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Glaucoma UK reveals new name, website and branding

Glaucoma UK - formerly the International Glaucoma Association - is using this year’s Glaucoma Awareness Week (GAW) to launch a new name, visual identity and website for the charity, with the aim of reaching more people who have glaucoma, or who are at risk of glaucoma.

Edinburgh VCHP seeks local volunteers

Edinburgh’s VCHP clinic is looking for volunteers to keep the Monday morning drop-in sessions operating every week. Ashley Low, FBDO, the Clinic Manager explained: “We are keen to hear from optometrists, dispensing opticians and assistants to help. We have a...

Consistency in comfort: discussion workshop in collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Vision- July

About the event This interactive, fast-paced discussion workshop will help delegates explore what comfort means in contact lenses and how we can retain patients in contact lenses, through studies, patient cases and videos. The workshop will equip delegates with the...

Consistency in comfort: discussion workshop in collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Vision September

About the event This interactive, fast-paced discussion workshop will help delegates explore what comfort means in contact lenses and how we can retain patients in contact lenses, through studies, patient cases and videos. The workshop will equip delegates with the...

The results of the last survey Aug 2020

Once more I would like to thank those of you who took the time to complete the last edition’s survey. It was highly pertinent to what we are facing now. It is clear that our services have been markedly disrupted....

Phakic iris clip lenses and endothelial cell loss

This retrospective observational study included long-term results on endothelial cell losses in highly myopic eyes, which underwent phakic iris-clip lens implantations. Included in the analysis were 113 eyes with mean preoperative spherical equivalent (SEQ) of -14.67 +/- 5.15 Diopters (D)....

Effect of phacoemulsification on facility of outflow

This is a prospective study to examine the change in electronic Schotz tonographic outflow (TOF) and IOP measurements after phacoemulsification. Intraocular pressure was measured using Goldman‘s applanation tonography (GAT). Data were collected at baseline, three, six and 12 months postoperatively....

Surgery technique for subluxation in Marfan syndrome

The authors evaluated the efficacy and safety of bimanual capsulorrhexis combined with sutureless scleral-fixated IOL implant in children with Marfan syndrome. Seven children (14 eyes) with subluxated lenses underwent bilateral surgery; four female, three male with mean age of 7.1...

Choice of diclofenac or corticosteroids for strabismus surgery

This systematic review was undertaken to analyse the available data on various corticosteroids and diclofenac to determine the most effective postoperative anti-inflammatory agent for patients with strabismus. Twenty-five studies were identified from 1997–2021 and a total of eight met the...

SOS (Simplified Ophthalmic Statistics) Part 2: How to summarise your data and why it’s a good idea to do so

Studies involve capturing data. Statistical techniques allow data to be used to answer important research questions. A case series may have data on a handful of subjects but we are now entering the Big Data arena where datasets can be...

What's trending Feb/Mar 2023

A round-up of the eye related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #nativity #needleeye Happy New Year! Let’s kick things off with a holiday-related story. Birmingham-based micro-engraver Graham Short engraved by hand...

Pharmacopoeia of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

The compact volume depicted in Figure 1 bears the simple title Pharmacopoeia. The book originally belonged to the author’s father, the late John King. A pharmacist by profession, John King maintained a keen interest in matters pertaining to pharmaceutical history....