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My Top Five: Emerging alternatives to manage and treat nAMD
3 April 2024
| Nikhil Sharma, Paras Agarwal
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EYE - General
Wet (exudative or neovascular) age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is characterised by choroidal neovascularisation, in which new blood vessels from the choroid invade through Bruch’s membrane. These blood vessels proliferate beneath or through the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), causing patients to...
Unaddressed Vision Problems Linked to Many Bus Crashes in Bangladesh, Study Finds
7 April 2022
The new research from eye care nonprofit Orbis International is among the first to look at vision and road safety among public transportation workers in low- and middle-income countries.
My Trip to London - A UKISCRS 47th Annual Meeting Review
Arriving in London on a wet Tuesday evening, I disembarked the train and began my expedition through the torrential rain, my drenched suit bag in one hand and my precious poster packaged and clutched to my chest in the other.Evidence shows hand-holding volunteers help significantly reduce anxiety for patients undergoing eye procedure
15 January 2024
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Helpforce, Handholding, Charity, Friends of Moorfields, Wellbeing, Patient experience, Anxiety
New evidence from an evaluation carried out by Helpforce for Friends of Moorfields shows that a volunteer’s support can help patients while they have eye surgery under local anaesthetic. 94% say the support helped them feel less anxious.
Thank you, Baljean Dhillon. Welcome onboard, Peter Cackett.
3 April 2024
| Samuel Verdin
As our Co-editor of over 11 years, Baljean Dhillon, passes the torch, Peter Cackett steps up to take on the role.
How the other half live – ophthalmology training around the world
5 August 2020
| Hari Kaneshayogan
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
Ophthalmology speciality training is currently seven years in the UK without an additional fellowship. UK trainees are privileged to have a training programme that is held in high esteem across the world, but did you ever wonder what other trainees...
Efficacy of intravitreal dexamethasone implant in patients with persistent macular oedema
1 December 2014
| Sofia Rokerya
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Chronic cystoid macular oedema (CME) can develop secondary to various pathologies such as diabetic maculopathy, retinal vein occlusion and uveitis. It can cause significant visual impairment and macular damage. The therapeutic effect of corticosteroids in CME is through one or...
Endophthalmitis after intravitreal anti-VEGF injection
1 August 2019
| Sofia Rokerya
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The authors report the results of a retrospective multicentre study conducted at 17 retina referral centres to investigate the microbial spectrum of endophthalmitis after anti-VEGF injections. A total of 83 cases of culture-positive endophthalmitis (58.4%) were included. The most frequent...
Orbis teams up with the Alcon Foundation and OMEGA to improve eyecare in Zambia
The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital returns to Zambia for a three-week training project in Lusaka coinciding with World Sight Day on October 12.How to pass FRCOphth Part 1 on the first attempt
4 December 2024
| Kah Long Aw
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Studying for this exam makes one wonder how there is so much to know about such a small organ. The FRCOphth Part 1 examination is notorious for its low pass rate, with only 20–40% of candidates succeeding at each sitting....
Ophthalmic history made easy
13 March 2019
There are now three ophthalmic medical documentaries to dip into on to Royal College of Ophthalmologists website.
