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Comparison of corneal deformation parameters in keratoconic and normal eyes
This study set out to compare biomechanical properties between normal and keratoconic eyes. It was a retrospective study evaluating 89 eyes (47 normal, 42 keratoconic) and a validation arm of 72 eyes (33 normal, 39 keratoconic) using a high speed...Collaborating across the Caribbean to tackle diabetic retinopathy
1 December 2017
| Pippa Williams, Melissa Bailey, Covadonga Bascaran, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
The VISION 2020 LINKS Programme has been running since 2004, with a focus on improving the quality and quantity of eye care training in low-income countries [1]. In 2014, the Diabetic Retinopathy Network (DR-NET) was established [2]. This is a...
Developing community eye care: the evolution of Wales’ eye care services
1 April 2020
| David O’Sullivan
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EYE - General
In the third in our series about community eye care in the home nations, David O’Sullivan explains how Wales has developed its community eye care services. Since the devolution of healthcare to Wales on 1 July 1999 [1], significant changes...
Trabeculectomy with erroneous Mitomycin-C concentration – a near miss
Trabeculectomy is the most commonly performed surgical procedure for glaucoma in the United Kingdom and worldwide. Modifications to the technique have been made since its introduction in 1963, perhaps the most significant being the adjunctive use of mitomycin-C (MMC), which...The International Council of Ophthalmology: what is it and is it useful for UK ophthalmologists?
1 April 2018
| Simon Keightley
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EYE - General
ICO Director for Examinations and Assessments, Simon Keightley, explains the history and role of the organisation today, as well as outlining recent changes to the ICO examinations. The International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) is the only international medical specialty organisation...
Psychiatric Consequences of Ophthalmic Disease
1 December 2013
| Amjad Akram, Masood Alam Shah
In part two of this series on ophthalmology and psychiatry, the authors will cover the possible psychiatric consequences of ophthalmic disease. The following conditions will be discussed: a. Black patch psychosis b. Psychological state in blindness c. Phobias in the...
My top five Apps for UK-based general ophthalmologists
1 October 2021
| Yarrow Scantling-Birch, Rajagopal Govindan, Hasan Naveed
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EYE - General
The way we interact in society is changing as more of us are becoming ‘digital natives’: individuals who are in close contact to the internet and expect to integrate smart devices with our daily lives. This was stereotypically a term...
Pharma chameleon
3 April 2024
| Peter Cackett
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EYE - General
One morning in September ’95, about a month into my first house job on the South Coast of England, I emerged from the ridiculously early ward round on the coronary care unit feeling a bit dazed and therefore headed off...
My Top Five: Apps for UK-based general ophthalmologists
1 October 2021
| Yarrow Scantling-Birch, Rajagopal Govindan, Hasan Naveed
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EYE - General
The way we interact in society is changing as more of us are becoming ‘digital natives’: individuals who are in close contact to the internet and expect to integrate smart devices with our daily lives. This was stereotypically a term...
UKISCRS 47th Annual Congress Preview
1 November 2023
| Samuel Verdin
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UKISCRS, Eye News, Preview, Congress, Event, Coverage, David Lockington, Paul Ursell, London
Check out the Eye News preview for UKISCRS' 47th Annual Congress in London, 1-3 November.
Clinical and management strategies in glaucoma practice: perspectives from international glaucoma specialists
1 April 2015
| Keith Barton, Winifred Nolan, Nick Strouthidis
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EYE - Glaucoma
Management options and outcomes in glaucoma practice were reviewed at the 7th Moorfields International Glaucoma Symposium, held in London on 24 January 2015. This article summarises perspectives from international glaucoma specialists on debated issues in topical therapy, glaucoma surgery, diagnostic...
