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What are the indications and outcomes of optic nerve and optic nerve sheath biopsies?
This retrospective multicentre study reviewed 72 patients who underwent optic nerve or optic nerve sheath biopsy at 3 sites over a 24-year period. The authors aimed to evaluate the indications, diagnostic yield and complications associated with these procedures, which are...Prognostic AI for diabetic retinopathy: Towards the first prospective trial in the UK
Artificial intelligence (AI) is frequently described as having the capacity to dramatically change and improve healthcare. One extensively studied application of AI in ophthalmology involves the diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy (DR) or diabetic maculopathy (DM) using retinal imaging. An emerging...Mainline Instruments - Pentacam Educational Day
Mainline Instruments - Pentacam® Educational DayArtificial intelligence and oculomics: Improving global health
The application of artificial intelligence (AI), and in particular deep learning, to high-resolution ocular imaging has led to many new discoveries, enabling the prediction of multiple different systemic diseases from ocular biomarkers. This emerging field is known as ‘oculomics’ [1]....
Prevalence of misdiagnosis of third nerve palsy by referring clinicians
The authors present a retrospective case review of new patient presentations to a neuro-ophthalmology clinic at two centres between 2014 and 2017. The electronic medical records were searched using the variety of terms for third nerve palsy. Referral for management...
Screening for ROP using wide-angle digital retinal photography by non-ophthalmologists
This is a systematic review article to evaluate the accuracy of digital retinal photography (DRP) performed by trained personnel (non-ophthalmologists) in diagnosing clinically significant retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). The authors used search engines including Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL and Cochrane databases....NHS England national ophthalmic diagnostics and imaging data collection analysis
The National Physiological Science Data Collections are part of NHS England’s Diagnostic Transformation programme which was established following Professor Mike Richards review of Diagnostic services. A key recommendation was to establish data collections to make up for the lack of...Beyond vision loss: Why doctors should know about Charles Bonnet Syndrome
Over 250 years have passed since Charles Bonnet’s seminal essay, in which he described the symptoms of the syndrome that now takes his name [1]. Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) describes the occurrence of visual hallucinations in people with significant visual...
Diagnosis of ocular tuberculosis
This review article provides an update on the methods diagnosing ocular tuberculosis (TB), the difficulties in making the diagnosis and makes recommendations to a more accurate diagnosis by combining the available diagnostic tests. Today ocular TB remains a presumptive clinical...
Ocular manifestations of Whipple’s disease
In this retrospective review of 217 patients with Whipple’s disease (WD), the authors reviewed the presentations of those with ocular manifestations. Ocular signs of WD are under recognised, frequently resulting in misdiagnosis and mismanagement. Mayo Data Explorer, a Mayo Clinic...Haag-Streit UK appoints a new Product Manager
Haag Streit UK is pleased to announce the appointment of Anna Chen in the role of Product Manager.
