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Beware the disc in myopic patients
1 August 2018
| Eulee Seow
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EYE - Glaucoma
Glaucoma is a chronic and progressive optic neuropathy characterised by damage of retinal ganglion cells. Evaluation of structural damage of the optic nerve is important in glaucoma diagnosis. The ISNT rule states that the neuroretinal rim width is generally widest...
A trip up north: Eye News Symposium 2020
24 February 2020
New accents, friendly smiles and haggis served with my traditional morning breakfast, I knew at this point that I was a long way from the south of England, where this story begins.
Ridley Eye Foundation’s Spring camp programme
2 August 2024
| Alistair Wood
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EYE - General
The Ridley Eye Foundation continues its work in taking surgery to patients in remote communities living above 2000m in Nepal’s Himalayas. This spring, between 28 March – 7 April 2024, we supported surgical camps in Jumla and Mugu, both in...
A day in the life of...an ophthalmic imager / an orthoptic assistant
1 February 2014
| Richard Hancock, Anne Fifield
The ophthalmic imager My role as an ophthalmic / medical photographer has evolved, dramatically, since I began my career at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, 30 years ago. Long gone are the days of developing and hand printing fluorescein angiograms in...
Thank you, Baljean Dhillon. Welcome onboard, Peter Cackett.
3 April 2024
| Samuel Verdin
As our Co-editor of over 11 years, Baljean Dhillon, passes the torch, Peter Cackett steps up to take on the role.
Study finds telemedicine improves care for children with eye cancer
Orbis announces new research that finds telemedicine can improve care for children with retinoblastoma, a form of childhood cancer that can lead to blindness. The study, published in JCO Global Oncology, is the first to show that virtual mentor-mentee relationships...World Clinics in Ophthalmology Series: Innovations in Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
1 April 2014
| Subhanjan Mukherji
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EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - General, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
This two volume publication about current innovations in primary open angle glaucoma has persevered to come out with a comprehensive review of the latest publications in the world of glaucoma. The list of contributors includes clinicians from the field of...
Safe cataract extraction with underlying hypotonous cilio-choroidal detachment following trabeculectomy surgery
The authors of this study (including the reviewer of this article) describe a surgical technique for phacoemulsification in the presence of shallow choroidal detachment owing to hypotony following trabeculectomy. In their case series, four eyes of four patients with advanced...PREVIEW: RCOphth Annual Congress 2025 #EyeConUK
19 May 2025
| Samuel Verdin
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RCOphth, RCOphth 2025, Annual Congress, EyeConUK, Events, Meetings, Royal College of Ophthalmologists
That time of year is coming around again and the ophthalmic community are ironing their ties and polishing their shoes ready for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists’ Annual #EyeConUK Congress 2025, taking place at the ACC, Liverpool, between 19–22 May....
Can diuretics increase the risk of acute angle closure glaucoma?
4 December 2024
| Nishita Patel
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EYE - Glaucoma
Diuretics, used widely in the treatment of hypertension, oedema, heart failure and liver failure, have been implicated in case reports in scientific literature to be linked to bilateral acute angle closure glaucoma (AACG). The aim of this study was to...