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Demystifying external trainee selected components and out of programme experiences
3 February 2023
| Hari Kaneshayogan
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EYE - General
If you don’t know your external TSCs from your OOPC/OOPT/OOPE/OOPR, then this article is for you. Trainee selected components (TSC) are College-approved periods of training, usually ranging from six months to a year (formally ASTO) of intensive subspecialty training in...
The fragile p-value
5 October 2020
| Abdus Samad Ansari
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EYE - General
Abdus Samad Ansari explores the limitation of the p-value and the application of the fragility index in clinical trials. Clinical trials and tribulations? The restoration of vision or more purely the gift of sight is an aspect of care that...
Can thou lyse this? A national study of emergency canthotomy and cantholysis
1 February 2016
| Jonathan CP Roos
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EYE - Orbit
Eighty-two-year old Janet Smith woke up on the floor. Had she been unconscious? Her head hurt. It was the middle of the night, but in the darkness she suddenly wasn’t sure whether she could see out of her right eye....
Glaucoma UK launches the Pitts Crick Career Development Fellowship in celebration of its golden jubilee anniversary
Glaucoma UK is a leading charity dedicated to supporting those affected by glaucoma. The charity is proud to announce the establishment of the Pitts Crick Career Development Fellowship, a three-year post-doctoral research fellowship awarded to help mark the charity’s golden jubilee anniversary. The fellowship will support a rising star within glaucoma research, who the charity hopes will go on to play a pivotal role in transforming glaucoma diagnosis or treatment into the future.
Restoration of colour perception in patients with retinitis pigmentosa
7 April 2021
| Anna Song
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This is a case series testing the feasibility of using bioelectronic retinal prostheses to partially restore colour perception in seven patients with advanced retinitis pigmentosa. Bioelectronic retinal prostheses are able to bypass degenerated photoreceptors to directly stimulate the inner retinal...
The management of retinal vein occlusions: a summary
1 February 2015
| Amy-lee Shirodkar
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
Retinal vein occlusions (RVO) are the most common cause of visual loss from retinal vascular disease second to diabetic retinopathy. Vision is lost due to ischaemia, macular oedema and / or haemorrhage which ultimately effects a patient’s quality of life...
A pulsatile pump in the TM, a new concept in trabecular outflow research
1 October 2021
| Zhihang Cheng
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EYE - Glaucoma
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Aqueous outflow pump, Elastance, Glaucoma, Intraocular pressure regulation, Pulsatile aqueous outflow, Schlemm's canal valves
This is a research article where the authors propose a new model in conceptualising the mechanisms involved in the aqueous outflow at the trabecular meshwork (TM). The authors demonstrated evidence of a pump within the Schlemm’s canal. A pulse generated...
ROPPVAL Syndrome as a differential diagnosis to optic neuritis
1 December 2021
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Photophobia, ROPPVAL, headache, migraine, optic neuritis, retro-ocular pain
Optic neuritis (ON) is a common cause of visual loss in young patients. Patients with eye pain and ipsilateral visual loss are often referred into neuro-ophthalmology clinics with a possible diagnosis of ON. In 2018 Jefferis et al. reported a...
Combination surgical management for congenital lacrimal duct obstruction
The authors aimed to report the clinical outcomes of antegrade balloon dacryocystoplasty (DCP) followed by pushed-type monocanalicular (MC), combined as a primary management for congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO). This was a retrospective study of 62 eyes (48 patients) with...Blind woman left traumatised after she feared falling in front of speeding train
26 September 2023
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RNIB, Sight Scotland, Traumatic experience, Samantha Gough, Football, Train strikes, travel
A blind woman footballer from Edinburgh was left traumatised after she feared falling in front of a speeding train when rail staff never showed up to help her.
Tips for the Online Proctored FRCOphth - Part 1
4 February 2021
| Anna Song
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EYE - General
The FRCOphth Part 1 examination is a difficult exam in itself, testing candidates on a wide range of theoretical and biomedical ophthalmology. This used to be a two-part pencil-on-paper written examination, which was then digitalised for October 2019 and January...
