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Commonest mistakes during the refraction certificate exam
Ophthalmology specialty trainees are required to pass the refraction certificate exam within the first two years of training. If one passes this exam before entering a training programme, this can add two points to the portfolio during applications. In this...What's trending Oct/Nov 2023
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #Hello A big hello to those reading. It’s my absolute pleasure to take on the mantel of section editor of the...The results of the last survey Apr25
Postoperative endophthalmitis is arguably the worse possible complication of cataract surgery. We are a victim of our own success as the procedure has such an amazing safety profile that when things go wrong patients are bound to feel aggrieved and...“I can’t see nothing out of that eye, you ....!”
This is exactly the call you don’t want to receive at 11 at night. The A&E colleague phoned to inform me about a young man who was kicked several times in the face and could not see out of one...Getting one’s eye in
Lisette Bijma, Sister in the Eye Emergency Department at John Radcliffe Hospital, explains how COVID-19 provided a ‘baptism by fire’ and enabled fundamental and positive changes to the running of the department. Five years ago, I arrived in the UK,...Innovations in ophthalmology: what can the innovations of the past teach us about tomorrow?
BUOS Prize Essay – 2nd prize winner for 2013 submissions Introduction An essay titled Innovations in Ophthalmology might choose to focus on the history; from cataract couching to femtosecond lasers, ophthalmology has had no shortage of topics worthy of discussion....
Video Atlas of Oculofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
The second edition Video Atlas of Oculofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery by Korn and Kikkawa provides an overview of traditional and contemporary reconstructive and cosmetic eyelid, lacrimal and orbital surgical procedures. The book includes of 1600 intraoperative illustrations, in addition...Haag-Streit UK to offer iTrack Advance ‘Meet the experts’ sessions at UKEGS 2024
Haag-Streit UK will be exhibiting as a gold sponsor at the United Kingdom & Eire Glaucoma Society (UKEGS) event in Southampton on the 9th and 10th October 2024, where they will be showcasing the iTrack Advance microcatheter. Delegates will have...
EP in a case of abducens nerve palsy
Ecchordosis physaliphora (EP) is a rare non-malignant mass that originates from remains of the notochord and is typically asymptomatic. Symptomatic cases are extremely rare, and the majority are managed by surgical resection. This case study reports a 42-year-old male who...Global health and conflict: the unseen consequences
Global eye health inequalities stem from poor access to affordable care, causing preventative vision impairment and blindness. In 2020, a study showed that 510 million people, the majority being in low-income and middle-income countries, had uncorrected near vision impairment simply...
