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Retinal arteriovenous malformation
A 24-year-old Caucasian girl reported to the eye clinic with the complaint of painless decreased vision in her right eye. She had no history of infectious disease, trauma, systemic malignancy or other systemic complaint. Her best corrected visual acuity was...
Causes and outcomes of eyelid lacerations
The purpose of this study was to characterise the epidemiology of paediatric eyelid lacerations, identify risk factors for canalicular involvement and describe postoperative complications after surgical repair. This was a retrospective review of tertiary care trauma centre records in which...RNIB welcomes Kamiqua Lake as new Trustee
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has announced the appointment of a new Trustee, Kamiqua Lake.21st Century retinal laser treatment in the anti-VEGF era
In today’s world, macular laser treatment has a vital role in the treatment of diabetic macular oedema (DMO). DMO is one of the most common causes of visual impairment. Despite expensive intravitreal treatment courses of anti-VEGF, many will agree that...Streamlining cataract lists: how are you managing it?
Mr Jonathan Ross, in conversation with Ms Bita Manzouri, provides a personal perspective on challenges and opportunities shaping the future of cataract surgery services across the hospital eye service. Redesigning cataract pathways in response to COVID-19 Bita Manzouri: Over the...Therapy for limbal stem cell deficiency: cell fate after limbal stem cell transplants
“The beauty of scientific research lies in that the search for answers often yields yet more questions.” A large body of evidence points to the corneoscleral limbal location as the repository of putative epithelial stem cells [1]. Thoft proposed the...
Long-term effect of gene therapy on Leber’s congenital amaurosis
After reporting the first successful gene therapy results for RPE65 deficiency in three patients in a brief report in 2008, the same team from London now report the results of 12 patients followed up for three years after transfection. As...
What about the children? Cornea cross-linking for children with keratoconus
Keratoconus can behave more aggressively in paediatric than in adult patients. Collagen cross-linking has been shown to slow the progression of keratoconus in adults. This systematic review determined the effectiveness of corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) in children. For this study,...
Topical anaesthetic strabismus surgery
This prospective observation study was undertaken with 16 symptomatic diplopia patients (15 male, one female) from various causes. All underwent single stage adjustable strabismus surgery (SSASS) under topical anaesthesia. Mean age was 28.12 years (range 19-65) and all had a...MSc/Dip/Cert in Primary Care Ophthalmology - ChM (Master of Surgery) in Clinical Ophthalmology
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