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Sight Sciences OMNI® Masterclass, Colchester
23 January 2023
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Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries
Saturday 14th January saw Sight Sciences hold their third UK Masterclass for the OMNI Surgical System.
A comparison of colour vision tests in the presence of contrast sensitivity loss
1 February 2018
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Contrast sensitivity, Farnsworth D-15, Hardy-Rand-Rittler, Ishihara
This study analyses the effect of contrast sensitivity (CS) loss on colour vision (CV) testing, using a variety of colour vision tests. The authors used a computer model for CS loss to determine its effect on CV testing scores for...
Clearly: How a 700 year old invention can change the world forever
“If you are reading this, there’s a one in two chance that you’re doing so with a pair of glasses or contact lenses. Just imagine what your life would be like without them.” Most of the people living in this...
Stromal cell alignment in damaged cornea
1 August 2017
| Graham Wallace
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
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Confocal microscopy, Corneal wound healing, Extracellular matrix, SHG imaging
Stromal keratocytes are responsible for wound healing in the cornea following damage. Keratocytes at the site of injury become activated and differentiate to myofibroblasts which secrete extracellular matrix (ECM) to close the wound, a response mediated by transforming growth factor...
Myopia-related strabismus – heavy eye syndrome
3 January 2023
| Ali Yagan
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EYE - General
Introduction Myopia can be associated with any type of strabismus, but high myopia has increased frequency of esotropia and vertical heterotropia. The incidence and severity of the strabismus increases with the degree of myopia and age of the patient. Classification...
Study calls for thorough investigation of patients with early signs of retinal vascular disease
Patients with the eye condition Paracentral Acute Middle Maculopathy (PAMM) would benefit from further investigation, as their risk of heart attacks and strokes may be greater than previously shown, suggests a new study led by researchers at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Review of non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy
1 October 2016
| Chrysostomos D Dimitriou
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Neuroprotection, optic nerve ischemia, optic nerve vasculature, primate models, rodent models
This article reviews the risk factors, clinical presentation and therapies that have been investigated for non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAAION). Additionally, it provides an update from recent rodent and primate models, offering a new insight into the pathophysiology of...
What’s trending? Dec/Jan 2018
1 December 2017
| Stephanie Chiu
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EYE - General
A round-up of the eye related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #scleratattoo Yes, you read that correctly. Scleral tattoos are a relatively new form of extreme body modification. Oddly enough, ‘sclera...
An interview with Professor John Forrester
2 December 2019
| Hari Kaneshayogan
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EYE - General
What made you choose ophthalmology as a career and how did your interest in academia develop? During Medical School at Glasgow University, I was getting progressively disillusioned with the career options while my colleagues and friends all seemed to quickly...
In conversation with John Forrester
2 December 2019
| Hari Kaneshayogan
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EYE - General
What made you choose ophthalmology as a career and how did your interest in academia develop? During Medical School at Glasgow University, I was getting progressively disillusioned with the career options while my colleagues and friends all seemed to quickly...
Vaughan and Asbury’s General Ophthalmology (19th edition)
1 October 2018
| Razan Nour
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EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - General, EYE - Strabismus
Vaughan and Asbury’s General Ophthalmology (19th edition) is the latest update of this classic ophthalmology textbook that has been around for nearly 60 years. Written by British, American and Canadian authors, this book is intended for an international readership and...
Ophthalmology (third edition)
1 December 2018
| Hasan A Usmani
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EYE - General
If you are an ophthalmologist who enjoys books with coloured pictures, you’re no lone wolf. The third edition of Lang’s Ophthalmology will definitely pique your primal ophthalmologist instincts. You will be drawn to its soft-bound yet sturdy looking exterior. Flicking...
