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New free eye test service is open and accepting bookings

23 September 2024 | charity, VCHP, homeless, vision care for homeless people, eye tests, free
We at Vision Care for Homeless People (VCHP) are pleased to announce that our brand-new clinic is now open and accepting bookings for free eye tests and spectacles. We are based at the Crisis Skylight building on Canongate in Edinburgh,...
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OCT Angiography in Retinal and Macular Diseases

1 December 2016 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Imaging
OCT angiography (OCT-A) is based on the concept that in a static eye, the only moving structure in the fundus of the eye is blood flowing through the vessels. This book explains how the technique allows a depth-resolved analysis and...

Orbital Schwannomas

4 February 2021 | | EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Orbit
This is a large case series of orbital Schwannomas managed at a single centre over a 26-year period. Twenty Schwannomas are reported, all but one of which was managed surgically. The tumours were all benign, had an insidious onset and...
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Sickle cell maculopathy

1 October 2021 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal | OCT imaging, Sickle cell disease, Sickle cell maculopathy, Visual impairment
This paper reports the result of a prospective study to analyse the prevalence of sickle cell maculopathy (SCM) and its associations with age, sex, genotype, proliferative sickle cell retinopathy (PSR) stage, and the impact on visual acuity (VA). This study...
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Type 3 macular neovascularisation (MNV) due to age-related macular degeneration

3 October 2024 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This paper systematically reviews and summarises the current knowledge on type 3 neovascularisation due to age-related macular degeneration which is defined as neovascularisation originating from the retinal deep capillary plexus that grows towards the outer retina often penetrating the level...

Sheraz Daya awarded prestigious IIRSI gold medal for contribution to ophthalmology

20 March 2026 | Leadership, Professional development
Centre for Sight, the UK’s leading and most trusted centre of excellence for advanced eye care, innovation and life-changing results, is proud to announce that its Founder and Medical Director, Sheraz Daya, has been awarded the prestigious IIRSI Gold Medal...

Unilateral central scotoma following dengue fever

12 October 2023 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
Case report A 16-year-old Caucasian male was referred to the eye casualty at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust by the infectious diseases unit in September 2013. He gave a history of photophobia, pain on eye movements and central blurred vision...

Ophthalmology elective in China

2 April 2025 | | EYE - General
Wandering through the bustling streets of Zhejiang, China, immersed in the harmonious blend of modernity and tradition, I made my way to the Eye Centre of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine. The aroma of traditional Chinese...

My journey as advanced ophthalmic emergency nurse practitioner

4 February 2025 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Grace Eni explores her own achievements as an advanced nurse practitioner, emphasising the influential range and significance of this role in ophthalmic care. A pioneering position and job title in the UK and possibly globally, advanced nurse practitioner roles were...

Preoperative povidone iodine: weighing the risks

1 October 2019 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General
Following on from our recent online survey, the authors examine the potential risks and benefits of diluting the concentration preoperative povidone iodine. Povidone iodine (PI) is an iodophore that has an established use as a broad-spectrum antiseptic, mainly for the...

What’s Eating Gilbert Pete

2 August 2022 | | EYE - General
“Please phone Mr C Lyon ASAP on 0131 334 9171” This was a message from my secretary waiting for me on my computer one morning shortly after I was appointed a consultant. The name did not ring any bells but...

The ghost of Christmas present

1 December 2022 | | EYE - General
“Ah, youth is wasted on the wrong people.” Some will recognise this as one of the many brilliant quotes from what is considered to be the best Christmas movie ever – Frank Capra’s tear-jerker It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), although...