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Screening for amblyopia

1 August 2019 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus
The purpose was to determine the validity of the OPTEC 5500 vision screener in detecting visual acuity and amblyopia in paediatric patients aged 3-17 years with comparison to the Lea and Snellen tests. This was a cross-section study of 64...

Is myopia protective against progression of diabetic retinopathy?

2 December 2019 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This population-based cohort study assessed the association of refractive error with the incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy (DR); 1562 eyes of 860 patients with diabetes and gradable retinal photographs were included. Baseline data was taken between 2004-2009 and follow-up...

Access to eyecare based on geographical location

3 April 2023 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus
The authors aimed to evaluate access to paediatric ophthalmology using geo-informatics (OpenStreetMap software) with the objectives being to calculate driving time between vision screening centres and eyecare providers (ophthalmologists or optometrists) coupled with mapping to demographic information and economic census...
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Visual outcomes and predictors in optic pathway glioma

11 January 2024 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus
This is a retrospective study of 60 paediatric optic pathway glioma (OPG) patients (NF1 or sporadic) presenting to Great Ormond Street between 2003-2017. Median follow-up was 82 months. Analysis was divided into best and worst eye vision representing level quality...
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Using bupivacaine to the medical rectus in addition to lateral rectus recession for convergence insufficiency type intermittent exotropia

1 December 2023 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus
This is a retrospective study of 60 paediatric optic pathway glioma (OPG) patients (NF1 or sporadic) presenting to Great Ormond Street between 2003-2017. Median follow-up was 82 months. Analysis was divided into best and worst eye vision representing level quality...
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Current literature evidence for fulminant idiopathic intracranial hypertension

1 May 2025 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
Fulminant idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a rapid vision-degrading presentation of IIH with limited published studies. This narrative review aims to collate current knowledge around fulminant IIH presentation and visual outcomes. Search terms included IIH, benign intracranial hypertension, or pseudo-tumour...

In conversation with Professor David Mackey at RCOphth 2019

23 May 2019
In this video Professor David Mackey talks to Eye News about the Edridge Green Lecture he gave on What colour are your eyes? The genetics of eye colour and colour vision Click the image below to see his answers to...

Andy Biart joins Carleton Optical as Surgical Business Manager, South

28 March 2023 | Recruitment & Personnel
Carleton are pleased to welcome Andy Biart to their surgical team.

Advances in the understanding, diagnostic and treatment of keratoconus

1 December 2022 | | EYE - General
*Joint first authors Keratoconus is a bilateral and asymmetric eye condition in which the cornea’s structure is affected and thinned, causing a cone-shaped bulge to develop. This results in progressive loss of vision and impairs the ability of the eye...

The Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness: How ICEH maintains the cornerstone of global eye health data

2 October 2025 | | EYE - General
In this paper we will discuss The Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB), a survey methodology that has become the single largest source of population eye health data globally. The origins of RAAB The RAAB is a rapid, population-based survey...

A three-way partnership between Nigeria, Tanzania and Northern Ireland

1 June 2015 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
VISION 2020 LINKS between Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT), Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Northern Ireland with first ECWA Eye Hospital, Kano, Nigeria and now also with Mbeya Referral Hospital (MRH), Tanzania, have been beneficial to all three partners. From...