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Covid-19

23 March 2020 | Gwyn Samuel Williams | EYE - General

I am writing this on 21 March 2020, and I am pretty confident that by the time you read this that whatever I say will already be hopelessly out of date. Plus, it’s only really what I think, and I...

Neurofibromatosis type 2 – diagnosis, features and MDT approach

1 December 2021 | Jincy Kurian | EYE - Orbit, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General

NF2 is a genetic condition caused by mutation in a single gene (NF2 gene) on chromosome 22. The NF2 gene provides instructions to produce a protein called merlin, also known as schwannomin. This protein functions as a tumour suppressor, preventing...

How to nearly (but not quite) get into ST1 ophthalmology training – some reflections

1 February 2022 | Lutfi Al-Nufoury | EYE - General

Ophthalmology is often considered to be an elite, highly competitive specialty, with little room for failure. Candidates and trainees tend to cultivate a certain urbane and confident style, and the bottleneck at ST1 can feel rather intense. The majority of...

ARx - Augmented Reality Headset

2 August 2022 | David Haider | EYE - General

In a continuing look at wearable technology, for those with sight impairment, for Aug/Sep we are looking at the recently released ARx. In previous issues we have covered the Envision Glasses and the OrCam MyEye. The ARx is a device...

How to pass FRCOphth Part 1 on the first attempt

4 December 2024 | Kah Long Aw | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal

Studying for this exam makes one wonder how there is so much to know about such a small organ. The FRCOphth Part 1 examination is notorious for its low pass rate, with only 20–40% of candidates succeeding at each sitting....

Doctor by the sea (Pete’s Hidden Curriculum Part 1)

1 February 2022 | Peter Cackett | EYE - General

See Pete's Hidden Curriculum Part 2 here. “They can always hurt you more.” This is The Fat Man’s Law Number 8 from the book The House of God by Samuel Shem. For those that have not read this book, it...

My Top Five: Red flag presentations all resident doctors must know

18 December 2025 | Karim Awad | EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal

Ophthalmic emergencies are time-critical situations where delays in recognition or management can lead to permanent vision loss [1]. For resident doctors and medical students, identifying these red flags can be daunting, especially given the complexity of the eye and its...

Beyond vision loss: Why doctors should know about Charles Bonnet Syndrome

19 January 2026 | Wei Jia Liu, Jasvir Virdee | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal

Over 250 years have passed since Charles Bonnet’s seminal essay, in which he described the symptoms of the syndrome that now takes his name [1]. Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) describes the occurrence of visual hallucinations in people with significant visual...

Mucormycosis: In conversation with Dr Deepak Haldipur and Dr Aditya Moorthy

15 July 2021 | Deepak Haldipur, Aditya Moorthy, Sunil Narayan Dutt (Dr Prof) | EYE - Orbit, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - General

COVID-19 has ravaged the world in the past 18 months. The second wave in many countries was deadlier than the first. Mucormycosis, infamously labelled ‘the black fungus’ has affected some countries, such as India, in epidemic proportions within this COVID...

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