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Ophthalmic viscoelastic devices: Useful insights for a novice cataract surgeon

4 February 2025 | | EYE - Cataract
Ophthalmic viscoelastic devices (OVDs) are essential in many different stages of cataract surgery. This article discusses the categories of OVDs and their respective properties, and highlights their uses in different scenarios faced in cataract surgery. Ophthalmic viscoelastic devices are gel-like...

Decoding the red eye

15 February 2021 | | EYE - Cornea
Red eye, or hyperaemia, is one of the most common presentations to primary care [1] and the emergency department [2]. However, despite this the underlying cause is often misdiagnosed which can lead to severe, sight-threatening conditions being missed [1]. Thorough...

Doctor by the sea (Pete’s Hidden Curriculum Part 1)

1 February 2022 | | EYE - General
See Pete's Hidden Curriculum Part 2 here. “They can always hurt you more.” This is The Fat Man’s Law Number 8 from the book The House of God by Samuel Shem. For those that have not read this book, it...

Advances in cataract surgery

1 April 2018 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
This article covers recent clinical findings in mydriasis and anaesthesia for cataract surgery, shared by Sathish Srinivasan and Keith Davey at a surgical meeting in Manchester. Towards dropless cataract surgery Day case cataract surgery is the standard of care in...

See sweet to C-suite: Carrie MacEwen

2 April 2025 | | EYE - General
The business world tells us, “Know your why.” But increasingly, we live in a society where people think, “Why bother?” In this interview, David wants to know what makes Carrie MacEwen tick, and why she bothered to get involved locally,...

Gene therapy for inherited retinal disease: the Manchester Ocular Gene Therapy Group MDT service

4 August 2021 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
The authors describe the process set up in Manchester for the optimum delivery and assessment of a new gene therapy treatment for patients with RPE65 IRD. Inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs) are the second commonest cause of severe visual impairment in...

Cutting-edge practice in glaucoma care: what, how and why?

1 April 2016 | | EYE - Glaucoma
More effective treatments and drug delivery modalities, implantable minimally invasive glaucoma surgical (MIGS) devices, as well as accelerating clinical research programmes, will transform the surgical and clinical management of glaucoma in the near future. There is also an ever-greater emphasis...

Fusarium keratitis in a patient with alcohol dependence

1 April 2014 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - Imaging, EYE - General
Treatment of fungal keratitis secondary to the Fusarium species remains a challenge. Although relatively more common in warmer climates, this corneal infection is rare in the UK. Most cases have been reported in farmers and are often preceded by trauma....

Ground-breaking achievements in blindness prevention

1 October 2019 | EYE - General
One small UK based charity is enabling pioneering research to prevent blindness in low and lower middle income countries. The British Council for Prevention of Blindness (BCPB), established in 1976, funds innovative research and training which seeds the development of...

“Herr Doktor, I can’t see but I am driving”

1 February 2018 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
This 56-year-old lady was quite puzzling. With her own glasses and the pinhole she merely managed to see the 1.3 and 1.0 logMAR lines with her right and left eye, respectively (I am currently working in Germany again, so goodbye...

The Eyes Have It and World Eye Health Day - A Q&A with Marsha de Cordova

15 December 2023 | TEHI, WEHD, Politics, eye health, report, change, sight loss
Westminster Eye Health Day is the flagship parliamentary event of The Eyes have It, a partnership of Roche, Macular Society, Fight for Sight, The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Association of Optometrists and RNIB and has returned for its third year, sponsored by Marsha de Cordova MP.

International Women’s Day 2025: In Conversation With Dr Michelle Le Cheminant

9 March 2025 | international womans day, conversation, Q&A, ophthalmology, gender
Women make up 70% of the global health and social workforce but hold only 25% of leadership roles. In ophthalmology, women represent just 25-30% of ophthalmologists. Research shows that hospitals with increased female surgeons and anesthetists have lower odds of...