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OpenEyes – Community edition
Moving to an electronic patient record (EPR) is all the rage these days, even in the District General Hospitals (DGHs). When I am not writing these articles I work in one such hospital. At Bolton Foundation Trust we deployed OpenEyes...How to pass the FRCOphth Part 1 as a foundation trainee: some practical tips
Attempting the FRCOphth Part 1 examination as a foundation trainee requires significant time and financial commitment. Unlike the MRCP and MRCS examinations, the curriculum of this exam does not overlap with the undergraduate syllabus. As such, it is a steep...Visually Impaired Creators perform at Edinburgh Fringe
What’s it like to see a show… without seeing it?
Mast cells in Graves’ ophthalmopathy
Graves’ ophthalmopathy (GO) is a potentially sight-threatening ocular disease, occurring in patients with hyperthyroidism due to Graves’ disease. Also known as thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy, GO is characterised by orbital infiltration by immune cells including macrophages, T cells and plasma cells, which...
Transcriptomic analysis of ocular tissues
Transcriptomics is defined as the analysis of the complete set of RNA transcripts present in a cell under different circumstances, quiescent versus challenge, by microarray analysis. Comparison of transcriptomes identifies genes that are differentially expressed in different cell populations under...More action on sepsis needed as NHS Ombudsman still seeing same failings a decade on
The UK’s Health Ombudsman has warned that sepsis is still taking too many lives due to the same hospital failings we were seeing over ten years ago.SARCS XXIII (State of the Art Refractive and Cataract Surgery) Symposium
PROGRAM: No Capsule? No Problem! Scleral Sutured IOLsIntra Scleral Haptic Fixation TechniquesIOLs for Direct Scleral Fixation: Carlevale IOLIris/Anterior Fixated IOLsNext-Gen Tech for Next-Level Vision Integrated WorkflowsDigital Alignment of Toric IOLsAI and IOL CalculationsAI Assisted Surgical Planning SystemsAI Assisted ICL SizingTreating...The results of the last survey Jun21
Thank you so much again for participating in the survey. I have been asked to give several talks at regional teaching sessions about some of the issues I discuss in these articles and I am happy to continue to do...
Cataract surgery and circadian photoentrainment
The study authors sought to investigate the possible effects of circadian photoentrainment following cataract. This was a randomised clinical trial, where 76 eyes of 76 patients (with bilateral cataract) were randomised to blue-blocking or neutral intraocular lenses (IOLs). Outcome measures...
Descemetorhexis without endothelial keratoplasty
This retrospective study examined outcomes of the largest reported series of eyes, which underwent Descemetorhexis without endothelial keratoplasty (DWEK) for Fuch’s endothelial dystrophy with mean 10 months of follow-up. Seventeen eyes were included in analysis; with 82.4% achieving corneal clearance...
Imaging requests for CNP
The authors sought to answer the question of to what extent do differences in policy exist between ophthalmologists and neurologists regarding imaging by MRI of patients with acquired ocular cranial nerve palsy (CNP). They conducted a literature review leading to...
