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PREVIEW: RCOphth Annual Congress 2025 #EyeConUK

19 May 2025 | | RCOphth, RCOphth 2025, Annual Congress, EyeConUK, Events, Meetings, Royal College of Ophthalmologists
That time of year is coming around again and the ophthalmic community are ironing their ties and polishing their shoes ready for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists’ Annual #EyeConUK Congress 2025, taking place at the ACC, Liverpool, between 19–22 May....

The fragile p-value

5 October 2020 | | EYE - General
Abdus Samad Ansari explores the limitation of the p-value and the application of the fragility index in clinical trials. Clinical trials and tribulations? The restoration of vision or more purely the gift of sight is an aspect of care that...

COVID-19 and the eye: a review of ocular involvement and protective strategies

1 June 2020 | | EYE - General
A lot of attention has been placed on the use of face coverings to limit COVID-19 transmission, but there has been less focus on ocular involvement and ocular protection strategies. The author reviews the literature and discusses possible solutions. The...

Reflections on designing and delivering an undergraduate ophthalmology teaching programme

28 March 2023 | | EYE - General
Dr Alexander Strother reflects on his time designing and delivering a classroom-based programme to ensure that medical students know how to take comprehensive ophthalmic histories from patients. Working as a clinical teaching fellow, in 2021 I had the great privilege...

Behind the eyes: Unravelling the mystery of a painless progressive proptosis

4 February 2025 | | EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Pathology
Orbital fungal infections have the potential to give rise to serious complications. While these infections typically originate in the sinuses, patients may initially exhibit ocular symptoms. As a result of the diverse and often vague clinical manifestations (especially during the...

The International Congress of Ophthalmology (ICO): a history

1 February 2018 | | EYE - General
Readers of Eye News will notice in the Events section that the World Congress of Ophthalmology (WOC) is scheduled to take place in Barcelona in June 2018. This is in fact the renamed International Congress of Ophthalmology (ICO) and now...

Ground-breaking achievements in blindness prevention

1 October 2019 | EYE - General
One small UK based charity is enabling pioneering research to prevent blindness in low and lower middle income countries. The British Council for Prevention of Blindness (BCPB), established in 1976, funds innovative research and training which seeds the development of...

A rare neonatal presentation of bilateral dacryocele and choanal atresia

27 October 2021 | | EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - General
Following a routine pregnancy, a newly delivered baby boy, born at term, was found to have increased work of breathing, stridor and a left medial canthal swelling. The baby required 100% oxygen via a face mask to maintain oxygen saturations....

Periorbital and subconjunctival emphysema - a sign of orbital rim fracture

3 February 2023 | | EYE - General
Background Orbital emphysema is a condition where air is present in orbit or periorbital tissues [1]. It is most commonly caused by trauma leading to orbit fracture, where air from paranasal sinuses is allowed to enter the orbit. The most...

Acute macular neuroretinopathy

3 April 2024 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Acute macular neuroretinopathy (AMN) is a rare condition that typically affects young women and presents with photopsia and paracentral scotomata [1]. We describe a case of severe acute macular neuroretinopathy, following Covid-19 infection. A 30-year-old woman presented to the urgent...

2018/19 Ophthalmology Honours results announced

13 March 2019
Recipients of the 2018/19 Ophthalmology Honours by Bayer were recognised during a presentation held at BMA House, London.

Eye surgeon gives sight to Cambodians

12 October 2022
Professor Sunil Shah has racked up his air miles in recent years. Since 2016, the Consultant Ophthalmologist at Midland Eye and the Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, has become a repeat visitor to Cambodia where he has led a series...