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International variations in ROP treatment

1 August 2018 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
A retrospective cohort review of 48,087 premature infants weighing <1500 gm between 24 to 27 weeks gestation, from 11 high income countries in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Finland, Israel, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tuscany (Italy) and the UK . By...

Is exenteration helpful in invasive fungal sinusitis?

1 February 2019 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology | Invasive fungal sinusitis, orbital exenteration, posterior ischaemic optic neuropathy
Invasive fungal sinusitis is a potentially lethal disease that causes painful orbital apex syndrome with ophthalmoplegia and visual loss. The mechanism of ophthalmoplegia and visual loss is not clear, and neither is the role of radical surgery-orbital exenteration. The authors...
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COVID-related mucormycosis

5 April 2022 | | EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Orbit
The authors report a retrospective case-control study of 73 patients with COVID-19 associated mucormycosis (CAM) between 1st March and 30th May 2021. They compared various factors between the two groups – patients who survived CAM (47 [64%]) and those that...

How do you solve the problem of trachoma in Ethiopia?

4 October 2023 | | EYE - Cornea
Background Trachoma is one of the oldest diseases known to humankind and the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Spread by the bacterium chlamydia trachomatis, it is transmitted through contact with the eyes, eyelids and nose of those infected. The...

A day in the life of...an ophthalmic imager / an orthoptic assistant

1 February 2014 |
The ophthalmic imager My role as an ophthalmic / medical photographer has evolved, dramatically, since I began my career at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, 30 years ago. Long gone are the days of developing and hand printing fluorescein angiograms in...

Does vitrectomy increase the risk of glaucoma? A retrospective review from a UK hospital

5 April 2022 | | EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
The authors investigate what proportion of patients undergoing pars plana vitrectomy subsequently developed ocular hypertension or a diagnosis of glaucoma. A systematic review carried out in 2017 including seven studies found that there is evidence that pars plana vitrectomy (PPV)...

Charity work in Cambodia: Culture, cataracts, and cruelty

3 October 2024 | | EYE - General
Cambodia has one of the lowest numbers of eye specialist doctors per capita in the world, and Bita Manzouri takes us on a journey into the charitable work of the Khmer Sight Foundation who are working to combat this. “Ut...

Twenty-five years in retina

1 February 2019 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
In the next of our articles celebrating 25 years of Eye News, the authors look at how the retina specialty has changed over this time and ask what the future might hold. Retinal disease management has benefited from great advances...

OSA Insights to Market win praise from members

31 October 2023 | OSA, Meetings, Events, Market insight, Opticians, E-Health
OSA members praised the breadth of optical market insights provided by the Autumn meeting this week as a broad spectrum of suppliers gathered in London, reinforcing the strength of the trade body.

RCOphth 2024 Report

28 May 2024 | | EyeConUK, RCOphth2024, Royal College of Ophthalmology, events, meetings, reports, previews, Eye News
A comprehensive tapestry of all our RCOphth Annual Congress content captured between 20–23 May 2024.

Post-stroke visual impairment: how big is the problem, how do we identify it, what we can do about it, and why does it matter?

1 December 2022 | | EYE - General
In the UK, 100,000 new strokes occur each year, with 1.3 million stroke survivors [1]. This article will focus on post-stroke visual impairment, discussing topics of how common it is, how it can be detected, possible management options and how...

AOP champions member voices in new benefits video

7 November 2023 | AOP, member benefits, optometry, optometrists
The Association of Optometrists (AOP) produces a new member focused video to showcase the support the AOP provides through members’ careers.