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The authors aimed to determine interobserver variability and reliability of Lea grating paddles when assessing grating acuity in pre and non-verbal children. This was a prospective study of 31 consecutive patients; 29 pre-verbal <36 months and two with delayed speech...

Intravenous ketorolac during DCR

4 October 2023 | Hetvi Bhatt | EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Orbit

This study compares pain scores postoperatively between patients that received intravenous ketorolac (IVK) pre, intra or immediately postoperatively and a control group that did not receive it. The authors state that the patients were randomised, however it is not described...

Increase in myopia during the Covid-19 lockdown periods

3 June 2024 | Fiona Rowe (Prof) | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of the Covid-19-related lockdown on myopia progression of school-aged children in Lebanon. The authors reviewed 443 records of myopic children aged 3–18 years (mean 11.81 ±3.67) presenting from January 2020...

Twenty-five years in retina

1 February 2019 | Maeve Lagan, Tunde Peto | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

In the next of our articles celebrating 25 years of Eye News, the authors look at how the retina specialty has changed over this time and ask what the future might hold. Retinal disease management has benefited from great advances...

Treatment of diabetic macular oedema

1 June 2014 | Samantha S Mann | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal

Diabetic macular oedema (DMO) is a common complication associated with diabetic retinopathy, and the most common cause of visual impairment in diabetes [1]. With predicted rising levels of diabetes (in England by 2025 the estimated population with diabetes will be...

Pathological myopia: a trainer’s perceptive

3 April 2024 | Anitha Priya Arun Shankar, Adelehin Ijasan | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal

High myopia is defined as myopic refraction of greater than -6 dioptres with an axial length greater than 26.5mm, while pathological myopia is myopic refraction with posterior pole degeneration [1]. These degenerative changes can affect a young population and in...

Diagnoses of dry eye disease double within a year

27 September 2022

Over a third of Britons haven’t had an eye test within the last two years, while one in five have not had an eye test due to financial struggles.

ST3 Trainee experience of cataract surgery training in high flow settings in the independent sector

5 June 2023 | Oonagh Crothers, Qasim Mansoor | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive

As an ST3 trainee, I was provided with the opportunity to complete a surgical training rotation at Newmedica Middlesborough, which involved cataract training on NHS patients undergoing surgery in the independent sector (IS). This reflective account highlights the experience from...

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