TY - JOUR T1 - BJO at a glance JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 1073 LP - 1073 DO - 10.1136/bjo.2006.bjsep06atag VL - 90 IS - 9 AU - Creig Hoyt Y1 - 2006/09/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/90/9/1073.2.abstract N2 - It is now well recognised that central corneal thickness has a direct effect on intraocular pressure measurements. Simsek and co-workers studied 43 eyes of 43 aphakic and pseudophakic patients who underwent general cataract surgery. They were contrasted with 44 healthy age and sex matched volunteers. In this study both aphakic and pseudophakic patients who had undergone congenital cataract surgery had significantly thicker corneas than aged matched controls. The reason for this is unclear. Nevertheless, the importance of it in terms of evaluating these patients for glaucoma is obvious. See p 1103 Advances in vitreoretinal surgery have expanded the indications for vitrectomy. Its use in the treatment of aphakic cystoid macular oedema is reasonably well established. Tranos and co-workers performed a prospective interventional randomised control study of 23 eyes in 23 patients with cystoid macular … ER -