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Vitreomacular traction and full thickness macular hole

1 December 2017 | | Imaging, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Clinical scenario: A 64-year-old lady presented to the clinic with a few weeks history of sudden onset of metamorphopsia, central blur and reduced vision in her right eye. The ocular examination and ocular coherence tomography confirmed right eye focal vitreomacular...

The management of chronic central serous chorioretinopathy

1 February 2017 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR) is a common retinal disease characterised by one or more serous neurosensory detachments. Patients present with acute onset blurring of vision, metamorphopsia and / or central scotomas. The condition is six times more common in men...

From the seas to OCTs, a journey from working in TV to creating teaching in ophthalmology

1 April 2020 | | Ophthalmology
To relaunch our Allied Professionals section, Paul Dimmock from Gloucestershire discusses his unique role with the Gloucestershire Retinal Education Group. In Gloucestershire we have a collection of ophthalmic-targeted departments led by Professor Peter Scanlon, Clinical Director of the NHS Diabetic...

Twenty-five years in retina

1 February 2019 | | Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
In the next of our articles celebrating 25 years of Eye News, the authors look at how the retina specialty has changed over this time and ask what the future might hold. Retinal disease management has benefited from great advances...

Adaptive optics imaging: resolving single cells in the living eye

1 June 2014 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease
The human retina is unique in the central nervous system (CNS) in that it can be directly visualised non-invasively. Technological advances of several imaging modalities, including optical coherence tomography (OCT), multichannel scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) and fundus photography, have afforded...

Intracameral antibiotics in cataract surgery: current evidence base

1 August 2019 | | Ophthalmology, Cataract and Refractive
Following on from our recent online survey*, the authors examine the use of intracameral cefuroxime as the standard of care in cataract surgery. Cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation is one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures in the...

The approach to trabeculectomy postoperative complications

1 August 2016 | | Glaucoma
Performing a trabeculectomy is like giving birth to a baby. It may be traumatic and there is scope for devastating error but once the operation is completed only then does the real work begin. The bleb must be nurtured into...

The power of the full blood count

1 October 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Vishal Shah walks us through his thought process whilst highlighting the importance of routine investigations when dealing with unusual retinovascular presentations. Retinal changes can arise in anaemia, leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloproliferative and myelodysplastic syndrome. They are often the first manifestation of...

Ocular electrophysiology

1 April 2014 | | Oculoplastics, Orbit
A 34-year-old woman, who is a CEO in a multinational firm, has been losing vision over the last 12 months. She has seen her opticians, who initially tried different glasses but could not improve things. Clinical examination is unremarkable. How...

The management of possibly progressive pterygium

1 February 2015 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease
A 43-year-old Sudanese male patient is referred by his GP with a fleshy lesion encroaching the nasal cornea for the last six months. History Make note of: risk factors, i.e. UV exposure and ocular irritation - history of living in...

Letter from America: Orbit and oculoplastic fellowship, University of California, San Diego

1 June 2014 | | Oculoplastics, Orbit
I was the fortunate recipient of the 2012 Keeler Scholarship, granting me the incredible opportunity to undertake a fellowship at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in orbital, oculoplastic and reconstructive surgery. My fellowship mentors were the renowned Professor...

Unilateral central scotoma following dengue fever

12 October 2023 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology
Case report A 16-year-old Caucasian male was referred to the eye casualty at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust by the infectious diseases unit in September 2013. He gave a history of photophobia, pain on eye movements and central blurred vision...