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Charity leaders, politicians, tech innovators and a national treasure unite at Vis-Ability 2026
Charity leaders, politicians, tech innovators and a national treasure unite at Vis-Ability 2026 to shape a more inclusive future for people living with sight loss Senior figures from government, business, healthcare and technology joined blind and vision impaired leaders at...Decontamination and sterilisation of surgical instruments and medical devices
Ann-Marie Ablett is a Theatre Nurse and Team Leader who volunteers with Orbis. This has allowed her to gain a wealth of experience on ophthalmic procedures, nursing in under-privileged parts of the world, leadership, management and use of scarce resources....Acetylcholine receptor antibodies in the diagnosis of ocular myasthenia gravis at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
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...
Swept-source OCT for measuring peripheral anterior synechiae
The authors report on a cross-sectional study looking at swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) for measuring the area and degree of peripheral anterior synechiae (PAS) in patients with angle closure glaucoma. The SS-OCT is commercially available, has a laser wavelength...
Gene therapy: perspectives from young adults with Leber’s congenital amaurosis
The authors present their telephone survey data of 10 patients with a mean age of 24.4 years regarding their opinion on gene therapy for their Leber’s congenital amaurosis. Patients were recruited at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. Of the...
Strabismus measurement comparisons
The authors conducted a prospective study to compare the measurements obtained by objective alternate prism and cover test (PCT) and the subjective red glass test in 72 patients aged 60 years on average and with a mean visual acuity of...
Comparison of vision screeners
The primary purpose of this study was to calibrate the various paediatric photoscreeners over a range of contact lens induced hyperopic and astigmatic anisometropia using the American Association of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) criteria for anisometropic or axial astigmatism....
Objective vs. subjective torsion measures
This study aimed to explore the relationship between subjective and objective torsion in normal individuals with no manifest strabismus. The study included 118 eyes of 59 normal people aged >15 years using Heidelberg OCT and the Torsionometer. There were 27...
It’s All in Your Head: Stories from the Frontline of Psychosomatic Illness
Have you ever reviewed a patient with unexplained symptoms? It’s All in Your Head by Consultant Neurologist Dr Suzanne O’Sullivan is a non-fiction book about patients with psychosomatic disorders. In each of the nine book chapters, she presents an anonymised...
