Publications & Research | Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals

Stanga PE, Papayannis A, Tsamis E, Chwiejczak K, Stringa F, Jalil A, Cole T, Biswas S. Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography of Paediatric Macular Diseases. Dev Ophthalmol. 2016;56:166-73. doi: 10.1159/000442809. Epub 2016 Mar 15.

Balaskas K, Tiew S, Czanner G, Tan AL, Ashworth J, Biswas S, Aslam T. The Novel Evidenced Assessment of Tortuosity system: interobserver reliability and agreement with clinical assessment. Acta Ophthalmol. 2015 Dec 21. doi: 10.1111/aos.12907. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26686744.

Chan WH, Lloyd IC, Symes RJ, Ashworth JL, Cosgrove E, Pilling R, Biswas S. Accuracy of Intraocular Pressure Measurement With the Icare Tonometer in Children. Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila). 2015 Nov-Dec;4(6):357-9. doi:10.1097/APO.0000000000000138. PubMed PMID: 26716432.

Stanga PE, Jaberansari H, Bindra MS, Gil-Martinez M, Biswas S. Transcleral Drainage of Subretinal Fluid, Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, and Wide-Field Imaging-Guided Laser in Coats Exudative Retinal Detachment. Retina. 2016 Jan;36(1):156-62. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000000669. PubMed PMID: 26355946.

Pastor-Idoate S, Gil-Martinez M, Crim N, Quijano C, Biswas S, Charles S, McLeod D, Stanga PE. Swept-source Optical Coherence Tomography of Retinal Cavernous Hemangioma: A New Imaging Modality. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2015 Mar 4;52:e4-7. doi: 10.3928/01913913-20150224-02.

Gillespie RL, Urquhart J, Anderson B, Williams S, Waller S, Ashworth J, Biswas S, Jones S, Stewart F, Lloyd IC, Clayton-Smith J, Black GC. Next-generation Sequencing in the Diagnosis of Metabolic Disease Marked by Pediatric Cataract. Ophthalmology. 2016 Jan;123(1):217-20. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.06.035. Epub 2015 Jul 30. PubMed PMID: 26233629.

Gillespie RL, Urquhart J, Lovell SC, Biswas S, Parry NR, Schorderet DF, Lloyd IC, Clayton-Smith J, Black GC. Abrogation of HMX1 function causes rare oculo-auricular syndrome associated with congenital cataract, anterior segment dysgenesis & retinal dystrophy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2015 Jan 8. pii: IOVS-14-15861. doi: 10.1167/iovs.14-15861.

Sergouniotis PI, Perveen R, Thiselton DL, Giannopoulos K, Sarros M, Davies JR, Biswas S, Ansons AM, Ashworth JL, Lloyd IC, Black GC, Votruba M. Clinical and molecular genetic findings in autosomal dominant OPA3-related optic neuropathy. Neurogenetics. 2015 Jan;16(1):69-75. doi: 10.1007/s10048-014-0416-y.

Gillespie RL, O'Sullivan J, Ashworth J, Bhaskar S, Williams S, Biswas S, Kehdi E, Ramsden SC, Clayton-Smith J, Black GC, Lloyd IC. Personalized diagnosis and management of congenital cataract by next-generation sequencing. Ophthalmology. 2014 Nov;121(11):2124-37.e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.06.006.

Stanga PE, Sala-Puigdollers A, Caputo S, Jaberansari H, Cien M, Gray J, D'Souza Y, Charles SJ, Biswas S, Henson DB, McLeod D. In vivo imaging of cortical vitreous using 1050-nm swept-source deep range imaging optical coherence tomography. Am J Ophthalmol. 2014 Feb;157(2):397-404.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2013.10.008. Epub 2013 Oct 22. PubMed PMID: 24439443.

