Vaccination: What the Reported Cases Show
In which setting is optic capture used deliberately as a surgical technique?
In a pediatric eye the optic is sometimes passed deliberately through the posterior capsulorhexis to stabilise the lens, so capture is used as a technique rather than treated as a complication.
Pupillary Capture of the Intraocular Lens: When the Pupil Slips Over the Optic
Why is pars planitis often discovered late in young patients?
Floaters and blurred vision are the usual complaints while the eye looks white and comfortable, so the disease can smolder for years before it is recognized.
Pars Planitis: The Intermediate Uveitis That Hides in Young Patients With Floaters
Which factors were among the strongest predictors of macular oedema after cataract surgery in a large database study?
A large database study found diabetes and uveitis, together with previous cystoid macular oedema in the other eye and vitreous loss, among the strongest predictors of postoperative macular oedema.
Irvine-Gass Syndrome: Cystoid Macular Edema After Uncomplicated Cataract Surgery
What is the dominant mechanism behind presbyopia?
The lens stiffens so that even normal ciliary muscle contraction cannot change its shape enough; some ciliary decline may contribute but is not the dominant mechanism.
Presbyopia: Why Every Eye Eventually Needs Help Up Close
How is eyelid skin burn depth classified after an ocular thermal injury?
Standard burn classification is used, and the depth affects both immediate management and the risk of later eyelid malposition.
Thermal Burns of the Ocular Surface: A Different Injury Pattern From a Chemical Burn
Which examination elements target the cause of vision loss in sensory strabismus?
A complete ocular exam assessing media clarity, the dilated fundus and the optic nerve is aimed at identifying the specific cause of the vision loss driving the deviation.
Sensory Strabismus: When Poor Vision Causes the Misalignment

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