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The art of ophthalmic simulations
4 December 2023
| Nicky L Webster
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EYE - Imaging
For Dec/Jan 2024, I got in touch with Nicky Webster, a Principal 3D Artist at FundamentalVR (https://fundamentalsurgery.com). Nicky is also a registered medical illustrator, healthcare scientist and medical photographer. With over 18 years of experience working in various disciplines within...
New solutions in the prevention and treatment of Acanthamoeba keratitis
5 October 2020
| Ronnie Mooney, Roderick Williams, Fiona Henriquez (Prof)
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
The global increase in Acanthamoeba keratitis infections has emphasised the inefficiencies of current treatment and preventative methods, here researchers from the West of Scotland detail a promising new series of compounds that may stem the tide. News headlines detailing horror...
Pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy
4 December 2024
| William Spackman, Tun Giap Tan, Stephen Turner
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EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Presentation A 46-year-old Caucasian female was referred to the eye clinic by her local optician following a routine sight test. She was noted to have pigmentary retinal changes in both eyes but was asymptomatic with no visual complaints. At presentation...
Rb-NET: a network to save life and preserve vision in children in Africa
1 April 2018
| Pippa Williams, Richard Bowman, Allen Foster (Prof), Ido Didi Fabian, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - Pathology, EYE - Oncology
Responding to need is a key element underpinning the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme [1]. It is embedded in the process through which LINKS are established, with institutions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) first defining their priority areas of training...
A three-way partnership between Nigeria, Tanzania and Northern Ireland
1 June 2015
| Rosie Brennan, Sunday Abuh, Barnabas Mshangila, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
VISION 2020 LINKS between Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT), Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Northern Ireland with first ECWA Eye Hospital, Kano, Nigeria and now also with Mbeya Referral Hospital (MRH), Tanzania, have been beneficial to all three partners. From...
Increasing access to eye care through community outreach clinics in Uganda
1 June 2019
| Clare Davey, Grace Ssali, Simon Arunga, Terry Cooper, Will Dean, Radhika Patel, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - General
There has been a VISION 2020 LINK between Mulago Hospital and Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda and the Royal Free Hospital, London, since 2010. There have been regular training visits between teams from the eye departments at Mulago and the...
How the development of Glaucoma Guidelines, Glaucoma Toolkit and GLASS training and the Glaucoma nurse training can effect change in Nigeria
4 February 2025
| Winnie Nolan, Karinya Lewis, Farouk Garba, Fatima Kyari, Elizabeth Ojeyinka, Oteri Okolo, Chimezie Obi-Mgbam, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - Glaucoma
In July 2024, a combined training, led by Fatima Kyari, was run in Abuja, Nigeria to facilitate a multifaceted upskilling in glaucoma management. The first week comprised of inviting 36 doctors practising glaucoma from around Nigeria’s 36 states, including the...
Technology in ophthalmology – a promising future and what we need to know about the regulations
1 October 2017
| Priya Nidamanuri, Magdalena Popiela
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
Undoubtedly, ophthalmology is one of the greatest sources of inspiration for technological progress in medicine. Thus far, we have seen remarkable advancements in the technology used by ophthalmologists across all subspecialties. From simplifying common procedures, to treating previously incurable conditions,...
Practical phacodynamics – making the most of your phacoemulsification machine
Understanding phacodynamics is appreciating the subtleties in the dynamic changes of the fluidics and the ultrasonic power delivered. Kristina Southcott explains. Increase my vacuum! Increase my bottle height! Increase my phaco power! I frequently observe the above commands being directed...SOS (Simplified Ophthalmic Statistics) Part 3: Which statistical test should I use (if any)?
4 December 2018
| Catey Bunce
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EYE - General
P<0.05 is a statement that brings joy to many researchers. Arguably this is because inclusion of such a statement may increase the chance of acceptance for publication. Whilst statisticians and non-statisticians are united in trying to change this culture, cultural...
Watch your back: Ergonomics and Ophthalmology
2 August 2022
| Aadil Hussain
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EYE - General
Aadil Hussain discusses an ophthalmologist’s risk of musculoskeletal injury and highlights the importance of ergonomics education, to ensure a pain-free career. Chronic and disabling musculoskeletal injury has been identified in the field of ophthalmology with increasing prevalence. The ophthalmologist is...
Sickle cell eye disease: an overview of vitreoretinal complications and their surgical management
1 December 2016
| Antonio Berarducci, Tom Williamson
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Sickle cell disease is the most common genetic disorder worldwide and is associated with lifelong anaemia, intermittent pain and multi-organ morbidity. Ocular involvement can be associated with significant visual impairment due to the complications of proliferative sickle retinopathy (PSR). Occasionally...