Ahmed TY, Turnbull AM, Attridge NF, Biswas S, Lloyd IC, Au L, Ashworth JL. Anterior segment OCT imaging in mucopolysaccharidosestype I, II, and VI. Eye. (Lond). 2014 Jan 3. doi: 10.1038/eye.2013.281. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24384963.

Watts P; Child maltreatment guideline working party of Royal College of Ophthalmologists UK. Abusive head trauma and the eye in infancy. Eye (Lond).  013 Oct;27(10):1227-9. doi: 10.1038/eye.2013.192. Epub 2013 Aug 30. PubMed PMID: 23989117; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3814425.

de Klerk TA, Park DY, Biswas S. Prolonged follow-up period following intravitreal bevacizumab injection for stage 3+ retinopathy of prematurity. Eye (Lond). 2013 Oct;27(10):1218. doi: 10.1038/eye.2013.148. Epub 2013 Jul 12. PubMed. PMID: 23846376; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3806577.

Chan WH, Biswas S, Lloyd IC, Wraith E, Jones S, Mercer J, Ashworth JL. Does the timing of treatment affect the ocular phenotype in patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis I homozygous for the L490P mutation? Eye (Lond). 2013

Sep;27(9):1112-4. doi: 10.1038/eye.2013.109. Epub 2013 Jun 7. PubMed PMID: 23743524; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3772352.

de Klerk TA, Sharma V, Arkwright PD, Biswas S. Severe vernal keratoconjunctivitis successfully treated with subcutaneous omalizumab. J AAPOS.  2013 Jun;17(3):305-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2012.12.153. Epub 2013 Apr 19. PubMed PMID: 23607979.

Barua A, McKee HD, Barbara R, Carley F, Biswas S. Toxic epidermal necrolysis in a 15-month-old girl successfully treated with amniotic membrane transplantation. J AAPOS. 2012 Oct;16(5):478-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2012.05.011.

Grey F, Carley F, Biswas S, Tromans C. Scleral contact lens management of bilateral exposure and neurotrophic keratopathy. Cont Lens Anterior Eye. 2012 Dec;35(6):288-91. doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2012.07.009. Epub 2012 Aug 15.

Sharma V, Biswas S. Vitreous hemorrhage in a premature infant with patent hyaloid artery and increased intracranial pressure. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2012 Mar 13;49 Online:e12-doi: 10.3928/01913913-20120306-02.

Chan WH, Biswas S, Ashworth JL, Lloyd IC. Congenital and infantile cataract: aetiology and management. Eur J Pediatr. 2012 Apr;171(4):625-30. doi: 10.1007/s00431-012-1700-1. Epub 2012 Mar 1. Review.

Chan WH, Biswas S, Ashworth J, Hughes I, Sharma V, Lloyd IC. Bilateral idiopathic orbital inflammatory syndrome with grossly elevated creatinine kinase levels. Eye (Lond). 2012 Apr;26(4):613-4. doi: 10.1038/eye.2011.341. Epub 2011 Dec 23.

Chan WH, Lloyd IC, Ashworth JL, May K, Bhojwani D, Biswas S. Measurement of intraocular pressure in children in the UK. Eye (Lond). 2011 Jan;25(1):119-20. Epub 2010. Nov 19.

Chan WH, Lloyd IC, Ashworth JL, Jain S, May K, Hughes I, Biswas S. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis associated with optic neuritis and marked peri-papillary hemorrhages. Eye (Lond). 2011 Dec;25(12):1658-9. doi: 10.1038/eye.2011.227.

Jalil A, Au L, Khan I, Ashworth J, Lloyd IC, Biswas S. Combined trabeculotomy-trabeculectomy augmented with 5-fluorouracil in paediatric glaucoma. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2011 Apr;39(3):207-14. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02444.x.

