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Do topical steroids improve visual outcome in the treatment of bacterial keratitis?

1 December 2014 | Lona Jawaheer | EYE - Cornea, EYE - General

The use of topical corticosteroids as an adjunctive treatment to antibiotics in the management of bacterial keratitis remains a controversial issue. The results of the Steroids for Corneal Ulcers Trial (SCUT) – a randomised, double-masked, placebo-controlled trial that recruited patients...

Effect of long-term scleral contact lenses on corneal topography, tear film and impression cytology in keratoconus

1 December 2021 | Su Young | EYE - Cornea, EYE - General

This study of 16 keratoconus patients aimed to investigate the impact of long-term scleral contact lens (ScCL) wear on corneal curvature, corneal thickness, tear film function and ocular surface in patients with keratoconus. Corneal topography, tear osmolarity test, Schirmer 1...

UK ophthalmologists discuss value of ultra-widefield multimodality retinal imaging

7 June 2023 | optomap, ophthalmology, ultra-widefield

Utilising optomap ultra-widefield (UWF™) multimodality retinal imaging with integrated SS (or SD) OCT in clinical practice contributes to identifying unexpected pathologies in a patient without visual complaints, report 81% of clinicians at industry webinar.

Transforming eyecare with AI at 100% Optical

4 March 2024 | Pearse Keane, AI, Moorfields, UCL, technology, advancement, artificial intelligence, development

“We are drowning in people we need to see in hospital eye services, and some people are going blind as a result. We are looking at nearly 10m hospital appointments for ophthalmology a year, with an approximately 33% increase over...

A comparison of light sources in retinal imaging

1 October 2021 | Fabio Galli | EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

Before starting to talk about the light sources present in retinal imaging, it is necessary to start from the base: the light. Light is an electromagnetic wave whose smallest part is the photon (or quantum of light). A high frequency...

Land Ahoy! An interview with Geoff Hilton-Barber

3 April 2026 | Peter Cackett | EYE - General

It was during a previous interview with Miles Hilton-Barber [1] that I discovered that his older brother, Geoff, had been an inspiration to him. He informed me that Geoff was also blind from retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and had built his...

Are social media promoting ocular protection in the community?

3 June 2024 | Chung Shen Chean | EYE - General, EYE - Oculoplastic

During the Covid-19 pandemic, many countries worldwide introduced lockdown measures to control infection, causing people to spend more time at home. This resulted in reports of increasing incidences of do-it-yourself (DIY)-related trauma. When the Covid-19 pandemic started in December 2019,...

A case of bilateral idiopathic sclerochoroidal calcification

1 June 2014 | Antonio Berarducci, Inderpaul S Sian, Peter R Simcock | 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

Idiopathic sclerochoroidal calcification (ISC) is a rare, benign disorder of the choroid and sclera. We present a visually asymptomatic 83-year-old caucasian male with clinical findings bilaterally of ISC, and discuss the investigations required to confirm diagnosis and help prevent further...

Should it be a mandatory requirement for medical students to receive the COVID-19 vaccine to attend clinical attachments?

7 April 2021 | Charles O’Donovan | EYE - General

The vast majority of medical students have positive attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine for themselves and patients, however, what about the small inevitable minority who resist it? Should they be prevented from attending clinical attachments in the NHS? It is...

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