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I am interested in making my ophthalmology practice sustainable, but where do I start?
I have yet to meet an ophthalmologist who does not care about a sustainable future for our planet, but the challenge lies in knowing where and how to start. Quite often, as individuals, we see ourselves less empowered when it...
American Academy of Ophthalmology – Updated textbooks Basic and Clinical Science Course 2018-2019
The American Academy of Ophthalmology publish a series of books entitled Basic and Clinical Science Course every year. It’s a highly regarded series and has often been quoted to me as a good reference set of books. Indeed, I invested...
Basic and Clinical Science Course: Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
The Basic and Clinical Science Course done by the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) is a firm favourite, not just in the US, but across Europe as well. We’ve reviewed a few updates to their series, and I was happy...The ophthalmologist’s elbow: a potentially painful point of contact
Three months ago I leant, in the customary manner, on the box of my indirect lens at the slit lamp to examine a patient’s fundus. An acute and severe pain in the tip of my elbow immediately interrupted me. I...
A standardised strategy for uveitis etiological diagnosis
This was a prospective, non-inferiority, multicentre randomised control trial, which aimed to assess the effectiveness of a standardised approach in the etiological diagnosis of uveitis versus an open strategy, where clinicians could perform any test. The authors developed their standardised...
Intravitreal afibercept and ranibizumab for PCV
This is a retrospective, interventional series comprising 98 eyes with polypidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) with the aim of comparing treatments with afibercept and ranibizumab, highlighting any differences in their efficacy. Case notes and imaging (FFA / ICG / OCT) were...
What effects do repeated Ozurdex implants have in paediatric uveitis?
The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the anatomical and functional results, as well as complications of repeated Ozurdex intravitreal implants in a paediatric (non-infectious) uveitis cohort. Twenty-two eyes (16 patients) received 35 Ozurdex implants over a six...