Jalil A, Maino A, Bhojwani R, Vose M, Ashworth JL, Lloyd IC, Biswas S. Periorbital capillary hemangioma of infancy: a clinical review of presentation and management. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2010 Jul 28:1-8. doi: 10.3928/01913913-20100719-04

Biswas S, Funnell CL, Grey J, Bunting R, Lloyd IC, Stanga P. Nidek MP-1 microperimetry and Fourier domain optical coherance tomography in X-linked retinoschisis. Br J Ophthalmol. 2010 Jul;94(7):949-50

Jain S, Ashworth J, Biswas S, lloyd IC. Duration of form deprivation and visual outcome in infants with bilateral congenital cataracts. J AAPOS. 2010;14:31-4.

Bhojwani R, Houtman AC, Stanga P, Bonshek R, Lloyd IC, Baildham E, Biswas S. Presumed early onset sarcoidosis: a case of devastating ocular inflammation in an infant. J Paediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2009;46:245-8

Gupta A, Vesudevan P, Biswas S, Clayton-Smith J, Moore AT, Lloyd IC, Dutton G. Microcephaly with Chorioretinal dysplasia: two case reports and a review of the literature. Ophthalmic Genet. 2009;30:157-60.

Sharma V, Biswas S. Self-limiting fourth and Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy After Lyme Disease. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2009;25:1-3.

Gupta A, Mercieca K Fahad B, Biswas S. The effectiveness and safety of single-use disposable instruments in cataract surgery – a clinical study using a surgeon based survey. J Peri-oper Pract. 2009;19:148-51

Houtman AC, Hocking G, Lloyd IC, Biswas S. Large angle congenital exotropia due to absent medial recti: a case of congenital cranial dysinnervation disorder. Eye. 2009;23:1489-90.

Ziahosseini K, Mathews D, Biswas S, Lloyd IC. Idiopathic Intracranial hypertension and congenital ocular melanocytosis: a new association. Br j Ophthalmol. 2008;92:1430-1.

Lennon J, Harper R, Lloyd IC, Biswas S. Usefulness of post-assessment reports in a paediatric low vision clinic: a questionnaire survey of parents and education professionals. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2008;28:247-52

Lloyd IC, Ashworth J, Biswas S, Abadi R. Advances in the management of congenital and infantile cataract. Eye. 2007;21:1301-9.

Ashworth JL, Maino AP, Biswas S, Lloyd IC.  Refractive outcomes after primary Intraocular lens implantation in infants. Br J Ophthalmol. 2007 May;91(5):596-9.

Sikkink SK, Biswas S, Parry NR, Stanga PE, Trump D.  X-linked retinoschisis: an update.J Med Genet. 2007 Apr;44(4):225-32.

Urquhart JE, Biswas S, Black GC, Munier FL, Sutphin J. Exclusion of COL8A1, the gene encoding the alpha2(VIII) chain of type VIII collagen, as a candidate for Fuchs endothelial dystrophy and posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy. Br J Ophthalmol. 2006 Nov;90(11):1430-1

Ashworth JL, Biswas S, Wraith E, Lloyd IC. The ocular features of the Mucopolysaccharidoses. Eye. 2006 May;20(5):553-63.

Ashworth JL, Biswas S, Wraith E, Lloyd IC.  Mucopolysaccharidoses and the eye. Surv Ophthalmol. 2006;51:1-17.

Quinn SM, Black GC, Biswas S, Clayton-Smith J, Lloyd IC.  Autosomal dominant brachydactyly, coloboma and anterior segment dysgenesis. Ophthalmic Genet. 2004;25:277-83

Rowe NA, Biswas S, Lloyd IC.  Primary IOL implantation in children: a risk analysis of foldable acrylic v PMMA lenses. Br J Ophthalmol. 2004;88:481-5.

Chandler KE, Biswas S, Lloyd IC, Parry N, Clayton-Smith J, Black GC. ophthalmic findings in Cohen syndrome. Br J Ophthalmol. 2002;86:1395-8.

