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The potential of artificial intelligence and digital health in global eye health

3 April 2024 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This article provides an overview of the current landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital health in global eye health. Tan, et al. note that though significant progress has been made in global eye health over the last few decades,...
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Scleral fixation using Gore-Tex suture of a subluxated PCIOL

30 June 2025 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
This was a retrospective single-centre study of patients who underwent lasso in-the-bag scleral fixation of a subluxated posterior chamber (PC) intraocular lens (IOL) using the snare technique with Gore-Tex suture from 2019 to 2021. Functional outcome was analysed by clinical...
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Specialty Contact Lenses

3 June 2026 | | EYE - General, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Cornea
Specialty Contact Lenses, edited by Daddi Fadel and Melissa Barnett, is a comprehensive and clinically focused text that reflects the growing importance of specialty lenses in modern eyecare. As practice shifts beyond standard refractive correction towards increasingly personalised visual rehabilitation,...

Introducing the Surgitrac Information Hub: A New Resource for Ophthalmic Professionals

8 June 2026 | Company Profiles, Research & Development
Finding reliable, practical information in ophthalmology should not feel difficult. That is why Surgitrac has launched its brand-new Information Hub, a dedicated online resource designed to support surgeons, theatre teams, nurses and procurement professionals with trusted educational content and essential...

UKEGS 2026

10 November 2026 -11 November 2026
The UK and Éire Glaucoma Society Annual Conference 2026

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...

Simulation in ophthalmology: a pedagogic viewpoint

1 April 2017 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
The advent of simulation technology has enhanced modern medical training. The first utilisation of simulation was in 1929 where Edward Link used this concept to develop a mechanical flight simulator [1]. Industries such as aviation, nuclear power and the military...

Anisometropia following cataract surgery and its non-surgical treatment

1 April 2015 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
The desired result of cataract surgery is improved visual acuity without the use of spectacles. In practice most patients following initial cataract extraction are likely to be symptomatic of anisometropia giving rise to prismatic effects (anisophoria) and unequal retinal image...

Through the eyes of artists, part two: The effects of retinal degeneration on Degas and O’Keeffe

3 April 2026 | | EYE - General
Last issue we discussed Monet and Cassatt’s experience of painting through cataract. We now move to two stories of resilience in the face of macular degeneration, Edgar Degas and Georgia O’Keeffe. Edgar Degas. (c1873) ‘The Dance Class’, oil on canvas....

Patient education in ophthalmology: Contact lens wearers

5 August 2026 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - Refractive
Contact lenses provide effective vision correction for approximately 4.5 million people in the UK [1]. However, their improper use and poor hygiene practices contribute to increased risk of contact lens-related complications. Furthermore, a study in the USA showed that 99%...

Communication in ophthalmological surgery: Perspectives from an observer

3 February 2026 | | EYE - Cataract
"Please don’t move” is a common phrase I have heard whilst shadowing in theatres as the ophthalmologist contends with the eye of a patient looking around and tilting their head during surgery. As the average corneal diameter is approximately 12–12.5mm...

Health information should be accessible for blind and partially sighted patients, urges RNIB

17 May 2023 | RNIB, NHS, accessibility
Blind and partially sighted people’s health is being put at risk because they are being denied their right to receive vital patient information in a format they can read.