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Practice tips: Directions in cataract surgery services and preventing postcataract endophthalmitis
Future directions in the delivery of high quality cataract surgery services and approved intracameral prophylactic approaches to lowering the risk of postcataract infective endophthalmitis were debated by consultant ophthalmic surgeons in a recent London seminar, held at the Royal Society...All eyes on Twiggy as she fronts new campaign warning us: don’t lose focus of your eye health
Dame Twiggy Lawson fronts a new public awareness campaign focused on eye health, as cases of macular disease increase with our ageing population.Progressive myelination of the retinal nerve fibre layer: Acquired or incidental?
*Co-first authors.Myelinated retinal nerve fibres are retinal nerve fibres encased by a myelin sheath, located anterior to the lamina cribrosa [1]. First described by Virchow in 1856, a myelinated retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) appears as a whitish, feathery patch...
Cost-effectiveness framework discussion for vision screening
The authors present a discussion paper on hypothetical, but representative, examples of post-referral costs that may result from different screening options up to the point of discharge from specific services. Data was taken from a recent (2019) systematic review (with...Effective management of dry eye and ocular surface disease
Experts recommend a consistent approach to diagnosis, therapeutic targeting by disease subtype and escalation of therapy when tear substitutes are not sufficient. Experts call for a consistent, unified approach to diagnosis of dry eye disease (DED), with a new simple...In conversation with Christopher Liu OBE
Eye News caught up with Christopher Liu following his recent appointment by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for Services to Ophthalmology. Christopher Liu OBE. Congratulations on your recent...Traumatic ‘toy’ gun injury leading to permanent vision loss
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a progressive, inherited disorder of connective tissue that affects the skin, cardiovascular system and retina. Ocular manifestations of the disease are related to Bruch’s membrane, a thin elastic tissue layer located between the retinal pigment epithelium...Optegra celebrates 15th anniversary and announces expansion plans
Specialist eye hospital Optegra marks its 15th anniversary this month, having opened its first UK hospital in Guildford in 2008.
How many injections in nAMD: ranibizumab vs. aflibercept
Intravitreal anti-VEGF injections make up a large proportion of the workload in ophthalmology clinics. Since the introduction of aflibercept with eight weekly injections there has been an option to use a treatment which may require less treatment, with potential cost...
