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Strabismus prevalence in a Pakistan population
The aim of this study was to compile the available literature reporting the prevalence of strabismus in Pakistan and calculate the pooled prevalence of strabismus in the Pakistan population. Meta analysis was conducted with 10 studies with a total of...
Quality of Instagram posts about amblyopia
The purpose of this study was to better understand the availability, accuracy and extent of information available on Instagram about amblyopia. The authors evaluated content of the top 200 publicly available Instagram posts about amblyopia from October–December 2022. Posts were...Haag-Streit Academy launches exciting new agenda for their ‘Improving Outcomes’ Biometry courses
Haag-Streit Academy are thrilled to announce the launch of a new agenda for their highly popular ‘Improving Outcomes’ Biometry courses.Eye research: where next?
Eye research in the UK is underfunded relative to other areas of medical research and general awareness of sight loss and its prevention remains poor, messages that were reinforced in presentations and discussions during a recent research summit meeting in...Introducing: the Glaucoma Field Defect Classifier
For patients with advanced glaucoma, there are no treatments to reverse severe sight impairment (blindness). Support in the community is essential but requires a certificate of visual impairment (CVI) signed by a consultant ophthalmologist. The criteria for certification are ambiguous...An educational review: Teach the Teachers Course
In the ever-changing landscape of medicine, staying up-to-date of the latest developments is essential, especially for specialists such as ophthalmologists.WATCH: Novel imaging technology reveals role of immune cells in early diabetic cataract development
In this video interview, Proffessor Ali Hafezi-Moghadam and Professor Dr. Christoph Rußmann discuss their findings on the role of immune cells in early diabetic cataract development.Simulating the visual impairment symptoms of age-related macular degeneration in virtual reality
A new virtual reality application visually simulates age-related macular degeneration and demonstrates its progression over time including some Charles Bonnet syndrome hallucinations. Introduction Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in developed countries with the prevalence of...Forward-tilt technique for intraocular pressure measurement in upgaze
The authors suggest a technique to improve the accuracy of measuring IOP in upgaze using Goldmann applanation tonometry. Graves’ ophthalmopathy, also known as thyroid eye disease, is an autoimmune inflammatory condition affecting the orbit and periorbital tissues [1]. It was...AI breakthrough brings geographic atrophy treatment a step closer
A team led by Dr Konstantinos Balaskas at Moorfields Eye Hospital Reading Centre has developed a fully automated, deep-learning model (algorithm) that can detect and quantify geographic atrophy using standard optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans.The work of BIPOSA
The British and Irish Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Association (BIPOSA) was set up in 2008 to merge two streams of ophthalmology, namely the practice of paediatric ophthalmology and the practice of strabismus (to include refracting in children, and strabismus in...
