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Usher syndrome: an overview
Usher syndrome is the most common hereditary condition that affects both vision and hearing. It is an autosomal recessive condition characterised by retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and bilateral sensorineural hearing loss [1,2]. Usher syndrome is the cause of approximately 10% of...Celebrating volunteer ophthalmic nurses on #InternationalNursesDay
Eye News and eye care charity Orbis celebrate volunteer ophthalmic nurses who worked on the frontlines during the pandemic.Patients with low vision benefit from optical sector seeing ‘beyond the eyes’
Patients with low vision are benefitting from an initiative developed by Visualise Training and Consultancy and funded by Thomas Pocklington Trust. Seeing Beyond the Eyes has released its impact report which highlights a huge increase in the number of optical professionals who will now refer patients with low vision to vital support services – up from only 9% to an impressive 96%.Tech supplier search to help tackle 8am rush at GP surgeries
Tech specialists are being sought to help tackle the 8am rush for appointments at GP surgeries.
A novel computerised portable pupillometer detects and quantifies relative afferent pupillary defect
We have all had referrals from A&E telling us that a patient can’t see out of one eye. Sleepily we may ask “Is there an relative afferent pupillary defect (RAPD)?” to evaluate the seriousness of the presentation. The response is...
Prostaglandin-associated periorbitopathy
This is a masked study of 33 patients who had been taking a prostaglandin analogue in one eye only for at least a year, to look for signs of prostaglandin-associated periorbitopathy (PAP). The investigators devised a new grading system to...
Are corneal guttata an additional risk factor in complicated cataract surgery needing a future corneal transplant?
This registry-based cohort study from Sweden utilised data from the Swedish National Cataract Registry and the Swedish Cornea Transplant Registry. Patients who underwent phacoemulsification with a posterior intraocular lens between 2010 and 2012 numbered 192,476. Of these cases, 288 underwent...
Sensorimotor outcomes following paediatric ocular trauma
A retrospective assessment of sensorimotor outcomes was conducted in paediatric patients after ocular trauma to evaluate potential predictors of poor outcome including time of treatment deprivation, Paediatric Ocular Trauma score (POTS) and patient characteristics. The review was from 2006-2020 and...
Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy outcomes in an Indian population
A large cohort study in an Indian population is presented, with clinical and genetic profile analysis of patients with Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) treated over a five-year period. The study included 157 patients; 143 male, 14 female (10.2:1 ratio)...
