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My Top Five: Ophthalmology TikTok accounts, educating and entertaining both the public and trainees
In the modern world, our electronic devices have now become an extension of ourselves, with our reliance and use of them of comparable importance to an arm or a leg. The importance of electronic devices can also be seen in...My Top Five: Ophthalmology TikTok accounts, educating and entertaining both the public and trainees
In the modern world, our electronic devices have now become an extension of ourselves, with our reliance and use of them of comparable importance to an arm or a leg. The importance of electronic devices can also be seen in...UKISCRS donates £5,000 to support ophthalmology in Ukraine
UKISCRS Council unanimously decides on donation, supporting ophthalmic aid in Ukraine.
Use of multimodal imaging in diagnosis and treatment planning of traumatic incomplete muscle laceration
This paper discusses details of incomplete rectus muscle lacerations and the unique role of multimodal (local anterior segment optical coherence tomography (ASOCT) and orbital CT/MRI) imaging techniques in the repair of such injuries. This was a retrospective analysis of traumatic...
Delayed improvement in Muller’s muscle ptosis surgery
This is a retrospective review of patients undergoing ptosis surgery. The authors had noticed anecdotally that although a posterior approach Muller’s muscle and conjunctival resection (MMCR) appeared to achieve similar results to an anterior approach levator resection (ALR) in the...
Eye movements in children with strabismus +/- amblyopia
The aim of this study was to detect eye movement recording abnormalities using different paradigms in children with strabismus in the absence or presence of amblyopia and compare these findings with age-matched children without strabismus. One hundred children were recruited...Can e-learning help bridge the ophthalmology teaching gap?
The authors ask whether e-learning can help to address the current lack of ophthalmology teaching in the undergraduate curriculum. Studies among the United Kingdom, Australasian, Canadian and Asian medical schools have found that students on average spent just over a...Ocular surface special: Ocular manifestations of Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS) is an uncommon dermatological emergency on the same clinical spectrum as toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). SJS is characterised by an acute, immune-mediated attack on the skin and mucous membranes, producing a rapidly progressive erythematous eruption with blistering...
Chronic drop use and trabeculectomy on tear osmolarity
Ocular surface disease (OSD) is common in patients chronically treated for glaucoma. This may be related to the drug itself but often to the preservatives in the medication. Much work has been done on the most common preservative, benzalkonium chloride...‘Phaco-plus’ procedures at forefront of modern glaucoma management
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...
