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Insights from the ‘Rb-NET Challenges’ Session: Evolving approaches in global retinoblastoma management
2 April 2025
| Mattan Arazi, Ido Didi Fabian, Nick Astbury, Brenda Gallie (Prof), Covadonga Bascaran, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Oncology
The Retinoblastoma Network (Rb-NET) Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) platform, developed by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Professor Ido Didi Fabian, is a web-based telemedicine initiative that regularly hosts virtual MDT meetings focused on the evaluation and...
Diary from my elective: a Parisian experience
2 December 2019
| Nikolaos Tzoumas
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EYE - General
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...
A paperless future – get involved!
1 August 2014
| David Haider
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Jeremy Hunt’s statement earlier in 2014, about a paperless NHS by 2018, has added momentum to the transition away from paper records. The Tech Review this issue discusses what that will involve and how and why you may want to...
Health-related quality of life after cataract surgery
1 June 2016
| Bheemanagouda Patil
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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cataract, cataract surgery, quality of life, quality-adjusted life years
This prospective study evaluates the impact of cataract surgery on subjects’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measured with a 15-dimension generic instrument, the 15D. The HRQoL of cataract subjects was compared with that of an age- and gender-standardised sample of...
How accurate is the supplement content in both generic and branded ophthalmology supplements?
5 October 2020
| Tasmin Berman
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This prospective cross-section study compared the concentrations of Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Zinc, and Copper in five dietary supplements including both national and regional brands used for macular degeneration in the United States. They performed a comparative analysis using gas...
What's trending Dec/Jan 2019
1 December 2018
| Stephanie Chiu
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EYE - Orbit, EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
The Eye News Twelve Days of Christmas On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…A #RyderCup globe injury An unfortunate spectator was hit in the eye by a wayward golf ball during the Ryder Cup, and...
Uveal melanoma
3 August 2023
| Mertcan Sevgi, Timothy Beckman, Paul Cauchi, Julie Connolly, Vikas Chadha
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EYE - Pathology, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Imaging
Uveal melanoma is the most common primary intraocular tumour. However, they are still rare, with an incidence of 2-8 per million [1]. The presence of a choroidal naevus is a risk factor for uveal melanoma [1]. Patients with choroidal lesions...
It’s not all about ARED - Time for a pragmatic approach to nutrition for eye health?
1 April 2016
| Christine Purslow (Prof)
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EYE - Cornea
Advances in treatment for retinal diseases involving neovascularisation have undoubtedly changed the future of eye care across the UK for the better, but also created great challenges for service delivery in ophthalmology, particularly within the NHS. Some statistics are starting...
Reliability of kinetic perimetry in children and young adults
1 December 2014
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
This study reports on normative visual field area, feasibility and repeatability of testing for a large sample size of healthy children and young adults, using Octopus semi-automated kinetic perimetry. Sample included 221 healthy volunteers aged 5-22 years. The study was...