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Ophthalmology in ancient india, Sushruta’s time and the modern era
1 August 2015
| Dhiren Bujarborua
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EYE - General
While reading an article related to the history of Indian ophthalmology, I came across this description of a surgical procedure: “The doctor warmed the patient’s eye with the breath of his mouth. He rubbed the closed eye of the patient...
Enter the Dragons’ Den: Bob Gokani
4 December 2024
| Peter Cackett
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EYE - General
I have often daydreamed about inventing a successful new product and then going on to pitch for investment on Dragons’ Den, with the TV show’s seasoned entrepreneurs all competing with each other to invest in my company. My imagined fantasy...
The original smooth operator: Sir Robin Millar
4 December 2023
| Peter Cackett
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EYE - General
As an early 80s kid, if you lacked sufficient pocket money, building a music collection entailed recording your favourite songs off the radio with a cassette deck and hoping the presenter didn’t interrupt at any point, with a finger hovering...
Enter the Dragons’ Den: Bob Gokani
4 December 2024
| Peter Cackett
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EYE - General
I have often daydreamed about inventing a successful new product and then going on to pitch for investment on Dragons’ Den, with the TV show’s seasoned entrepreneurs all competing with each other to invest in my company. My imagined fantasy...
Preview: UKISCRS 48th Annual Congress 2024
22 November 2024
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conference, meetings, events, UKISCRS, cataract, refraction, United Kingdom, Ireland, Eire, society, London, David Lockington, Paul Ursell, YOP, UKISOP, Rebecca Turner
One of the biggest UKISCRS events is upon us, and we’ll all by making our way down there in the next several weeks or so. Not only is it the 75th anniversary of the IOL, but it is also the...
Congenital cranial dysinnervation disorders (CCDDs)
3 October 2022
| Ali Yagan
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EYE - General
The term congenital cranial dysinnervation disorder (CCDD) was introduced by Gutowski et al. in 2003 to describe strabismus conditions that result from developmental error in innervation of some of the extraocular muscles. Examples of these conditions include Duane’s syndrome and...
Lothian Optometry Teach and Treat Clinic
1 December 2013
| Colin R Goudie, Niamh Stone, Donald Cameron, Abha Gupta
The Lothian Optometry Teach and Treat (LOTT) Clinic is a supervised training clinic for community optometrists with an interest in managing patients with acute eye pathology, normally managed in the hospital setting. LOTT, which is the first clinic of its...
Audiology and ophthalmology: A comparative perspective on diagnostics and patient care
4 December 2024
| Rosalyn Painter, Christopher Gordon, Anthony Vukic
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EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
I’m here with Chris Gordon and Anthony Vukic from Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to find out how two professions that may appear unrelated on the surface actually have a lot in common. Some of this article might surprise you....
Immunoglobulin G4-related ophthalmic disease – what is it? (Part 1)
3 February 2023
| Li Yen Goh
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EYE - General
Part 1: Epidemiology, classification, radiology, histopathology and associations (see Part 2 here) In this two-part series, Li Yen Goh reviews IgG4 disease and reminds us of diagnostic challenges faced. Introduction Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) disease is a recently recognised idiopathic systemic...
The history of ophthalmology: John Argyll Robertson and Douglas Moray Cooper Lamb Argyll Robertson
1 June 2019
| Steven Kerr
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EYE - General
The author shares the story of an extraordinary father and son, two of the major figures in defining the specialty of ophthalmology as we know it today. The renowned Glasgow Surgeon Peter Lowe described ophthalmic surgery in his legendary surgical...
Unlocking the power of simulation: a next generation solution to training ophthalmic professionals
30 November 2020
With experts predicting that global blindness will triple by 2050, and the number of people requiring eyecare already outpacing the number of trained ophthalmologists, eyecare training has never been more vital. Traditional in-person ophthalmic training has been curtailed by the...
