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Diplopia after orbital decompression

1 February 2022 | | EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Orbit
This is a review of patients undergoing a balanced two-wall and fat orbital decompression to identify risk factors for new onset diplopia. Standard decompression techniques were used, but as the surgery was conducted by ENT surgeons, the medial walls were...
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Unilateral cataract extraction outcomes in older children compared to two studies with younger cohorts

3 April 2023 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus
The authors present a retrospective study of children undergoing cataract surgery between the ages of two and seven-years-old at one centre, over a 24-year period. Data including demographics, ocular history, ophthalmic findings, operative reports, adverse events, and record of re-operations...
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Electrocautery and implantable cardiac devices

5 June 2023 | | EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Orbit
This is a literature review of the risks associated with bipolar and monopolar electrocautery in patients with a permanent pacemaker (PPM) or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). The authors found 12 publications which met their inclusion criteria, but within these there...

Single-use cataract procedure sets from Surgitrac

10 April 2024 | Research & Development
Surgitrac instruments offers two new cataract procedure sets, ideal for the busy ophthalmologist.

Intravitreal injection (IVT) procedure pack

4 May 2023 | Research & Development
Surgitrac instruments offers IVT procedure pack IVT249P.

Heidelberg Engineering announces expansion of market access for digital surgical visualization platform

8 June 2026 | Company Profiles, Contracts & Distributors
Heidelberg Engineering announced the upcoming commercialization of Heidelberg OPERA, its fully digital surgical visualization platform, which will be introduced through the company’s global sales force and distribution network. Bausch + Lomb, a long-standing distribution partner for the digital surgical microscope...

Climb every mountain!

2 August 2024 |
Recently, on a weekend break away in the beautiful Cairngorms, I foolishly let it be known that I had never actually climbed a ‘Munro’, despite having moved from Northern Ireland to Scotland nearly 17 years ago! For the unaware, Munros...

RNIB puts vital eyecare support in place across Hertfordshire and West Essex

24 September 2025 | charity, ECLO, patient stories, RNIB
Patients with eye conditions across Hertfordshire and West Essex now have access to vital emotional and practical support as The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has employed three specialist officers at hospital eye clinics across the region. The...

The symbolism of eyes in Halloween traditions and popular culture

31 October 2025 | | EYE - General
Halloween is a festival steeped in symbolism. Pumpkins, skeletons, ghosts and witches dominate the seasonal iconography, each representing broader cultural anxieties about death, darkness and the supernatural. Among these motifs, the eye, often depicted as glowing, disembodied or grotesquely exaggerated,...

‘The Way Forward’ champions clinicians as architects of patient-centred service redesign

1 April 2017 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The demographic time bomb poses the dilemma of how more healthcare can be delivered to the UK’s ageing population without commensurate growth in resources. The Way Forward Project provides a robust resource for clinical centres to better identify and implement...

Large-scale study uncovers demographic and sex factors behind genetic cause of age-related visual loss

25 March 2025 | FECD, vision loss, genetics, cornea, inherited eye condition, research, UCL, NIHR
A new study has identified a major genetic contributor to Fuchs’ Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD), a common cause of vision loss, also highlighting the significant roles of sex and ancestry. FECD is a common, inherited eye condition that primarily affects...

AI detects eye changes that lead to sight loss in young people

16 October 2025 | artificial intelligence, kerataconus, Moorfields, sight loss
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) can accurately predict when young people with the sight- threatening eye condition kerataconus need treatment to stabilise the cornea and prevent loss of vision. Developed by researchers at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of...