William Oviatt is running the Edinburgh Marathon to raise money for Sight Scotland to say thank you for all the help and support the charity gave to his family when his daughter, Sofie, was diagnosed with retinal dystrophy.
CHEC, one of the UK’s leading providers of community healthcare, has reinforced its commitment to care in the community by donating £1,000 to OPAL, a Leeds based charity dedicated to enhancing the lives of people aged 60 and over. CHEC...
This is a one year prospective study using the Scottish ophthalmic surveillance unit reporting system amongst Scottish ophthalmologists. Only patients residing within Scotland with a new diagnosis of orbital cellulitis between November 2011 and October 2012 were including in this...
6 April 2021
| Rahila Bashir, Katie Curran
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EYE - General
Growing up as an early teen in the 90s, I have always loved celebrating art in childhood academic cooking classes, through to cake making for work events. Relating my hobby in fine arts to most recent news, a range of...
A visually impaired mum in West Lothian is calling for more accessible and inclusive employment for people with sight loss. Amanda Whitfield (35) recently won medals alongside her five-year-old daughter in mixed martial arts, after taking part in local family...
As a foundation year doctor, I didn’t expect ophthalmology to feature much in acute medicine or surgery. Yet it kept appearing at the periphery – and when it did, it was often complex and unexpectedly urgent. A confused older patient...
2 February 2024
| Paras Agarwal, Manoj Kulshrestha
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EYE - General
The first laser was created in 1960 and its name is an acronym for ‘light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation’. Laser technology has been used for medical, industrial, research and entertainment purposes in a variety of fields following extensive...
Agenda10:00am - Coffee10:30am - Welcome/Introduction to Glaukos Masterclass (Niven Smith)11:00am- Why trabecular bypass? (Mr Imran Masood)11:30am- iStent W surgical technique (Mr Imran Masood)12:00pm- iStent W as the standard care at the time of cataract - evidence and experience (Miss Nada...
Agenda 10:00am Coffee10:30am Welcome/Introduction to Glaukos Masterclass - Niven Smith11:00am Why trabecular bypass? - Mr Imran Masood, Birmingham11:30am iStent inject W surgical technique - Mr Imran Masood, Birmingham12:00pm iStent inject W as the standard care at te time of cataract...
1 April 2020
| Siddarth Nardeosingh, Annie SeeWah Tung
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EYE - General
The authors provide a case of cyanoacrylate glue causing a thermal burn on the eyelid and explain how this type of burn should be managed. The use of false lashes as well as the techniques used to apply them come...
This study investigated the anatomy of human eyelashes through analysis of root depth, angle, and spatial relationship. Four eyelids from Caucasian donors were obtained from fresh donors and four eyelids from Indian donors were obtained from eye bank calls. The...
We present a case of a seven-year-old male who presented to the emergency eye referral clinic with red eye. He was diagnosed and treated for allergic conjunctivitis, however, on clinic review, wide field retinal imaging was performed (as has been...