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ABDO awards presented at graduation and prize giving ceremony
The president of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO), Kevin Gutsell, presented six special awards at the Association's recent graduation and prize giving ceremony held at Canterbury Cathedral. ABDO Life Membership was awarded to Fiona Anderson, SMC (Tech), BSc...Managing an outreach eye service… 8000 miles away!
3 October 2024
| Rebecca Turner, Hannah Owen-Smith, Jonathan H Norris, Paul Rosen, Mandy Heathman, Becky Edwards
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EYE - General
In 1997, Paul Rosen, a relatively newly appointed consultant surgeon to the Oxford Eye Hospital, was approached by Richard Davies, a GP in Stanley, Falkland Islands, to assist in the provision and management of the Falkland Islands eye surgery service....
Relationship between nocturnal intraocular pressure elevation and diurnal intraocular pressure level in NTG patients
1 October 2015
| Wai Siene Ng
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EYE - Glaucoma
This group studies Korean normo-tension glaucoma (NTG) patients over a 24-hour period to assess if there was a relationship between nocturnal intraocular pressure (IOP) and diurnal IOP. They have previously suggested differences in diurnal IOP may have varying mechanisms of...
HOYA Vision Care’s Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments Spectacle Lenses demonstrated significant trend of myopia control in children
Interim analysis from the Observational French Study in children presented at EPOS 2024 meeting in Paris. Data from an interim analysis of the Observational French Study, OPHTAMYOP, has demonstrated a significant trend of myopia control in children with spherical equivalent...Topography based keratoconus progression after corneal collagen cross-linking
Case 1 describes a 35-year-old man with progressive keratoconus (PK). His best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was right 20/80 (-5.25/-7.75 x 85) and left 20/20 (+4.75/-5.00 x 90). His Ks were right 36.32/48.02 D and 41.15/46.41 D. Right central cornea...Part 1: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh Visits Ethiopia with Orbis
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh, visited services protecting the vision of children and adults in Hawassa, Ethiopia, with international eyecare charity Orbis.Leadership and management in optometry: why is it important?
1 April 2018
| Helen Court
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EYE - General
The General Medical Council recognises that leadership and management is essential for every doctor, and provides guidance detailing management and leadership responsibilities [1]. Indeed, management and leadership is part of the core training for all medical trainees. However, to date,...
Outcomes of horizontal muscle transplantation
The authors propose the technique of transplantation of the resected muscle segment to the previously recessed muscle for correction of residual / recurrent strabismus in order to restrict surgery to one eye and avoid large recession of previously recessed rectus...Does Acanthamoeba need bacteria to cause keratitis?
An animal study was carried out on 36 rabbits, whose corneas were inoculated with either Acanthamoeba castellanii alone, Pseudomonas aeruginosa alone or both pathogens together after a period of short (two hours) or long (six hours) co-incubation. The clinical severity...Comparison of surgical options for basic intermittent exotropia
This study compared the outcomes of three surgical options from one surgeon, to treat basic intermittent exotropia. Surgeries included bilateral lateral rectus recession (BLR), unilateral lateral / medial rectus recession / resection (RR), and unilateral lateral rectus recession and medial...Resolution of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH): case series
1 April 2017
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Idiopathic intracranial hypertension, low-pressure headache, lumbar drain, lumbar puncture, transverse sinus stenting
The authors report the findings from 14 patients following treatment for idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). All 14 patients experienced an immediate and sustained resolution of the IIH in the setting of prolonged cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage at a rate greater...