You searched for "optical"
New national programme of sight tests in special schools
12 February 2020
As a result of SeeAbility’s campaigning, NHS England are planning for a new national programme of sight tests and glasses dispensing in England’s special schools from 2020. SeeAbility’s model of sight testing is less stressful for children with learning disabilities...
SS-OCT assessment of ITC after phacoemulsification
This is a multicentre randomised controlled trial of 22 patients with primary angle closure glaucoma with peripheral anterior synechia and peripheral primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) with peripheral anterior synechia (PAS) detected by indentation gonioscopy was randomised into two groups....Optic nerve swelling – your survival guide (part 1)
1 August 2017
| Ali Yagan
|
EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
Assessment of optic nerve appearance and functions is a daily routine in neuro-ophthalmology. Following a recent high profile court case there has been a significant increase in the amount of referral to ophthalmology departments to assess the optic nerve and...
Hyper reflective foci (HRF) on OCT in diabetic retinopathy
1 April 2015
| Saruban Pasu
|
EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This study investigated the presence of hyper reflective foci (HRF) in asymptomatic patients affected by type 1 or type 2 diabetes, separately, without clinically significant diabetic macular oedema and visual impairment. In total 71 eyes with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy were...
A comparison of light sources in retinal imaging
Before starting to talk about the light sources present in retinal imaging, it is necessary to start from the base: the light. Light is an electromagnetic wave whose smallest part is the photon (or quantum of light). A high frequency...
Microsporidia-induced stromal keratitis: a new cause of presumed immune stromal (interstitial) keratitis
This is a non-comparative retrospective observational case series from India from 1 October 2020 to 31 January 2021. The inclusion criteria were: (1) presence of nummular / coin shaped lesions with at least one >2mm in size and / presence...
OCT choroidal signs for congenital retinal pigment epithelium hypertrophy
4 February 2021
| Annes Ahmeidat
|
EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (CHRPE) on ocular coherence tomography (OCT) has the characteristic sign of RPE thickening and hyper reflectivity. However, the underlying choroid characteristics remain under researched. This retrospective study utilised data from an ophthalmic oncology...
Pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy
4 December 2024
| William Spackman, Tun Giap Tan, Stephen Turner
|
EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Presentation A 46-year-old Caucasian female was referred to the eye clinic by her local optician following a routine sight test. She was noted to have pigmentary retinal changes in both eyes but was asymptomatic with no visual complaints. At presentation...
Optometry Today’s new essential guide for myopia management
Optometry Today (OT) has published the second edition of its myopia management guide.
Resveratrol protects against steroid induced intraocular pressure
1 April 2016
| Graham Wallace
|
EYE - General
|
Glaucoma, Intraocular pressure, Resveratrol, Retina, Steroid-induced, Trabecular meshwork
Topical and systemic steroid delivery is a very effective treatment for many ocular conditions but is compromised by raised intraocular pressure which in turn leads to death of retinal ganglion cells and irreversible blindness. This is an important consideration with...
Van Herick Plus
2 December 2019
| Jonathan Chan
|
EYE - Glaucoma
|
angle, diagnostic tests/investigation, glaucoma incidence
This a consecutive cross-sectional study of 95 phakic patients over the age of 40-years-old. By applying a short, vertical slit beam, the inferior angle at the scleral-limbal junction at 6 o’clock position was evaluated, photographed and assessed by a ratio...
An unusual presentation of dysthyroid orbitopathy
1 April 2016
| Claire Howard
|
EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
|
Gaze-evoked amaurosis, Optic neuropathy, Thyroid eye disease
The authors present a case of a 50-year-old male smoker who presented with bilateral gaze evoked amaurosis (GEA), i.e. the patient was aware of loss of vision in all gaze positions other than the primary position. The patient was being...
