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Sight Scotland urges restaurants and venues to open their doors to the vision impaired

12 October 2023 | Braille, Edinburgh, visual impairment, customer service guide, hospitality
Charity launches new Customer Service Guide for bars and restaurants during National Braille Week.

Is optician led service an answer to ever increasing demand on eye emergency clinics?

1 April 2015 | | EYE - General
The demand for eye casualty appointments has been steadily increasing in the UK, leading to pressures on the hospital emergency services. The incidence of presentations to eye casualty services has been estimated at 20-30 per 1000 per year [1]. Evidence...

Designing ophthalmology services - Part 1: How do we address the queues in a clinic?

23 January 2020 | | EYE - General
This first of a three-part series shows how systems engineering can be used to correctly diagnose and address the causes of delays in a clinic. The second article, which will be featured in the April/May 2020 issue, describes how to...

An ophthalmology elective in Kandy, Sri Lanka

27 October 2025 | | EYE - General
On my first day at The Centre for Sight, Kandy General Hospital, I observed an enucleation. The surgeons worked with quiet precision, preserving the extraocular muscles for prosthesis placement. But when the time came, it became clear that the prosthesis...

End stage glaucoma management

1 August 2014 | | EYE - Glaucoma
A 48-year-old female has had multiple drug treatment for glaucoma and is still losing field of vision. How do you manage this over time? This patient is at high-risk for going blind and should be managed aggressively to protect remaining...

Severe conjunctival cicatrisation secondary to chronic glaucoma therapy

1 August 2015 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The timing of glaucoma filteration surgery during the course of chronic progressive glaucoma remains a contentious issue amongst glaucoma specialists. The vast majority support the use of maximal medical treatment initially to achieve the target pressure. Surgical procedures are only...

Globes in space: What would happen to our globes on the globe of Mars?

1 April 2018 | | EYE - Orbit, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Many films have been made regarding life on alternative planets. With the Mars One mission approaching in 2023, there are high expectations regarding future interplanetary travel. The authors provide an ophthalmology perspective on what could happen to our eyes if...

VISION 2020 LINKS Programme: the Madagascar-Leeds LINK

1 December 2014 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
Madagascar is a fascinating and culturally rich island which has an ‘exotic’ status in most people’s eyes. Yet it is among the poorest countries in the world. According to the World Bank, 92% of the population live on less than...

Ophthalmic Aid to Eastern Europe (OAEE)

4 March 2022 | | EYE - General
Peter Cackett, Tim ffytche and Dr Irina Gout reflect on historic ophthalmic aid sent to Eastern Europe. This article was written prior to the horrific events in Ukraine. An appeal for funds and equipment may be made by OAEE later...

Intraocular lens technology to deliver enhanced optical performance after cataract refractive surgery

1 February 2017 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
Modern cataract surgery aims to provide patients with the best possible visual outcome with the least dependence on spectacles and minimal or no complications and to treat both cataract and refractive errors with a single procedure. Phacoemulsification is the standard...

Surgical treatment of high myopia

1 June 2016 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
Although several excellent modalities are available for correcting high myopia, the surgical treatment of this condition remains one of the biggest challenges for refractive surgeons; this group of patients is often very dependent on contact lenses. If these patients become...

Old dogs

3 April 2023 |
It is always nice to get a thank you card, especially so when it comes from someone at the tail end of an overbooked clinic who had waited patiently well past their appointed slot. Such was the case when I...