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New IGA research award
Applications open for new £50,000 glaucoma research Allied Healthcare professionals award The International Glaucoma Association (IGA) announces call for applications for new £50,000 Allied Healthcare professionals award for glaucoma research. The new award, which opened on 21 October 2019 and...
Sleep positions and the effect on IOP
The authors describe a study to determine if sleeping at a 20 degree head up position decreases nocturnal IOP compared with lying supine in patients with and without glaucoma. They recruited 30 patients (60 eyes) 15 with glaucoma and 15...
Intraocular pressure reduction after cataract surgery
Several studies have shown the efficacy of cataract surgery in lowering intraocular pressure (IOP), especially in angle closure glaucoma compared to open angle. A total of 156 eyes of 109 patients (without glaucoma or with medically controlled glaucoma) were included....UKEGS 2025
UKEGS (UK and Éire Glaucoma Society) Conference 2025RCOphth: MIGS Club
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS) ClubClinical training Solutions: Topography Couse June
This course covers topography in the Cataract, Corneal and Glaucoma Clinics and how the reports help manage treatment and diagnosis for these patientsClinical training Solutions: Topography Course March
This course covers topography in the Cataract, Corneal and Glaucoma Clinics and how the reports help manage treatment and diagnosis for these patientsThe first virtual UKEGS conference will be held on Friday 27 November 2020
For the first time, the UK and Eire Glaucoma Society (UKEGS) 2020 conference will be hosted digitally in light of the pandemic.EGS: 18th EGS Residents' Course
European Glaucoma Society
Risk factors for NTG in a young Korean population
Previously known ocular and systemic risk factors for normal tension glaucoma (NTG) include myopia, peripapillary atrophy, disc haemorrhage, migraine, obstructive sleep apnoea, thyroid disease and cerebral infarction. However, most NTG risk factor studies have examined patients aged 40 years and...
