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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...

Bridging the gap – Supporting our patients across the primary / secondary care divide

Providing the best care for patients is surely a fundamental goal for all healthcare professionals. When waiting-times are long and getting longer, clinics are full, colleagues are off with stress-related illness and patients are complaining, is it possible to still...

The next evolution in cataract surgery: UKISCRS releases its Dropless Cataract Surgery Guidelines

Dropless cataract surgery is an evolving approach designed to simplify postoperative care by reducing or eliminating the need for patient-administered eye drops. The recently published guidelines by UKISCRS outline best practices to ensure safe, effective implementation of dropless techniques while...

Global eyecare charity Orbis welcomes new international president and CEO

NGO leader Kathleen Sherwin joins Orbis International to meet the growing global demand for eyecare. Global eye care NGO Orbis International is pleased to welcome Kathleen Sherwin as the organisation’s new President and CEO.Kathleen brings more than 25 years of...

Strengthening eye care services in Botswana through the Botswana-Addenbrooke’s Abroad VISION 2020 LINK

The VISION 2020 LINK between Botswana and Addenbrooke’s Abroad has been running for 10 years. With support from the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme two-way exchange visits were undertaken leading to the formation of the first formal international partnership under Addenbrooke’s...

Breakthroughs in the genetics of angle-closure glaucoma

Angle closure glaucoma (ACG) is not widely known to be a familial condition, yet the recent explosion of genetic data and large scale genome wide investigations have confirmed at least 13 genetic loci associated with ACG [1], and provided some...

An update on idiopathic intracranial hypertension

The incidence of Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is increasing, likely in line with the worldwide epidemic of obesity. To date, there have been revisions in the terminology used and diagnostic criteria for IIH; these recognise the need to exclude secondary...

IN FOCUS - Prevention and treatment of blindness worldwide: the story of ‘VISION 2020: The Right to Sight’

The story of blindness and efforts to prevent and treat it cannot be told without going back to the earliest recorded history of blindness. Trachoma was described in ancient Egypt, cataract surgery in India about the fifth century BC and...

Best way to detect glaucoma progression: by reflecting on the past 25 years

Glaucoma – a condition of optic neuropathy leading to progressive visual field loss often associated with raised intraocular pressure. It is fair to say that our definition for this condition has remained unchanged over the last 25 years and the...

Outcomes of treated adult-onset ET

This study describes a large cohort of 248 patients with adult onset esotropia (ET) due to a range of causes and details preoperative characteristics, operative procedures and surgical outcomes. Mean age at diagnosis was 52 years. Diagnoses included cranial nerve...

Risk with density of suppression

The authors wished to determine the current practice of assessing and interpreting the density of suppression with the Sbisa / Bagolini filter bar in the management of amblyopia in the UK and to estimate the incidence of intractable diplopia following...

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) associated cystoid macular oedema (CMO)

This is a review article from two units in the UK and Australia, highlighting the supporting evidence of possible pathogenesis and treatment modalities of CMO in RP. The authors proposed that the likely mechanisms for RP-CMO involved the breakdown of...