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Pioneering professor performs 30,000th laser eye procedure
A Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Moorfields Private Hospital consultant has performed his 30,000th refractive laser eye procedure (at Moorfields Private), 36 years after he carried out the first of its kind in the UK. In 1989, while...Acute retinal necrosis presumably caused by Epstein-Barr virus infection
Acute retinal necrosis (ARN) is an uncommon, but serious and potentially blinding condition. ARN is characterised by panuveitis, occlusive vasculopathy and progressive peripheral necrotising retinitis. The diagnosis is clinical but confirmation is sought via aqueous and vitreous sampling. Varicella zoster...Contract signed to build Oriel, a state-of-the-art eye health centre
A £300 million contract has been awarded to Bouygues UK to build Oriel, a new eye care, research and education centre in Camden.REPORT: American-European Congress of Ophthalmic Surgery (AECOS) European Symposium
David Shahnazaryan, Consultant Ophthalmologist, London, UK and Radhika Rampat, Consultant Ophthalmologist, London, UK, report from the AECOS Symposium in Antwerp, Belgium (June 10-12).
Reduced blood flow and age-related macular degeneration
This was a prospective cross-sectional study assessing changes in blood flow velocity in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using a retinal function imager. Sixty eyes with wet AMD were compared to 53 control eyes and the average blood flow...
Comparison of bilateral lateral and unilateral recession resection for IXT
This is a retrospective review study of patients between the ages of three and 15 years old with the basic type of intermittent exotropia (IXT) who had strabismus surgery between January 2003 to September 2009. There were 85 patients included...
Corneal Topography in Clinical Practice (Pentacam System)
This book is based upon one device, the Pentacam, developed by OCULUS, and is primarily aimed at those who wish to familiarise themselves with the Pentacam system and need a text to complement the instrument operations manual. It is laid...Traffic Lights
For this issue’s instalment of The Culture Section, I was privileged to speak to Moorfield’s first prize competition winner Charlotte Zheng. Earlier this year in January, Charlotte wrote a patient reflection poem for the prize competition titled ‘Patient as Teacher...ABDO to launch new course in paediatric eyecare
The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) has announced plans to launch a new professional certificate in paediatric eyecare that will enable eyecare practitioners to develop advanced skills and knowledge in relation to many different aspects of paediatric eyecare, including myopia management.
Delayed improvement in Muller’s muscle ptosis surgery
This is a retrospective review of patients undergoing ptosis surgery. The authors had noticed anecdotally that although a posterior approach Muller’s muscle and conjunctival resection (MMCR) appeared to achieve similar results to an anterior approach levator resection (ALR) in the...
Thalamic infarcts and the associated neuro-ophthalmic sequelae
The authors present a retrospective review of clinical and imaging data from a stroke database over a 10-year period. Of those identified as having a thalamic infarction (n=342), 40 were found to have neuro-ophthalmic sequelae (11.7%). The neuro-ophthalmic sequelae reported...
