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Streamlining cataract lists: how are you managing it?

1 October 2021 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General
Mr Jonathan Ross, in conversation with Ms Bita Manzouri, provides a personal perspective on challenges and opportunities shaping the future of cataract surgery services across the hospital eye service. Redesigning cataract pathways in response to COVID-19 Bita Manzouri: Over the...

Investigating the link between corneal clarity and statin use

2 February 2024 | | EYE - Cornea
Transparency is a vital attribute of the cornea, necessary in preserving healthy vision. Maintaining this requires the collective input of the various layers of the cornea. Mostly, the layers implicated in this are the corneal stroma and endothelium [1]. Our...

Building capacity in eye health: A story of partnerships and collaborations

4 December 2024 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
In the evolving landscape of global eye health, partnerships and collaborations have been instrumental in driving capacity building and professional development. The impact of strategic alliances like VISION 2020 LINKS and the Diabetic Retinopathy Network (DR-NET) cannot be overstated, as...

The paediatric cataract: an overview of the diagnosis and management

5 August 2020 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General
In this second article (see first article here), Samuel Aryee and Rhys Dumont Jones review the challenges involved in managing this condition. Examination and diagnosis Cataracts in children can appear in a variety of forms, each presenting in a different...

Myasthenia gravis presenting with isolated ptosis: a poorly studied subgroup

1 February 2015 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Investigation into the cause of one isolated symptom or sign can be challenging if that particular sign may be caused by a variety of pathological processes, affecting different tissues, and presenting to different specialties. Unilateral ptosis is a case in...

NICE drugs: an update on what’s good to go

1 June 2014 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Treatment options recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) must be readily available for use in the NHS of England and Wales. This article provides an overview of recent guidance from NICE and summary advice issued...

Coming to terms with AI

1 August 2019 | | EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - General
A machine might be called intelligent if its response to questions could convince a person that it was human, a test proposed by Alan Turing in 1950 [1]. The author considers potential applications of artificial intelligence (AI) using machine learning...

Effective management of dry eye and ocular surface disease

4 August 2021 | | EYE - General
Experts recommend a consistent approach to diagnosis, therapeutic targeting by disease subtype and escalation of therapy when tear substitutes are not sufficient. Experts call for a consistent, unified approach to diagnosis of dry eye disease (DED), with a new simple...

Improving cataract efficiency: insights and learnings from expert practitioners

1 December 2022 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General
An evening surgical meeting sponsored by Théa Pharmaceuticals Ltd brought together leading experts to share insights and experience on practice strategies to enhance the efficiency of cataract surgery. Streamlining patient flow to optimise capacity and efficiency Qasim Mansoor, Consultant Ophthalmic...

Immunoglobulin G4-related ophthalmic disease – what is it? (Part 1)

3 February 2023 | | EYE - General
Part 1: Epidemiology, classification, radiology, histopathology and associations (see Part 2 here) In this two-part series, Li Yen Goh reviews IgG4 disease and reminds us of diagnostic challenges faced. Introduction Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) disease is a recently recognised idiopathic systemic...

South-South collaboration for the treatment of avoidable blindness in Botswana

1 October 2017 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
This article describes the value of South-South collaboration in the reduction of avoidable blindness. Specifically it describes a South-South collaboration between India and Botswana that evolved out of the VISION 2020 LINK between Cambridge University Hospitals, two institutions in India...

Survey of current undergraduate ophthalmology teaching in the United Kingdom

1 October 2019 |
Is there a crisis in ophthalmic education? The British Undergraduate Ophthalmology Society surveyed medical students and junior doctors to evaluate current ophthalmology teaching across medical schools in the UK. British medicals schools are currently not obligated to include ophthalmology within...