Mr James Hsuan is a consultant ophthalmologist with a sub-specialty practice in oculoplastic and orbital surgery.  He has worked at Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool since 2005, prior to which he completed oculoplastic and orbital surgery fellowships in Bristol and Adelaide. He has a particular interest in reconstructive surgery of the periocular region and also works closely with maxillo-facial, ENT and neurosurgical colleagues at Aintree and the Walton Centre.

JOURNAL REVIEWED: Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery – Jun 2014 (ongoing)

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Imaging and histological relationship of orbital schwannomas

This is a retrospective review of 15 patients with orbital schwannomas comparing the radiological characteristics, in particular the signal intensity on MRI with the histological sub-types of the tumours. Five patients had MRI imaging alone, three had CT alone and...


OCT imaging of occluded puncta

This is a description of the use of enhanced depth optical coherence tomography (OCT) to see whether a patent ampulla or canaliculus is detectable in patients with absent or occluded puncta. Nine occluded puncta of six patients with epiphora were...


Avoiding pre-placed recti sutures in enucleation

This is a retrospective review of 40 patients who underwent enucleation using a non-conventional technique in which the recti muscles were detached from the sclera without pre-placing any sutures to secure the cut muscle ends. The surgery was only performed...