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William’s Marathon Mission: Running for Sofie and Sight Scotland

7 May 2024 | Fundraising, charity, Sight Scotland, UK, retinal dystrophy, retina, children
William Oviatt is running the Edinburgh Marathon to raise money for Sight Scotland to say thank you for all the help and support the charity gave to his family when his daughter, Sofie, was diagnosed with retinal dystrophy.

Oxford Ophthalmological Congress (OOC): Invitation to Tender Services for Conference Organisation and Event Management

10 January 2023 | Contracts & Distributors
After successfully attaining CIO status in 2019 the Council of the OOC is reviewing contracts with all service providers.

Does beauty truly lie in the eye of the beholder?

1 June 2019 | | EYE - General
Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are based on facts and which are ‘fake news’. Headline: Does beauty truly lie in the eye of the beholder? Scleral whitening, iris colour-changing drops and...

Epiblepharon management

1 December 2017 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus
This single centre review was conducted over 15 years to determine the frequency, indications and long-term follow-up of those referred for surgery as well as those treated conservatively for epiblepharon. Eighty-nine patients aged two months to 14 years (mean age...

SPOKE launches Project Four Supervision Guidance

31 January 2024 | optometry, optometrist, guidance, GOC, AHP, allied health professions
The Sector Partnership for Optical Knowledge and Education (SPOKE) has published the output of its fourth project.

How many injections in nAMD: ranibizumab vs. aflibercept

1 April 2017 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Intravitreal anti-VEGF injections make up a large proportion of the workload in ophthalmology clinics. Since the introduction of aflibercept with eight weekly injections there has been an option to use a treatment which may require less treatment, with potential cost...

Surgery for superior oblique palsy with superior rectus contracture

5 June 2020 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus | Superior oblique palsy, botulinum toxin injection, inferior oblique weakening, superior rectus contracture, superior rectus recession
With limited information in the literature regarding simultaneous surgery in cases with superior rectus (SR) contracture in superior oblique (SO) palsy, the authors aimed to evaluate the efficacy of combined SR/IO surgery. This was a retrospective study of 15 cases...
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Effect of syringe-filling technique and risk for endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of anti-VEGF agents

2 August 2022 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal | Aflibercept, Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor, Bevacizumab, Endophthalmitis, Filling, Prefilled syringe, Ranibizumab, Syringe
In this retrospective study the authors compare the risk for post-injection endophthalmitis between different anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents and syringe preparation technique. This multicentre study included 197,402 injections. The drugs included in this study were three Anti-VEGF agents...

Intravitreal injection (IVT) procedure pack

4 May 2023 | Research & Development
Surgitrac instruments offers IVT procedure pack IVT249P.

Low Vision Questionnaire

5 February 2024 | survey, CVI, ECLOs, vision impairment, Quality Improvement, Questionnaire, CPD
Participation in this survey is greatly appreciated and will help eyecare practitioners to provide the support patients with vision loss deserve.

Matt Stringer, RNIB’s Chief Executive Officer commented on the fifth anniversary of start of the Covid-19 pandemic

13 March 2025
The UK was woefully ill-prepared for the Covid-19 pandemic, and indeed any type of pandemic, with regards to the rights and needs of blind and partially sighted people. This anniversary still demonstrates that critical lessons need to be learned to...

Matt Stringer, RNIB’s Chief Executive Officer commented on the fifth anniversary of start of the Covid-19 pandemic (1)

25 March 2025 | RNIB, Covid-19, pandemic, patient stories, government, CTA, call to action
“The UK was woefully ill-prepared for the Covid-19 pandemic, and indeed any type of pandemic, with regards to the rights and needs of blind and partially sighted people. This anniversary still demonstrates that critical lessons need to be learned to...