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Diary from my elective: a Parisian experience
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...
Correlation between structural and functional status of optic nerve and retina in multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) involves autoimmune inflammatory demyelination and axonal degeneration in the central nervous system. Investigation of the retina and optic nerve head (ONH) is an ideal way to visualise this demyelination. This study investigates the functional and structural properties...
Differential diagnosis of inflammatory optic neuritis
The authors present the differential diagnosis of inflammatory optic neuritis (ON) to include multiple sclerosis, infectious optic neuritis, systemic disease and neuromyelitis optica (NMO). The features of ON for the varying aetiologies are detailed including incidence and overlap. In acute...Burnout: ubiquitous and unavoidable?
Meriam Islam reminds us of the importance of ‘putting our oxygen mask on first’ and avoiding burnout while we progress through our careers. Burnout. It’s a term we hear a lot. What does it mean though? According to Merriam Webster,...The lived experience of benign essential blepharospasm
Benign essential blepharospasm (BEB) is a rare neurological condition which causes involuntary sustained or intermittent muscular contraction of both eyelids and upper facial muscles which cause closure of eyelids, abnormal facial expressions and distress [1]. The term dystonia is an...BCLA announces industry specialist as new chair
An optometrist with more than 20 years’ experience of working in the eyecare industry has been unveiled as the new chair of the BCLA.
Surgical oculocardiac reflex
The authors evaluated the incidence of oculocardiac reflex (OCR) during strabismus surgery to determine its associated risk factors at a tertiary referral centre. Seventy-six patients were reviewed; 51.3% male and a mean age of 15±12 years. Strabismus surgery was bilateral...
IO surgery
The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the efficacy of a new surgical technique in reducing inferior oblique muscle overaction (IOOA) consisting of suturing the muscle to the sclera at the Gobin point with tendon sparing and using a...
Masked bilateral SO palsy
This study examined the occurrence of masked bilateral superior oblique (SO) palsy with contralateral inferior oblique (IO) over action requiring further surgical intervention in children undergoing unilateral IO weakening surgery for presumed unilateral SO palsy. This retrospective study included 50...Contract signed to build Oriel, a state-of-the-art eye health centre
A £300 million contract has been awarded to Bouygues UK to build Oriel, a new eye care, research and education centre in Camden.SpaMedica eyes innovation, unveiling UK first-of-its-kind vision care centre in Hereford
New relocatable Ophthalmic Diagnostic and Treatment Centre will deliver comprehensive eyecare directly into local communities. In a commitment to revolutionise community healthcare, a first-of-its-kind eye health centre has been launched in Hereford by SpaMedica, designed specifically to deliver high-quality eyecare...
