Search

You searched for "forceps"

636 results found

The paediatric cataract: an overview of the diagnosis and management

5 August 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Cataract and Refractive
In this second article (see first article here), Samuel Aryee and Rhys Dumont Jones review the challenges involved in managing this condition. Examination and diagnosis Cataracts in children can appear in a variety of forms, each presenting in a different...

5-FU in cicatricial conjunctivitis

3 June 2021 | | Oculoplastics, Orbit
This is a retrospective review of 56 patients with cicatricial conjunctivitis, including 25 eyes that received sub-conjunctival injections of 25-50mg of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) as part of their treatment. Thirty-seven patients had ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP) and 19 had Stevens-Johnson syndrome...

It’s Friday, I’m In Love: Pete’s Hidden Curriculum Part 3

3 February 2023 | | Ophthalmology
“When you’re in love, it’s the most glorious two-and-a-half days of your life.” - Richard Lewis [1]. The good news is that we are over the hump now and past the most depressing day of the year, which is known...

A tale of two membranes

1 February 2016 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... It was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness... I am fortunate to work on a vitreoretinal firm at the moment and only a few...

What can we learn from Jimmy McGill?

3 October 2022 | | AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Strabismus
A few months ago, my eldest son got me interested in a Netflix series called “Better Call Saul”. This is a spin-off from another series called “Breaking Bad”, although I confess to not having seen any of those episodes as...

Medical Ophthalmological Society (MOSUK) Meeting 2024

7 February 2024
by Nima Ghadiri, Medical Ophthalmology Consultant and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Liverpool. Diseases at the interface between ophthalmology and systemic medicine are like chameleons, masterful in their ability to adapt and often challenging to diagnose. These conditions don't always present...

UK doctors seek new opportunities down under

18 July 2023 | travel, Australia, GP, opportunities, jobs
Australian medical clinics and recruiters are seeing a significant rise in applications and enquiries from UK General Practitioners hoping to move down under. As junior doctors strike for more pay and pressure increases on the NHS, Australia is becoming an...

Moorfields corneal suturing and penetrating keratoplasty wet lab

17 January 2025
Corneal suturing is an essential skill for all ophthalmologists, but with reduced training opportunities is becoming increasingly difficult to master.The Moorfield’s corneal suturing and penetrating keratoplasty course, delivered by corneal surgeons at Moorfields, will provide hands on experience in corneal...

In conversation with Farhad Hafezi (2018)

1 March 2019 | Ophthalmology, EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Cornea
Innovations in managing irregular corneas were shared and discussed at the 2018 Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS), and we were really pleased to speak to one of the key experts in this area, Farhad...

Reflections on a twelve-year partnership: The Makassar-Dundee LINK

3 June 2021 | | Ophthalmology, COVID-19, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus
In the first article of a two-part series (see Part 2 here), the authors provide an overview of this hugely successful partnership and how they overcame the challenges of COVID-19. What began in 2008 as a connection between equals, has...

IN FOCUS - VISION 2020 LINKS Programme: the contribution of health partnerships to reduction in blindness worldwide

1 April 2020 | | Ophthalmology
As other articles in this series (IN FOCUS Apr 2020) demonstrate, the year 2020 is highly significant in the eye care field. Naming a global initiative ‘VISION 2020: The Right to Sight’ in 1999 was a daring way to focus...