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ABDO releases new white paper on paediatric vision care

The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) has released a new white paper, Advancing paediatric vision care: evidence-based insights and best practices for dispensing spectacles to children by Dr Alicia Thompson. Children’s vision underpins educational attainment, social interaction and lifelong...

Eye Surgeons of the Future

Who and where are the eye surgeons of the year 2040? Chien Wong reports from a London school's Careers Fair.

RCT of simultaneous vs sequential glasses and patching treatment for amblyopia shows difference for stereopsis but not visual acuity outcomes

The purpose of this prospective randomised controlled trial was to compare outcomes of simultaneous (group A) vs sequential (group B) refractive correction and patching in the treatment of amblyopia. The trial included 70 patients aged mean 10.27 ±3.31 years overall...

Diagnostic accuracy of enhanced depth imaging OCT in children

The authors present the findings of a retrospective cross-sectional case series. Cases were identified using a treatment register having been evaluated in a set one-year period. Two ophthalmologists acted as masked image examiners for enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography...

Vision screening and socio-demographic disparities in Iranian school entrants

The authors present a large population-based cross-sectional study evaluating the vision status of children entering school in Iran and its association with socio-demographic characteristics. Parents reported whether their children had healthy vision, wore eyeglasses, or had suspected vision problems, alongside...

iCare EIDON: Redefining TrueColor Confocal Retinal Imaging for Modern Eye Care

The iCare EIDON is the next-generation confocal fundus imaging system designed to deliver exceptional TrueColor retinal images with outstanding clarity, depth, and diagnostic precision. Combining a full-spectrum white LED light source with confocal scanning technology, it produces images that closely...

Surgery for acquired distance esotropia

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcome of this surgical approach in the treatment of divergence insufficiency esotropia. This was a retrospective review of 18 patients aged on average 49.6 years; 77% were female. Preoperatively the distance...

Paediatric ophthalmology training in Africa through the Juba-Bournemouth VISION 2020 LINK

One of the aims of the College of Ophthalmology of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (COECSA) is to provide specialist ophthalmic training for practising ophthalmologists from its 11 member countries. A number of initiatives are enabling more ophthalmologists to undertake...

Ocular neuromyotonia

The authors report a cohort of ten patients (nine female) with ocular neuromyotonia (ONM) for clinical signs and symptoms, treatment methods and outcome. Six had affected vertical muscles including superior oblique, inferior rectus and superior rectus. Four had affected lateral...

A simple technique for managing eyelid retraction in a patient with an exposed Boston type 2 keratoprosthesis (Kpro)

The article describes a patient with mucous membrane pemphigoid and a Boston type 2 Kpro. In the early postoperative period (one week) inferior skin retraction was noted with exposure of the Kpro and carrier cornea. The exposure was managed by...

Therapy for limbal stem cell deficiency: cell fate after limbal stem cell transplants

“The beauty of scientific research lies in that the search for answers often yields yet more questions.” A large body of evidence points to the corneoscleral limbal location as the repository of putative epithelial stem cells [1]. Thoft proposed the...

A randomised, controlled trial of oral propranolol in infantile haemangioma

Since its use was first reported in the New England Journal in 2008, propranolol has become the preferred treatment for infantile haemangiomas. However, there is no consensus as to the optimum dose or duration of treatment and there is a...