Research

Research by consultants working at the Midland Eye Institute covers a whole range of topics, and reflects the broad areas of expertise. Below you find a snapshot of what has been published and presented.

Post-chemotherapy premacular subhyaloid haemorrhage

Cheung CM, Benson MT

Eye. 17(1):97-9; author reply 114, 2003

Retinal detachment and the second stage of labour: a survey of regional practice and literature review

Elsherbiny SM, Benson MT

Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 23(2):114-7, 2003

Biometry of the silicone oil-filled eye: II

Murray DC, Durrani OM, Good P, Benson MT, Kirkby GR

Eye. 16(6):727-30, 2002

Macular hole surgery with silicone oil

Kumar V, Banerjee S, Loo AV, Callear AB, Benson MT

Eye. 16(2):121-5, 2002

Spontaneous hyphema secondary to iris vascular tufts

Dahlmann AH Benson MT

Archives of Ophthalmology. 119(11):1728, 2001

Visual function and subjective quality of life compared in subjects with acquired macular disease

Hazel CA, Petre KL, Armstrong RA, Benson MT, Frost NA

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 41(6):1309-15, 2000

Biometry of the silicone oil-filled eye

Murray DC, Potamitis T, Good P, Kirkby GR, Benson MT

Eye 13 ( Pt 3a):319-24, 1999

Local anaesthesia for vitreoretinal surgery: a case-control study of 200 cases

Kirkby GR, Benson MT, Callear AB, Loo A

Eye 13 ( Pt 1):122-3, 1999

The posterior vitreous detachment clinic: do new retinal breaks develop in the six weeks following an isolated symptomatic posterior vitreous detachment?

Richardson PS, Benson MT, Kirkby GR

Eye 13 ( Pt 2):237-40, 1999

Surgical excision of subfoveal neovascular membranes

Benson MT, Callear A, Tsaloumas M, Chhina J, Beatty S

Eye 12 ( Pt 5):768-74, 1998

Additive effects of extra cellular matrix proteins and platelet derived mitogens on human retinal pigment epithelial cell proliferation and contraction

Smith-Thomas L Richardson P, Parsons MA, Rennie IG, Benson M, MacNeil S

Current Eye Research. 15(7):739-48, 1996

Fluorescent venogram: An interesting side effect of fluorescein angiography

Kulrestha MK, Goble R, Benson MT, Gibson JM

Eye 1996; 10 : 146

Fluorescent venogram? an interesting side effect of fluorescein angiography

Kulshrestha MK, Goble R, Gibson J, Benson M

Eye 10 ( Pt 1):146, 1996

Cytokine modulation of adhesion molecule expression on human retinal pigment epithelial cells

Platts KE, Benson MT, Rennie IG, Sharrard RM, Rees RC

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 36(11):2262-9, 1995

Effects of pharmacological modulation of intracellular signalling systems on retinal pigment epithelial cell attachment to extracellular matrix proteins

Wagner M, Benson MT, Rennie IG, MacNeil S

Current Eye Research. 14(5):373-84, 1995

Primary scleral buckling procedures

Benson MT

Retina 15(5):447-8, 1995

Effect of melanocyte stimulating hormone on human cultured choroidal melanocytes, uveal melanoma cells, and retinal epithelial cells

Goodall T, Buffey JA, Rennie IG, Benson M, Parsons MA, Faulkner MK, MacNeil S

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 35(3):826-37, 1994

Discrete metastasis to an extraocular muscle

Benson MT, Parsons MA, Rennie IG

Eye 7 ( Pt 3):477-9, 1993

Aggressive toxoplasma retinitis

Benson MT, Parsons MA, Talbot JF, Rennie IG

Acta Ophthalmologica. 70(6):795-800, 1992

Hemi-naevus of Ota: perturbation of neural crest differentiation as a likely mechanism

Benson MT, Rennie IG

Graefes Archive for Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology. 230(3):226-9, 1992

Mucinous sweat-gland adenocarcinoma of the eyelid

Fox SB, Benson MT, Mody CH, Parsons MA, Rennie IG

German Journal of Ophthalmology. 1(5):371-3, 1992

Production of interleukin-6 by human retinal pigment epithelium in vitro and its regulation by other cytokines

Benson MT, Shepherd L, Rees RC, Rennie IG

Current Eye Research. 11 Suppl:173-9, 1992

The expression of class I major histocompatibility antigens by human retinal pigment epithelium in vitro

Benson MT, Shepherd L, Cottam D, Lawry J, Rees RC, Rennie IG

Graefes Archive for Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology. 230(2):184-7, 1992

A novel approach to the assessment of afferent pupillary defects

Benson MT, Nelson ME, Cunliffe IA, Rennie IG

Eye 5 ( Pt 1):40-4, 1991

Neurilemoma of the caruncle: a clinicopathological report

Rennie IG, Parsons MA, Benson MT

British Journal of Ophthalmology. 75(12):749-51, 1991

Cyclocryotherapy: a review of cases over a 10-year period

Benson MT, Nelson ME

British Journal of Ophthalmology. 74(2):103-5, 1990

External ocular pigmentation secondary to perforating eye injury

Benson MT, Rennie I, Talbot J

British Journal of Ophthalmology. 74(4):251-3, 1990

Haemangioma of the optic disc

Benson M, Mody C, Rennie I, Talbot J

Graefes Archive for Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology. 228(4):332-4, 1990

Silastic foam dressing for healing exenteration cavities

Benson MT, Gilmour H, Nelson ME, Rennie IG

Ophthalmic Surgery. 21(12):849-51, 1990

Formed hallucination in the hemianopic field

Benson MT. Rennie IG

Postgraduate Medical Journal. 65(768):756-7, 1989

Anomalous origin of the occipital artery from the cervical internal carotid artery

Benson MT, Hamer JD

Journal of Vascular Surgery. 8(5):643-5, 1988

Factors affecting the acceptance of deoxyguanosine-treated thymus allografts

Buckley G, Benson MT, Jenkinson EJ, Owen JJ

Transplantation. 45(1):202-5, 1988

Survival of deoxyguanosine-treated fetal thymus allografts is prevented by priming with dendritic cells

Benson MT, Buckley G, Jenkinson EJ, Owen JJ

Immunology. 60(4):593-6, 1987