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DR-NET National DR Workshop in Tanzania: Policy, training and technology

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of moderate to severe visual impairment (VI) and blindness worldwide, posing a significant public health challenge. As the prevalence of diabetes continues to rise globally, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), the...

Video consultations after COVID-19

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, video consultations (VC) in eye care have been adopted in some regions and hospitals as a way of replacing some face to face ophthalmic consultations. I would like to use this column to...

Happy hour

Welcome Eye News Aug/Sep 2023, your bi-monthly tonic for a much-needed happy hour. In the current climate of challenge across all fronts, there’s no better time to reach out for the professional equivalent of a cheery cup in the company...

Visual disturbance heralding stroke: are we seeing the signs in time?

Isolated visual symptoms may be an early presenting feature of stroke, and timely recognition of such atypical cases is important because treatment for stroke has a limited time-window of efficacy. Stroke occurs in approximately 150,000 people per year in the...

Refraction planning in cataract: avoid creating an unhappy patient

“It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has.” William Osler The focus of this paper is the prevention of an unhappy patient following cataract...

Ophthalmology in a War Zone: an interview with Dr Volodymyr Melnyk

It is now nine months since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine commenced in late February 2022, with Putin announcing a “special military operation” to “denazify and demilitarise” Ukraine. The rest of the world, however, saw it for what it...

Difference in retinoblastoma phenotypes based on maternal or paternal inheritance

The aim of this study was to explore the difference in presentation of retinoblastoma between paternal and maternal inheritance. A retrospective medical records review methodology was employed. Records of individuals diagnosed with a retinoblastoma with at least one symptomatic family...

Demyelinating optic neuropathy

Introduction Optic neuritis (ON) is an inflammatory process affecting the optic nerve. After glaucoma, it is the most common optic neuropathy affecting patients under the age of 50. The usual presentation of typical ON is unilateral subacute loss of vision...

Management of strabismus due to orbital wall fractures

The authors present a retrospective single centre review of patients with strabismus due to orbital wall fractures with regard to their clinical presentation and outcomes. The study included 347 patients; 87% male and mean age of 32.42 ±12.9 years. Ten...

Acute dacryocystic retention

This is a retrospective study of patients with acute dacryocystic retention (ADR). The condition is distinct from infectious dacryocystitis, and is characterised by an acute onset of pain and epiphora associated with a tender but not inflamed lacrimal sac thought...

Nystagmus surgery

This study used a questionnaire-based assessment of the qualitative experience of adults and parents of children who had 4-muscle tenotomy surgery for nystagmus. Pre and postoperative video recordings and visual acuity measurements were used to objectively assess the physical effect...

Advocacy on the Airwaves: Pioneering eye health partnership doubles sight-saving child screenings in Zambian Province

A pioneering eye health programme is creating a legacy for children in Zambia, having almost doubled access to sight-saving eye screenings in its first two years of operation. Working in the heart of Zambia’s Copperbelt Province, the Qatar Creating Vision...