The OSA has welcomed the new owners of 100% Optical, and looks forward to working with CLOSER STILL, following Media 10’s sale of the largest UK optical event. Roy Stoner, OSA Chair, expressed the view of the OSA Board: “CLOSER...
The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) is calling on everyone across the optical professions and industry to save 9 October 2023 for the third SEE Summit on the Environment.
The author recruited 225 patients across two sites and divided them into three groups. Group 1 medical treatment only, Group 2 surgical treatment only, Group 3 mixed medical and surgical (patients still on drops after surgery). They then used a...
The objective of this study was to compare the development of glaucoma and IOP over an extended time period following cataract surgery in eyes with and without pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX), and trying to determine the impact of cataract surgery on...
The authors report safety and accuracy of an intraocular intraocular pressure (IOP) sensor placed in the ciliary sulcus during planned cataract surgery. Six patients underwent implantation of the device; a silicone rubber ring-shaped device encapsulating pressure sensitive capacitors and a...
This study is a multicentre, randomised, open-label, parallel-group clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a newly developed preservative-free (PF) brimonidine / timolol fixed-combination (BTFC) ophthalmic solutions as compared with preservative-containing (PC) BTFC ophthalmic solution in adult patients...
This single German centre retrospective cohort study included 70 eyes from 68 patients. Qualified and complete success rates (95% CI) were 92.9% and 55.7% after 1 year and 88.6% (81.4–95.7%) and 50% (37.1–62.9%) at the last follow-up time point for...
This retrospective cohort study examined 405 patients (405 index eyes and 218 untreated fellow eyes) who underwent cross-linking over a 12-year follow-up duration at Duke Eye Center. Preoperative and postoperative intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements were collected at ~1 month, 3...
This book is a comprehensive source of information on the subject of uveitis. The target audience includes ophthalmologists, allied health professionals with special interest in this area and general physicians treating patients with multisystem inflammatory disease with involvement of the...
Glaucoma and cataract increasingly present as a ‘two-in-one’ surgical opportunity. In the UK, new modelling suggests ~1 million adults aged ≥40 may currently have glaucoma, with a projected rise to ~1.6 million by 2060 as the population ages and demographics...