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Patient changes eye colour permanently and has brighter and whiter looking eyes
1 December 2017
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
In this new series, Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are scientific reality and which are ‘fake news’. Headline: Patient changes eye colour permanently and has brighter and whiter looking eyes If...
SpaMedica extends its ophthalmic training programme, creating vital placements for NHS registrars
The UK’s largest provider of NHS cataract surgery is already supporting 60 aspiring surgeons, and has recently appointed three staff members to further develop its training provision.The results of the last survey Dec21
1 December 2021
| Amar Alwitry
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
Consent is a hot topic at the moment and the publication of the GMC Guidance on Consent [1] has rightfully refocussed our attention on it. Consent practices vary wildly and have been the subject of many of these surveys. Once...
The results of the last survey Feb22
This edition’s survey took a slightly different tack and tried to look at the problems we face in litigation. Litigation is unpleasant. It is horrible being involved in it and the process of litigation can be extremely stressful. From the...A Doctors.net.uk app and more security woes
1 December 2017
| David Haider
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EYE - General
Doctors.net.uk gets a new app The Doctors.net.uk website is well known in the medical community. Its online services started 20 years ago, in 1998! Since then it has retained its core features of providing email accounts and also an online...
Ophthalmology Specialty Training 2024: What's different?
13 December 2023
| Mertcan Sevgi
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EYE - General
The 2024 intake for ophthalmology specialty training (OST) has undergone several significant changes in its approach towards candidate selection and assessment. This article provides a comparative analysis, detailing these new measures and comparing them against the previous year's standards. Our...
Acetylcholine receptor antibodies in the diagnosis of ocular myasthenia gravis at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
3 August 2023
| Nouf Alnafisee, Joanna M Jefferis
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is the commonest autoimmune condition to affect the neuromuscular junction. In the UK, its prevalence is 15 per 10,000 [1,2] and recent studies have shown that rates are steadily increasing [3,4]. Aims of this audit The aim...
Haag-Streit announces “Slit Lamp Imaging Competition 2024” winners
18 October 2024
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opportunities, slit lamp, imaging, competition, awards, haag-streit, SLIC2024, 2024
Haag-Streit UK (HS-UK), the leading manufacturer and distributor of gold-standard diagnostic and surgical devices and instruments for ophthalmologists, optometrists, and orthoptists, is pleased to announce the results of Haag-Streit's 'Slit Lamp Imaging Competition 2024'. Utpal Sarkar, from Disha Eye Hospitals,...
Management of restrictive diplopia after ptergium surgery
This single centre retrospective case series included 15 patients with restrictive diplopia after ptergium excision. The mean time from surgery to diplopia was six months and all patients had a moderate limitation of abduction in the operated eye causing an...
Augmented trabeculectomy with mitomycin C in primary congenital glaucoma
This study aimed to determine success of trabeculectomy augmented with mitomycin C (MMC) in children with primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) and document complications of this intervention. Over a two-year period, the authors treated 74 eyes of 42 children with PCG,...
Evaluation of Optive® in ocular discomfort after anti-VEGF intravitreal injection
1 October 2021
| Sofia Rokerya
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
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Artificial tear, Intravitreal injection therapy, Ocular discomfort, Ocular surface
In this study the authors prospectively evaluated the efficacy of Optive® eye drops after in full, then abbreviation - intravitreal injection (IVT). Patients naïve to IVT were included in the study. No artificial tear treatment was prescribed after the first...
Patterns of binocular diplopia in giant cell arteritis (GCA)
3 February 2023
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Diplopia, giant cell arteritis, population-based
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a granulomatous vasculitis that targets medium and large sized vessels. Binocular diplopia has been reported in a small number of patients with visual manifestations of GCA. It can be caused by ischaemia in any segment...