S Biswas, FL Munier, J Yardley, N Hart-Holden, R Perveen,  P Cousin, JE Sutphin, B Noble, M Batterbury, C Kielty, A Hackett, R Bonshek, A Ridgway, D McLeod, VC Sheffield, EM Stone, DF Schorderet GCM Black. Missense mutations in COL8A2, the gene encoding the alpha-2 chain of type VIII collagen, cause two forms of corneal endothelial dystrophy. Hum Mol Genet. 2001;10:2415-23. 

S Ataullah, S Biswas, AEA Ridgway, EP O’Donoghue, AF Spencer. Long-term follow up of diode laser cycloablation for intractable glaucoma with the Zeiss Visulas II system. Br J Ophthalmol. 2002 Jan;86(1):39-42.

C Tromans, PM Haigh, S Biswas, IC Lloyd. Accuracy of intraocular lens power calculation in paediatric cataract surgery. Br J Ophthalmol. 2001;85:939-41.

J Kincey, M Bhatnagar, S Biswas, B Leatherbarrow, M Rhatigan, V Hillier, R Slater. Psychological effects of sedation in oculoplastic surgery: state anxiety, visuo-motor functioning, pain and post-surgical subjective amnesia. Psychol Health Med. 2001;6:277-82.

S Biswas, P Suresh, RE Bonshek, G Corbitt, AB Tullo, AEA Ridgway. Graft Failure in Human Donor Corneas Due to Transmission of Herpes Simplex Virus. Br J Ophthalmol 2000;84:701-705.

S Biswas, F Munier, G Black, B Frueh, P Othenin-Gerard, R Copt, P Cousin, B Noble, D Schorderet. Clinical and molecular analysis of Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2000;41:S269.

S Biswas, A Brahma, C Tromans, A Ridgway. The Clinical Management and Natural History of Pellucid Marginal Degeneration. Eye. 2000;14:629-34.

S Biswas, IC Lloyd. Oculocutaneous Albinism. Arch Dis Child. 1999;80(6):565-569.

S Biswas, M Bhatnagar,  M Rhatigan, J Kinsey, R Slater, B Leatherbarrow. Low Dose Midazolam Infusion for Oculoplastic Surgery under Local Anaesthesia. Eye. 1999;13:537-41.

S Biswas, A Brahma, C Tromans, A Ridgway. The Clinical Management and Natural History of Pellucid Marginal Degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1998;39:S67.

PM Haigh, C Tromans, S Biswas, IC Lloyd. Accuracy of Biometry in Paediatric Lens Implantation Surgery. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1998;39:S54.

NA Calcutt, DR Tomlinson, S Biswas. Coexistence of Nerve Conduction Deficit with Increased Na+/K+-ATPase Activity in Galactose Fed Mice: Implications for Polyol Pathway and Diabetic Neuropathy. Diabetes. 1990;39:663-665.

Book Chapters:

Congenital and Vascular Retinal Anomlies. Biswas S Black GC. In Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. Eds Craig S Hoyt & David Taylor

Paediatric Eye Disorders: Cataract, Retinopathy of Prematurity and Visual Dysfunction. Biswas S, Lloyd IC. In Paediatric Optometry. Eds. Harvey W, Gilmartin B. 2004 Butterworth Heinmann.

Paediatric Eye Disorders: Congenital and Neuromuscular Conditions. Biswas S, Lloyd IC. In Paediatric Optometry. Eds Harvey W, Gilmartin B. 2004 Butterworth Heinmann.

Principal Investigator for the following Studies:

1. PEDAL Study: R04069: Long Term Outcome of Children Enrolled in Study ROPP-2008-01 Previously Treated with rhIGF-1/rhIGFBP-3 for the Prevention of Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) or Who Received Standard Care.

2. RAINBOW: R04170: A Randomised Controlled Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Ranibizumab Compared with Laser Therapy for the Treatment of Infants Born Prematurely with Retinopathy of Prematurity.

Publications & Research | Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals