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How effective is nurse-led telephone preassessment for cataract surgery?

25 July 2023 | Colver Ken Howe Ne, Tabitha Kusi-Yeboah, Madhavan S Rajan | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive

Cataract surgery is the most frequently performed surgical procedure in the UK [1]. The demand for cataract surgery is projected to increase with ageing population, and the recent pandemic has further contributed to the extended waiting times in the UK....

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My top five: Elective grants for an ophthalmology elective for a medical student surviving in a cost-of-living crisis

5 June 2023 | Neel Vyas | EYE - General

In a time where cost of living is significantly increasing, and the student NHS bursary is remaining stagnant, funding a medical elective is becoming increasingly more challenging for medical students. Surveys have shown that medical students typically get two to...

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The last three patients: general medicine (Patient Two)

5 June 2023 | Jonathan Rees (Prof) | EYE - General

For the second reflection in this series (see Patient One here), Professor Jonathan Rees recounts his experiences of the last patient he saw as a medical registrar, telling the tragic story of a young man’s death and the risks that...

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Simulating the visual impairment symptoms of age-related macular degeneration in virtual reality

5 June 2023 | Cameron R M Wilson, Ian Underwood, Baljean Dhillon (Prof) | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal

A new virtual reality application visually simulates age-related macular degeneration and demonstrates its progression over time including some Charles Bonnet syndrome hallucinations. Introduction Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in developed countries with the prevalence of...

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Emerging therapies for geographic atrophy: complement inhibitors show potential to slow progression and preserve RPE and photoreceptor integrity

5 June 2023 | Rod McNeil

Geographic atrophy (GA) is an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) characterised by progressive, irreversible loss of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors and is estimated to account for approximately 10% of AMD-related blindness [1-4]. The Age-Related Eye...

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Beyond 2020 Episodes 01-03

5 June 2023 | EYE - General

Introduction Working in remote, Amazonian villages, the Andean Medical Mission (AMM) have made progress into eliminating avoidable blindness in this small corner of the globe and have produced a video series, Beyond 2020, to share what they’ve learned over 12...

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Getting the Duke Elder examination right: reflections and tips from a medical student

31 May 2023 | Bing Jie Chow | EYE - General

The Duke Elder undergraduate prize examination is an annual exam organised by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in the United Kingdom. Named after Sir Stewart Duke Elder, a prominent British ophthalmologist, the exam is designed to encourage undergraduate medical students...

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Effect of the COVID-19 Urgent Eyecare Service on patient referrals to general practitioners and Hospital Eye Service

28 April 2023 | Hafsa Amjad, Nicholas Rumney | EYE - General

The COVID-19 Urgent Eyecare Services (CUES) was developed to relieve the demands of hospital ophthalmology, aiming to allow patients to have remote consultations and be managed by community optometric practice. This was because access to Hospital Eye Service (HES) Ophthalmic...

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ChatGPT cannot pass FRCOphth examinations: implications for ophthalmology and large language model artificial intelligence

26 April 2023 | Arun James Thirunavukarasu | EYE - General

Large language models are generating a lot of hype for artificial intelligence, but can they assist patients and practitioners in ophthalmology? Introduction Deep learning (DL) has emerged in ophthalmology as an exciting form of artificial intelligence (AI) most commonly applied...

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Artificial intelligence in eyecare: how do we ensure new technologies truly benefit our patients?

3 April 2023 | Fiona Buckmaster | EYE - General

From monitoring patients with heart disease to improving the early diagnosis of cancer, artificial intelligence (AI) using deep learning techniques is already employed in many different healthcare specialties [1]. In the eyecare field, AI technologies have been used to analyse...

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Real world data of post-IVT endophthalmitis, from a nurse-delivered intravitreal injection service

3 April 2023 | Yasir Khan, Robin Hamilton, Adam Mapani, Catey Bunce, Ranjan Rajendram, Carlos Pavesio | EYE - General

Introduction Intravitreal injection of neutralising anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) antibody was licenced more than a decade ago, and over the years there has been proportionate increase in the number of intravitreal injections [1]. Injection of a therapeutic agent through...

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My ophthalmology taster week experience at Whipps Cross Eye Treatment Centre

3 April 2023 | Phong Phan | EYE - General

Deciding to explore ophthalmology Having read about ophthalmology, I have always found myself fascinated about what a career in ophthalmology entails. I have often wondered what ophthalmologists actually do, as we as medical students did not have a lot of...

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