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Archery enthusiast’s sight is back on target following ‘life-changing’ eye surgery for cataracts
16 December 2022
Retired bus driver and keen archer Roger Kent is feeling grateful for his improved quality of life after undergoing successful cataract surgery at Freedom Vision in Bolton.
RR versus PR in children with intermittent exotropia
This is a retrospective study of 186 children who underwent resection-recession (RR) or plication-recession (PR) for intermittent exotropia between January 2008 and July 2016, from Seoul Korea, with a minimum follow-up of two years. Standard fornix based approach was used...
Presentation features of ocular neuromyotonia in children
The authors report five cases of ocular neuromyotonia (ON) in children following radiation treatment for brain tumours. Children were aged four, nine, twelve, five and nine years. Three had craniopharyngioma, one had fourth ventricle ependymoma and one had posterior fossa...NICE drugs: an update on what’s good to go
Treatment options recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) must be readily available for use in the NHS of England and Wales. This article provides an overview of recent guidance from NICE and summary advice issued...Eye Capacity: clinical need should drive ophthalmic service provision
1 February 2014
| Rod McNeil
Almost two million people in the UK suffer sight loss, a number forecast to double over coming decades. Major causes of blindness are age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, cataract and uncorrected refractive error. Prevalence of these sight-threatening conditions...
Moorfields Education: Ophthalmic peri-operative care pathway
2 February 2024
The course will cover the patient pathway from the time they are listed in clinic for surgery through to Pre-assessment and on to the day of surgery until discharge.
Belfast briefing: Retina Day roundup from the RCOphth 2024 Annual Congress
2 August 2024
| Rod McNeil
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EYE - General
Belfast hosted this year’s Royal College of Ophthalmologists’ (RCOphth) Annual Congress, a meeting dedicated to sharing advances, knowledge and clinical practice points in ophthalmic care. This article summarises selected talks by medical and surgical retina specialists during the Retina Subspecialty...
Platelet rich fibrin membrane for descemetocele
This case series described the use of a novel technique in the treatment of descemetocele. Three patients developed descemetoceles following infective keratitis with impending risk of corneal perforation. Platelet rich fibrin (PRF) membrane was prepared using 8ml of fresh venous...Viva Las Vegas: Dr Corey Hochman
3 August 2023
| Peter Cackett
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EYE - General
Speaking with Phoenix-based ophthalmologist and poker player, Dr Corey Hochman, Peter Cackett explores the themes of success and failure, and how the ups and downs of one’s ambition can provide an overwhelming gratitude for life. “Money won is twice as...
Can OCT predict Alzheimer’s disease?
Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are based on facts and which are ‘fake news’. Headline: Can OCT predict Alzheimer’s disease? In 1986 Hinton et al. demonstrated evidence of optic nerve degeneration...Macula re-attachment following intravitreal ranibizumab in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
Ranibizumab (Lucentis) is a vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor (anti-VEGF) used for treatment of choroidal neovascular membrane [1]. We report a case where macula off inferior rhegmatogenous retinal detachment was misdiagnosed as wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and three intravitreal...Zeiss Forum
1 December 2016
| David Haider
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EYE - Imaging
The tech column this issue reports on the features and experience of using the Zeiss Forum software. I have overseen the installation, troubleshooting, training and use of the software over the last two years. As both a consultant specialising in...
