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The results of the last survey Apr25

2 April 2025 | Amar Alwitry | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal

Postoperative endophthalmitis is arguably the worse possible complication of cataract surgery. We are a victim of our own success as the procedure has such an amazing safety profile that when things go wrong patients are bound to feel aggrieved and...

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The results of the last survey Feb25

4 February 2025 | Amar Alwitry | EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Cataract

*Please be aware that this data does not form part of a peer reviewed research study. The information therein should not be relied upon for clinical purposes but instead used as a guide for clinical practice and reflection. The sample...

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The results of the last survey Dec24

4 December 2024 | Amar Alwitry | EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Cataract

This edition’s survey results are fascinating. They focus more on your impressions and views rather than on the facts of your clinical practice. Effectively I asked you to take the role of an expert and comment on the cases I...

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The results of the last survey Feb24

2 February 2024 | Amar Alwitry | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal

Thank you to all those who participated in this edition’s survey and for those of you who attended my recent Medico-legal Seminar at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. It was a fascinating and educational day, made a success by the...

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The results of the last survey Jun22

1 June 2022 | Amar Alwitry | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

Thank you once more for your time in answering the latest survey. The first question relates to the number of staff required for a routine cataract list. There was a big variance in practice. Some of us are luckier than...

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The results of the last survey Apr22

5 April 2022 | Amar Alwitry | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

The answer to the first question was interesting in that it seems an increasing number of units are doing same-sitting bilateral cataract surgery. It is becoming accepted practice and mainstream. Immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) involves performing phacoemulsification with...

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The results of the last survey Dec21

1 December 2021 | Amar Alwitry | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

Consent is a hot topic at the moment and the publication of the GMC Guidance on Consent [1] has rightfully refocussed our attention on it. Consent practices vary wildly and have been the subject of many of these surveys. Once...

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A missed opportunity

1 February 2019 | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal

Back in 2000 Sir Liam Donaldson wrote a piece of work commissioned by the then Secretary of State for Health entitled “An Organisation with a Memory”. We are now 18 years on and still some of the recommendations from them...

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The Case of Dr Bawa-Garba – Where does the buck stop?

1 August 2018 | Amar Alwitry | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

The case of Hadiza Bawa-Garba has left all of us in the UK medical profession with an uncomfortable taste in our mouths. We all know that we work under pressure and we will inevitably make mistakes. We all know that...

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Hydroxychloroquine toxicity

1 August 2017 | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

Being the subject of litigation is stressful and upsetting. Having to look back over your previous decisions and justify the care you delivered in good faith can be difficult. Sadly, we all live with the Sword of Damocles above us...

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