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Three methods of suppression measurement
Test-retest reliability and interchangeability are evaluated for three filter bars available to measure density of suppression: Sbisa bar, Bagolini filter (BF) bar and neutral density filter (NDF) bar. The study involved 10 strabismic adults. Testing conditions were altered and effects...
Density of cataract and its influence on retinal nerve fibre layer thickness
1 December 2013
| Nana Theodorou
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The aim of this study was to further define and model the influence of cataract on spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) image quality and retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness measurements. OCT quality is influenced by opacities in the...
An arm and a leg
1 October 2016
| Jan Huelle, Jonathan Park
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
“It cost me an arm and a leg.” – Mr B told me. An arm and a leg to be seen by the famous Russian eye surgeon who said that everybody can be spectacle-free. He took Mr B’s money (roughly...
BCLA Presidential Address highlights the opportunities for growth in contact lens sector
The new President of the BCLA has used his inaugural address to urge the sector to have “meaningful” conversations after eye exams and deliver “better vision outcomes” for patients.Teen with sight loss grapples with judo success
A Hamilton teenager is proving that judo can be for everyone, including those with sight loss.
Effectiveness and Safety of Dexamethasone implants for post surgical macular oedema including Irvine-gass syndrome
1 April 2018
| Jonathan Chan
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This is a retrospective, multicentre, uncontrolled, consecutive case series from Lyon, France between April 20111 to June 2014, with minimum of one year follow-up. The clinical features including the best corrected acuity (BCVA), central subfield macular thickness (CSMT) and intraocular...
Visual acuity after cataract surgery in AMD patients
The data from this study are obtained from the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) 2 and analysed to evaluate if cataract surgery benefits patients with concurrent age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The AREDS 2 was a five year, prospective, multi-centre randomised...
Intravitreal aflibercept for retinal angiomatous proliferation (RAP)
2 December 2019
| Sofia Rokerya
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
In this prospective study the authors present the visual and anatomical outcome of patients with RAP lesions who were treated with intravitreal aflibercept. The study cohort of 46 patients reached study completion at week 96. They were all Caucasians, with...
The Story of Looking: Mark Cousins
Lake, Sweden, as featured in The Story Of Looking. In an interview with Director Mark Cousins about his relationship with sight and storytelling, Peter Cackett discusses Cousins’ recent film, The Story of Looking, and how its production informed, and was...Eye research: where next?
1 December 2017
| Rod McNeil
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EYE - General
Eye research in the UK is underfunded relative to other areas of medical research and general awareness of sight loss and its prevention remains poor, messages that were reinforced in presentations and discussions during a recent research summit meeting in...
Leading eye care charity Orbis teams up with Espresso Solutions to celebrate Father’s Day
This Father’s Day, Orbis are offering everyone the chance to win a top-of-the-line coffee machine.Papilloedema: an update
1 June 2016
| James F (Barry) Cullen
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
Some readers may have seen a recent report in the national newspapers of the case of a teenage girl with persistent severe headache associated with a fatal brain tumour having been undiagnosed despite many consultations with her medical advisers. It...
