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Retrospective review of visual outcomes in Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH)

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a clinical syndrome characterised by headache and papilloedema that can lead to significant visual morbidity. IIH is diagnosed by the modified Dandy criteria, which include normal neuroimaging and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) composition, high CSF opening...

ILM peeling techniques in myopic traction maculopathy

Myopic traction maculopathy (MTM) is a sight-threatening complication of high myopia including macular retinoschisis (MRS) or foveoschisis, foveal detachment (FD) and myopic macular hole (MMH). Standard surgical treatment is vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling, but full-thickness macular hole...

Skills training and setting up of nurse practitioners led intravitreal treatment (IVT) workshop at the RCOphth Congress

The Medical Retina team at Great Western NHS Hospital, Swindon will be running a first of its kind skills training workshop at RCOphth Annual Congress, Birmingham on 24 May ’23.

New eye hospital opens in Chester

SpaMedica, which specialises in NHS cataract surgery and YAG laser capsulotomy, will help significantly reduce waiting times for local patients.

Cornea, 2-Volume Set: Fundamentals, Diagnosis, Management and Surgery of the Cornea and Conjunctiva (4th Edition)

Originally published in 1997 as a comprehensive set of three volumes on cornea and external eye disease, this two volume edition, published at the end of 2016, offers “a complete multimedia resource, in print, online, eBook and video format”. There...

NYU Langone Health performs world’s first whole-eye & partial-face transplant

Landmark whole-eye transplant is a major paradigm shift for potential vision therapies.

Will it change management?

Like most doctors I have read and am a fan of Samuel Shem’s House of God, with my favourite Rule being Rule 10: “If you don’t take a temperature you can’t find a fever.” If you don’t intend to treat...

East of Ealing

“And Cain said unto the Lord, my punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid. And Cain went out...

Embedding EMR for a complete transformation in user experience

Informatics and IT projects in the NHS have a history of being over budget, delivered late and not fulfilling the design brief. “But it doesn’t have to be that way,” believes Chris Canning, Consultant Ophthalmologist and Chief Clinical Information Officer...

My experience of the transition into a specialist orthoptist role

Michelle Dent discusses the process of transitioning into a new role and the pros and cons along the way. An opportunity arose for a permanent, full time, band 7 specialist role in the medical retina (MR) team in the Newcastle...

What's trending Jun/Jul 2024

#solar #eclipse The recent total solar eclipse over North America resulted in some stunning photos, but it was the aftermath that made the most headlines. There were ophthalmologists reporting a significant increase in the number of patients coming through their...

What’s trending Feb/Mar 2026

A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #Darts #AlyPaly It always looks like an electric atmosphere at Alexandra Palace for the World Darts Championship, and the 2025/2026 competition...