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Saccadic eye movements in young-onset Parkinson’s disease

The objective of this study was to understand control of saccadic eye movements in patients with young onset Parkinson’s disease (YOPD) where onset of disease symptoms appears early in life (<40 years of age). Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was...

Quality of life pre and post-op of adults with cyclo-deviation

The authors present a prospective cohort study of adult patients with a cyclo-deviation and associated diplopia due to have strabismus surgery during a five-year period. Two groups were formed depending on the type of surgery required whether this was targeted...

Partial recession surgery for small angle vertical strabismus

The objective of this study was to assess the results of partial recessions of the vertical rectus muscles in patients with diplopia and small angle vertical strabismus. This was a retrospective study of partial temporal or nasal recession from one...

Testing of binocular contrast sensitivity as an objective measure of severity in intermittent exotropia

The purpose of this study was to compare the binocular contrast sensitivity ratio (measured with the Vision CSV-100 vector chart) between 40 intermittent exotropia patients and 40 normal controls. The authors also evaluated the effect of intermittent exotropia compensation status...

New management algorithm for acute post cataract endophthalmitis

In this study, the authors aimed to establish an objective algorithm for recommending urgent pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) to help improve visual outcomes in the current era of clear corneal-incision phacoemulsification and small gauge PPV. This study examined 150 cases...

Retinal nerve fibre layer thickness in migraine

The aim of this study is to evaluate retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness changes in children with migraine compared to healthy controls and analyse RNFL changes dependent on type of migraine. This was an observation case control study of...

Function vision outcomes in pseudophakic children

This study evaluated the functional vision of 196 pseudophakic children and their carers treated at a tertiary centre in Southwest Nigeria and identified association factors. Mean age was 9.8 ±3.4 years (range 2–16) with 68.9% male and 31.1% female. Median...

RCOphth TTT Supervision for Ophthalmic Practitioner Training

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists Training The Trainer Supervision for Ophthalmic Practitioner Training

Moorfields: Referral refinement for ophthalmic healthcare professionals

Moorfields Eye Hospital are delighted to present Referral refinement for ophthalmic healthcare professionals. The course is primarily targeted at clinicians working in primary or secondary care. The objective of this course is to delve into best practice for different conditions...

International Women’s Day 2025: In Conversation With Dr Michelle Le Cheminant

Women make up 70% of the global health and social workforce but hold only 25% of leadership roles. In ophthalmology, women represent just 25-30% of ophthalmologists. Research shows that hospitals with increased female surgeons and anesthetists have lower odds of...

Randomisation, confounding & observational methods in ophthalmic epidemiology

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...

Reflections on designing and delivering an undergraduate ophthalmology teaching programme

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...