Ahead of World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day on 30 January, international eye care charity Orbis has announced that it has achieved the World Health Organisation (WHO) threshold for eliminating trachoma as a public health concern in Sheka Zone, Southwest...
Malawi is a small land-locked country in eastern Africa with a growing population of over 17 million people. About 45% of the population is aged 14 or under; only 5% are aged 60 or over. The gross national income per...
Dr Rajan Sondh talks about medical electives and how he believes they are an opportunity to explore career interests, giving undergraduates an opportunity to develop skills in areas that they wouldn’t normally encounter on placements. Typically, electives are taken abroad,...
The author examines the current visual standards required by drivers and asks whether more needs to be done to make roads safer. Are the public adequately protected by the current system of visual standards required by drivers? In a survey...
This study aimed to identify the ocular features of Turkish children born with this deletion syndrome. Sixteen children were reviewed (seven female and nine male) aged four months to 18 years. Two children died before the age of one year....
Extended depth of focus (EDOF) intraocular lens (IOL) offers improved near and intermediate vision, aiming to reduce spectacle dependence in cataract patients. This study aims to evaluate the performance of EDOF lenses following cataract surgery in patients with retinal pathology....
This is a review of current literature on unilateral strabismus surgery for small to moderate angle esotropia, exotropia, residual and consecutive strabismus and convergence or divergence insufficiency. The review considers recession surgery for eso / exotropia of angles up to...
Yes, this month sees the return of the four-yearly nightmare for me which is the Fifa World Cup. I have had to live with the torture of watching England being knocked out of the tournament ever since I first started...
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...
The FRCOphth Part 1 is the first of the fellowship examinations set by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. It is considered one of the hardest and challenging examinations focusing on the theoretical knowledge of the learning outcomes set in the...
This article reviews the incidence, clinical findings, risk factors, management and visual outcomes in intravitreal injection related endophthalmitis. Incidence of this complication is reported to be in the range of 0.038% to 0.065% (1 in 2000-3000 injections). Patients present typically...