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Augmented trabeculectomy with mitomycin C in primary congenital glaucoma

This study aimed to determine success of trabeculectomy augmented with mitomycin C (MMC) in children with primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) and document complications of this intervention. Over a two-year period, the authors treated 74 eyes of 42 children with PCG,...

Eye Capacity: clinical need should drive ophthalmic service provision

Almost two million people in the UK suffer sight loss, a number forecast to double over coming decades. Major causes of blindness are age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, cataract and uncorrected refractive error. Prevalence of these sight-threatening conditions...

Part 1: Good news, bad news at the international conference

One of my favourite comic strips from my childhood was Good News, Bad News which ran in Jackpot comic from 1979–1982. In this strip, the story for the main character would be described in a series of alternating ‘Good News’...

Dec/Jan 2016 Quiz

History A 40-year-old swimming instructor undergoes an enucleation for a blind painful eye. There is a history of soft contact lens wear. She has had a corneal abscess and corneal graft procedures in the past. Questions 1. What does this...

Apr/May 2015 Quiz

History A 60-year-old man presented to the ophthalmologists with painful blurred left vision. Examination revealed a white vascular mass, occupying 60% of the anterior chamber space, arising from the iris. After conservative therapy, no useful vision remained. The eye was...

Moorfields International refractive symposium

The Moorfields International refractive symposium covers contemporary vision correction surgery to surgeons in the UK and around the world. Taking place on Thursday 24 April at the Royal College of Physicians in London (08:30 - 17:45), the symposium aims to...

Conference Report: European Society of Ophthalmology 2025

Established in 1956, the Societas Ophthalmologica Europaea (SOE) was brought together by representatives from 19 different European countries and was first held in Athens in 1960. The Congress has continued to flourish since then with meetings being held across Europe...

ABDO announces new partnership with University of Plymouth to deliver Level 6 dispensing optician apprenticeship

The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) is delighted to announce a new partnership with the University of Plymouth, which will deliver the ABDO Level 6 dispensing optician apprenticeship from September. The collaboration represents an important expansion of ABDO’s network...

Vision for the future: Changes to Glaucoma UK’s research programme in 2025

Glaucoma UK is excited to announce a new, reshaped Research Grants Programme for 2025. Set to open in January, this programme aims to support innovative research to improve the understanding, treatment, and care of glaucoma. Alongside opportunities for researchers at...

In vivo confocal microscopy, principles and use in keratitis Part 1: Principles

In 1968 Maurice introduced the concept of high powered specular microscopy, it was in that very year that the first scanning confocal microscope was proposed. Marvin Minsky developed the first confocal microscope in 1955 named the ‘double focusing scanning microscope’....

Use of polypropylene suture with glaucoma drainage tubes

The authors overview surgical techniques for initial non-valved glaucoma drainage device tube placement and a glaucoma drainage device tube extension using polypropylene suture as a guide wire and stabiliser in paediatric patients. The detailed technique for tube placement and tube...

Sustainability in ophthalmology and healthcare: An overview

Finally, even staunch sceptics are coming around to recognising that climate change is real and that we should do something about it. But how proximal the threat is and at what pace change has to happen is not universally agreed...