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Toy related ocular injuries in US children

This cross-sectional study using data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Study (NEISS) included 1439 patients who visited emergency departments over a five-year period from January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2021, with toy-related ocular injuries. Males were disproportionately...

Medial rectus inferior half plication surgery for near exotropia

In this study the authors report a relatively new surgical treatment for near exotropia. The study included 17 patients: four with previous surgery and all with medial rectus injection of bupivacaine to reduce the angle of deviation. Treatment involved inferior...

High levels of public trust in optometry supports extended services closer to home, says AOP

New research published by the General Optical Council (GOC) last week shows high levels of confidence in optical practitioners.

Preventing refractive surprises by real time biometry during cataract surgery

A few months ago a retired lady presented for second eye cataract surgery. I noted on the pre-op ward round that the outcome of her first eye’s surgery looked like a refractive surprise as her spherical equivalent in that eye...

Don’t ignore the black lesion! It might be mucormycosis

Keeping mucormycosis infection in the foreground of your differential diagnosis, especially in those more vulnerable patients, will help save their lives if recognised and managed appropriately. Mucormycosis is a fulminant infection caused by the fungi of the family Mucoraceae. It...

Specialty-driven EMR for paperless clinical environment – insights for an informed choice

Deployment of specialty-driven (or specialty-specific) electronic medical record (EMR) systems across UK ophthalmology units appears to be growing rapidly at the expense of generic, multiuse digital technology packages. Experience further suggests that open source systems can play a significant role...

Brexit, for richer, for poorer: prospects for post-withdrawal Britain

The people of the United Kingdom voted by 52% to 48% to leave the European Union (EU) in June 2016, a referendum decision intended by a slim majority to restore national self-determination and achieve what many believed to be a...

Understanding optical lab processes at 100% Optical

Boosting understanding amongst the entire practice team about what happens in the optical lens manufacturing process was a keynote lecture which drew a packed audience to the OSA stand at 100% Optical.

Features from screening programme referrals pre and post pandemic

In this study the authors conducted an analysis of demographics, referral rates and prevalence of various ophthalmic assessments among children referred to an ophthalmologist through the UCI eye mobile programme. They further evaluated the influence of socio-economic factors and the...

‘A space that rekindles the fire in my mind’

The end of 2024 offered us many reasons to celebrate, one of which was the eventful, annual UKISCRS conference in London, during which we saw our editor, David Lockington, step into the role of President and lead the society into...

Using OneNote in teams

Much like Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel, OneNote is part of Microsoft Office. For this reason it is likely that you will have access to it in your work environment. Used in isolation it is an easy to use and...

Celebrating volunteer ophthalmic nurses on #InternationalNursesDay

Eye News and eye care charity Orbis celebrate volunteer ophthalmic nurses who worked on the frontlines during the pandemic.