Pathogenesis Thyroid eye disease (TED) is an auto-immune condition, in the initial phase there is lymphocytic infiltration and oedema of the extraocular muscles with deposition of glycosaminoglycans and hyaluronic acid and adipogenesis, which can lead to an increase in the...
Scientists are working on a new device that could lead to a reduction in the number of people who go blind from age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the dose-response relationship for primary bilateral medial rectus (MR) resection in 49 children with exotropia. Fifty-seven percent of children were male and mean age at surgery was 6.7 ±5.3 years. Mean preoperative...
A drug candidate, based on pioneering UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital research and currently under development by SIFI S.p.A., has been found to be highly effective in treating a rare sight-threatening eye infection in a new international clinical trial.
Congratulations to Diabetes UK-funded researcher Professor Roy Taylor, who has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours list, recognising his world-leading work in diabetes research.
For the 25th anniversary event of the Nottingham Eye Symposium registration will be free of charge but please ensure you pre-register. Abstracts are now being accepted for clinical and scientific research presentations - submit to nottinghameyesymposium@gmail.com by the 16th December...
1 February 2022
| Saad Mahmud Khan, Ruqaiyah Behranwala
|
EYE - General
The authors ask whether e-learning can help to address the current lack of ophthalmology teaching in the undergraduate curriculum. Studies among the United Kingdom, Australasian, Canadian and Asian medical schools have found that students on average spent just over a...
5 February 2020
| Salina Zaheen, Yasmin Riaz
|
EYE - General
With 90% of the world’s visually impaired living in developing countries, Pakistan is no exception to this on-going global healthcare challenge. Despite massive leaps over the last few decades in targeting this issue, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that...
Following on from our recent online survey*, the authors examine the use of intracameral cefuroxime as the standard of care in cataract surgery. Cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation is one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures in the...
The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) has approved the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) to be a Registered Centre. ABDO previously operated as an e-centre with CMI and this change allows ABDO to consider any future management and leadership training...
The author explains how a research institute’s dedication to multidisciplinary collaboration helped him to discover a passion for academic ophthalmology. The elective aspect to the final year of a medical degree, through its change of scenery and immersion into another...