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Cabinet Secretary backs call for major shift in venue accessibility
Scotland’s Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has thrown his support behind Sight Scotland’s Accessible Venues Campaign, which aims to make every theatre, concert hall and cultural venue fully accessible for people with vision impairment. Mr Robertson recently met with members of...Carol celebrates better vision as Wakefield Eye Hospital’s 20,000th patient
“It’s been brilliant – I’d much rather have cataract surgery than visit the dentist!” Carol celebrates better vision as Wakefield Eye Hospital’s 20,000th patient.Pathological myopia: a trainer’s perceptive
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...Neovascular AMD: fresh recommendations underline standards of best practice
The management of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) has advanced dramatically over the past seven years, with the introduction of targeted new therapies that successfully maintain or improve vision in a majority of affected individuals. It’s a fast moving field,...Severe conjunctival cicatrisation secondary to chronic glaucoma therapy
The timing of glaucoma filteration surgery during the course of chronic progressive glaucoma remains a contentious issue amongst glaucoma specialists. The vast majority support the use of maximal medical treatment initially to achieve the target pressure. Surgical procedures are only...
Intracameral bevacizumab as an adjunct to trabeculectomy
This is a 12-month, prospective, randomised, double-masked, placebo-controlled trial of patients who were not controlled medically with open angle glaucoma and scheduled for a primary trabeculectomy. Patients were recruited and randomised during the period between April 2009 and November 2010....
Outcomes of corneal cross-linking in paediatric patients compared to fellow untreated eyes
This retrospective cohort study evaluated long-term visual, refractive, topographic and safety outcomes of corneal cross-linking (CXL) in patients younger than 18-years-old with keratoconus. The study included all consecutive paediatric patients who underwent epithelium-off CXL treatment for keratoconus at the study...
