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Moorfields Education: Ocular oncology for the non-ocular oncologist
This course is designed for clinicans working in the hospital or community setting who wish to gain more knowledge into lumps and bumps in the eye. The course will teach the attendees how to assess and identify tumours, how to...Newmedica: Expect the unexpected: post-operative complications in cataract surgery
This provider-led peer review will focus on navigating post-operative complications in cataract surgery. While the risk of complications is low, understanding how to assess, diagnose, and manage them is essential for optometrists involved in post-operative care. This session will provide...AOP calls for ‘bold thinking’ in response to DHSC request for new minor and urgent eyecare service
The development of a standard specification for ICBs is welcome but ambition for a national approach ‘should not be sacrificed’.
Retrograde maculopathy in glaucoma
Macular optical coherence tomography (OCT) analysis can be used for quantitative measures of optic nerve atrophy at a location far away from the optic nerve head. This has recently led to the discovery of microcystic macular oedema (MME), in the...
Platelet-rich fibrin for conjunctivoplasty after pterygium excision
The authors report a prospective, comparative, non-randomized clinical trial of 35 pterygium patients with unilateral nasal primary pterygium infiltrating the cornea 2-5mm in size, who underwent pterygium excision between June 2013 and September 2014. Thirty-five eyes of 35 patients with...
Management of diffuse OSSN with topical chemotherapy
Ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) can be localised to the conjunctiva or, less commonly, diffusely spread over the conjunctiva and cornea. Localised OSSN can be treated by surgical removal with adjuvant cryotherapy and chemotherapy with low rates of recurrence. Diffuse...
Sclerotomy suturing
This was a retrospective review of 589 consecutive cases of patients who underwent 23-gauge tranconjunctival pars plana vitrectomy. Cases were split into Type 1 vitrectomies (macular hole, ERM and simple vitreous haemorrhages) and Type 2 cases which were more complex...
Ocular lubrication versus bandage contact lens in recurrent erosion syndrome (RES)
Twenty-nine patients (eight traumatic, five epithelial basement membrane dystrophy, two idiopathic) were randomised using SPSS to either ocular lubricants or bandage contact lenses (BCLs). Only patients previously treated with ocular lubricants were included. Patients with previous surgery, laser treatment, dry...
Comparison of vision screening programmes
The purpose was to examine the treatment that children underwent as a result of being identified with reduced vision at school screening. The level of improvement in vision was identified and the time taken to achieve maximum visual acuity. There...
Silicone oil in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
Silicone oil (SO), used in complicated retinal detachments, is associated with complications such as cataract, increased intraocular pressure (IOP), keratopathy, cystoid macular oedema (CMO), epiretinal membrane (ERM) and loss of vision. Emulsification of oil can also lead to migration of...
Long-term effect of YAG LPI on corneal endothelium in PACS
This is a single-centre randomised controlled trial of 875 patients with bilateral primary angle closure suspect (PACS) who received YAG laser iridotomy (LPI) prophylactic treatment in one eye randomly and the fellow eye served as control over 72 months. Central...
