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Under pressure: intraocular pressure and bariatric surgery

1 December 2018 | | EYE - Glaucoma
Obesity in the general patient population is increasing. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends bariatric surgery with body-mass index (BMI) of over 40, or between 35-40 and other significant disease that could be improved with weight loss....

Effect of phacoemulsification on facility of outflow

1 February 2019 | | EYE - Glaucoma
This is a prospective study to examine the change in electronic Schotz tonographic outflow (TOF) and IOP measurements after phacoemulsification. Intraocular pressure was measured using Goldman‘s applanation tonography (GAT). Data were collected at baseline, three, six and 12 months postoperatively....
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Relationship between intraocular pressure and optic nerve damage in optic nerve drusen

7 April 2021 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology | Optic nerve head drusen, intraocular pressure, retinal nerve fibre layer, visual field
The authors present a retrospective study exploring the relationship between intraocular pressure (IOP) and optic nerve damage in patients with optic nerve drusen. The aim was to evaluate if patients with normal ocular pressure at the time of optic nerve...
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Predictors for developing strabismus after paediatric cataract surgery

3 April 2024 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus
This study investigates the predictors for strabismus development in patients with paediatric cataract and their final visual acuity. The aim was to improve the treatment of both deprivation and strabismic amblyopia after surgery. The study included 46 children; 21 male,...

In conversation with Professor Rubens Belfort (2018)

1 March 2019 | EYE - Cornea, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Oncology, EYE - General
We caught up with Professor Belfort at the 2018 Royal College of Ophthalmologists Annual Congress to discuss his Duke Elder Oration on ‘Classic, emergent and unknown intraocular infectious diseases'. Click the image below to see his answers to our questions.

Microcatheter in the vertebral artery as a cause of branched retinal artery occlusion?

4 August 2021 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Imaging, EYE - General
A 19-year-old male presented to eye casualty with a seven-day history of a ‘blurred patch’ in the left eye. The patient denied any other visual symptoms including flashes or floaters and there had been no change in visual symptoms in...

Deciphering dark retinal patches

3 October 2024 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
We present a case of bilateral extensive dark without pressure (DWP) located outside the retinal vascular arcades in a young female. This retinal finding is benign but, in some instances, darkened retinal patches could be associated with potential sight-threatening conditions....

Papilloedema: an update

1 June 2016 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
Some readers may have seen a recent report in the national newspapers of the case of a teenage girl with persistent severe headache associated with a fatal brain tumour having been undiagnosed despite many consultations with her medical advisers. It...

Obituary: a heartfelt goodbye to Roger Pope

3 May 2024 | optician, optometry, obituraries, Roger Pope, obituary
One of the most admired of UK opticians, Roger Pope, holder of two Royal Warrants, has sadly passed away leaving a legacy as the greatest colleague and friend to the optical community.

Cytomegalovirus retinitis post intravitreal triamcinolone in an immunocompetent patient with juvenile glaucoma

1 December 2014 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Figure 1: Fundus photograph shows active CMV retinitis four weeks after IVTA in the right eye. Figure 2: Fundus photograph of the left eye with no CMV retinitis; atrophic disc as a result of juvenile glaucoma. Case report A 29-year-old...

Ophthalmology elective: a local experience

24 March 2023 | | EYE - General
Dr Rajan Sondh talks about medical electives and how he believes they are an opportunity to explore career interests, giving undergraduates an opportunity to develop skills in areas that they wouldn’t normally encounter on placements. Typically, electives are taken abroad,...