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Haag-Streit UK announces new topography module for SOLIX
18 June 2025
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Research & Development
Bishop’s Stortford, UK – 11th June 2025 - Haag-Streit UK (HS-UK), the leading manufacturer and distributor of gold-standard diagnostic and surgical devices and instruments for ophthalmologists, optometrists, and orthoptists, has announced that SOLIX has a new topography module. SOLIX delivers...
In conversation with Robert Johnston
1 August 2016
| Rod McNeil
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
Robert Johnston. What is your current role with Medisoft? Clinical Director, i.e. I head up the analysis for and design of Medisoft’s ophthalmology electronic medical records (EMR) product. I don’t program: all coding is done by Medisoft’s team of computer...
Isolated trochlear (fourth cranial) nerve palsy in an Asian population
1 August 2018
| Lakana Kumar Thavaratnam, James F (Barry) Cullen
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
The authors report on 35 consecutive new cases of isolated fourth cranial nerve palsy seen over a period of six months in one neuro-ophthalmology clinic in Southeast Asia, with emphasis on their aetiology and management. We report on 35 patients...
Visual disturbance heralding stroke: are we seeing the signs in time?
6 April 2021
| Parushak Rezai, Kardo Ala-Aldeen, Asaipillai Asokanathan
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - General
Isolated visual symptoms may be an early presenting feature of stroke, and timely recognition of such atypical cases is important because treatment for stroke has a limited time-window of efficacy. Stroke occurs in approximately 150,000 people per year in the...
Rituximab efficacy for juvenile idiopathic arthritis
This is a retrospective study about the long-term efficacy of rituximab in patients with severe juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-associated uveitis. A total of eight patients (15 eyes) were recruited in this study in a single tertiary referral centre from Italy....
Risk factors for non-arteritic ischaemic optic neuropathy in an Asian population
1 October 2017
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Korean, non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy, systemic risk factor
The authors reviewed the medical records of 45 Korean patients with non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION) and 45 healthy controls, in order to determine risk factors for the condition in an Asian population. Previous studies looking at risk factors...
Literature review of isolated ocular motor nerve palsies
1 June 2015
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Abducens, cranial nerve, microvascular ischaemia, oculomoto, trochlear
Patients aged over 50 presenting with isolated nerve palsies of the third (pupil sparring), fourth or sixth nerves, are often described as having microvascular extraocular palsies. This review looks critically at the evidence surrounding these microvascular non-arteritic extraocular palsies and...
Differences in elastometry of cornea and optic nerve head in both eyes of patients with NAION
1 February 2019
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Corneal hysteresis, corneal resistance factor, non-arteritic anterior ischaemic neuropathy, optic nerve head biomechanics, real-time elastography
Non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION) is an important cause of visual loss in the middle aged and elderly population. This prospective cross-sectional study investigates the biomechanical properties of optic nerve head (ONH) and cornea in both eyes of patients...
Accommodation in children
The purpose of this pilot study was to establish typical accommodative responses at 1/3m in children to targets of varying complexity and visual / cognitive demand. This was a study of 18 children aged six to seven years and six...The paediatric cataract: an overview of the diagnosis and management
5 August 2020
| Samuel Augustus Fernando Aryee, Rhys Jonathon Dumont Jones
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General
In this second article (see first article here), Samuel Aryee and Rhys Dumont Jones review the challenges involved in managing this condition. Examination and diagnosis Cataracts in children can appear in a variety of forms, each presenting in a different...
Haag-Streit’s 'Slit Lamp Imaging Competition 2024' includes new video category
15 April 2024
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competition, entries, imaging, photography, submissions, opportunities, awards, slit lamp, ahp, allied health professions
Haag-Streit UK (HS-UK), the leading manufacturer and distributor of gold-standard diagnostic and surgical devices and instruments for ophthalmologists, optometrists, and orthoptists, is delighted to launch the Haag-Streit 'Slit Lamp Imaging Competition' in the UK once again.
