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UKISOP 2023

2 November 2023

by Lorcan Butler, Optical Engagement Manager, thebraintumourcharity.org, UKISCRS is the UK & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons who had their annual Conference in London with a two-day event at The Leonardo City Hotel. On the other hand, UKISOP...

Impact of COVID-19 on primary retinal detachments

3 October 2022 | Sofia Rokerya | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General | Coronavirus disease 19, Primary retinal detachment, Vitrectomy

This study aimed to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the presentation characteristics, timings, and surgical decisions for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). The cohort included all patients who presented to a Portuguese centre over a two-year period,...

Building capacity for diabetic retinopathy services in Malawi

1 August 2019 | Roxanne Annoh, Joseph Msosa, Caroline Styles, Moira Gandiwa, Anne Sinclair, Marcia Zondervan | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

Screening for diabetic retinopathy prevents blindness. There is no systematic screening programme for diabetic eye disease in Malawi and people present when they have lost vision and it is too late for treatment. The aim of the VISION 2020 LINK...

A personal reflection: working at the International Centre for Eye Health from 2006–2024

3 April 2024 | Nick Astbury | EYE - General

I feel incredibly fortunate to have been working part-time at the International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) [1] since 2006. Earlier in my career, the responsibilities of work and a growing family made this merely an aspiration, and apart from...

The screening and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity

1 December 2013 | B Manoj, F Dean | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

A male child is born at 31 weeks and requires 100% oxygen supplementation with intensive care. What would be the ophthalmic management of this child? In the first instance, it will be useful to know the screening criteria and protocol....

“Robot performs cataract surgery on patient!”

1 June 2018 | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive

Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are scientific reality and which are ‘fake news’. Headline: “Robot performs cataract surgery on patient!” Twenty-five years ago when Eye News launched, a news headline such...

Keep calm and cut the carbon – improving sustainability in ophthalmology

7 December 2020 | S Vamshi Merugumala | EYE - General

As I dump my tenth pair of gloves into a non-recyclable clinical waste bin; dispose of another handful of plastic minims; or print another wad of single-sided discharge paperwork after a cataract surgery, the inconvenient truth of how these seemingly...

Congenital cataract

4 December 2025 | Tarek Hammadieh, Namita Mathews | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Paediatrics

Congenital cataract is the clouding or opacification of the lens that occurs at birth or weeks after (infantile cataract). They can be unilateral or bilateral and vary in form, size and location, and consequently the visual impact, management course and...

The Spectacle Makers’ Charity takes up the challenge of glaucoma in Nigeria

16 August 2022

The Glaucoma-NET was established by the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme in 2021 to address the high levels of irreversible blindness due to glaucoma in low-income countries. It aims to preserve the sight of people with glaucoma through bringing together patients, clinicians, researchers, NGOs and Ministries of Health, with a lasting and sustainable impact.

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