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Surgeons can lead the way in transforming global health

31 May 2024 | global, international, surgery, doctors, surgeons, healthcare, NHS
Surgeons must provide leadership in transforming healthcare across the Global South – by integrating surgery into the global health agenda and advocating for simple and cost-effective surgical procedures that support overall health system strengthening.

One-year result of XEN45 implant for glaucoma: efficacy, safety, and postoperative management

1 August 2018 | | EYE - Glaucoma
The authors report a retrospective, non-randomised interventional case series of 39 patients who underwent a standalone XEN45 implantation. All 39 patients (female: male=1.2: 1) completed 12-month follow-up. Mean age was 70.1 years (range 32–92). Primary outcome measures were the intraocular...

Long-term meibomian gland function following a single thermal pulsation treatment

1 December 2013 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - General | LipiFlow thermal pulsation system, dry eye, meibomian gland dysfunction
Dry eyes secondary to blepharitis and or meibomian gland dysfunction, though extremely common, is an annoyingly difficult condition to treat for several patients. Part of this difficulty lies in the inability of most patients to follow intensive and often times...

VisionSpring’s screening methodology is adopted by the World Health Organisation to increase global access to reading glasses

9 January 2023
By endorsing the training of health workers and nurses to identify blurry near vision and dispense reading glasses, the WHO’s new training program is helping solve this billion person issue.

Leading eyecare charity Orbis launches a research trial to identify link between vision loss and mental health in children

10 July 2023 | mental health, vision Loss, china, orbis, children
In 2022, leading eye care charity Orbis published research showing that children with poor vision are more likely to suffer with depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and a reduced quality of life.

Transforming eyecare with AI at 100% Optical

4 March 2024 | Pearse Keane, AI, Moorfields, UCL, technology, advancement, artificial intelligence, development
“We are drowning in people we need to see in hospital eye services, and some people are going blind as a result. We are looking at nearly 10m hospital appointments for ophthalmology a year, with an approximately 33% increase over...

Glaucoma and cataract CPD sessions for optometrists and dispensing opticians at 100% Optical

14 February 2025 | ISP, independent, industry, 100%, meetings, events, glaucoma, cataract, CPD, training, education
The importance of ophthalmology and optometry working together to transform care for patients with conditions such as cataracts and glaucoma will come under the spotlight at 100% Optical. NHS ophthalmology provider Newmedica is hosting a series of continuing professional development...

AI-enabled smart cane scoops award for transforming lives of people with sight loss

31 March 2025 | sight loss, RNIB, Award Winning, Product Design, WeWALK Smart Cane, artificial intelligence, technology
An AI-enabled smart cane designed to transform the lives of people with sight loss has won a prestigious international design award. The WeWALK Smart Cane was recognised by the iF International Forum Design at this year’s product design awards. The...

Issues with standard practice: Luer lock syringes in cataract surgery

4 December 2025 | | EYE - Cataract
For a few years, we have worked together with the practice variance surveys to tease out differences in the way we work and to discuss issues that arise. I hope that we have learnt some lessons and reflected on what...

Usefulness of gonioscopy to investigate cause of corneal oedema after cataract surgery

1 December 2021 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
A 72-year-old man with ocular hypertension presented three months after routine right phacoemulsification and toric intraocular lens (IOL) implantation with a two-week history of an irritated right eye and a sudden deterioration in right vision. His preoperative spherical equivalence was...

High quality retinal image grading and management service by the NetwORC UK

1 October 2016 | | EYE - Imaging
In 2004 a network of three ophthalmic reading centres in Belfast, London and Liverpool (known as NetwORC UK) was established to form the largest reading centre in Europe for the purpose of providing high quality grading of ophthalmic images for...

Randomisation, confounding & observational methods in ophthalmic epidemiology

1 June 2022 | | EYE - General
Randomisation and confounding Understanding the relationship between an exposure and an outcome of interest is the central challenge in ophthalmic epidemiology. The exposure may be aetiological, taking the form of a putative risk biological factor, or therapeutic, in the form...