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Discussing treatment modalities for bilateral wet AMD

1 December 2014 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
A 65-year-old lady with bilateral wet AMD and vision of 6/24 comes with an internet search about current therapies. How do you explain the various treatment modalities available? There are two NICE approved treatments for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD)....

Transfected RPE cells inhibit AMD in rats

1 August 2015 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous | Age-related macular degeneration, Choroidal neovascularization, Fibulin-5, Retinal pigment epithelium, Transplantation
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness in the elderly. Wet AMD is characterised by choroidal neovascularisation, new vessels into the retina, leading to leakage and tissue damage. Many proangiogenic factors particularly vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)...

Guilty till proven otherwise! @ 100% Ophthalmology

25 February 2024
@10:15 – 11:15 Picture quiz on eyelid tumours.

AI in anterior segment disease - what you need to know! @ 100% Ophthalmology

25 February 2024
@11:30 – 12:30 Everything you need to understand before you start to consider using AI in your practice with a focus on anterior segment disease!

Handheld OCT in children @ 100% Ophthalmology

25 February 2024
@12:45 – 13:45 This session will provide an exciting overview of handheld OCT applications in children, relevant to a general audience. This will include clinical applications across numerous conditions, tips for successful image acquisition, and research updates.

21st century cataract surgery training - a global perspective & cybersight @ 100% Ophthalmology

25 February 2024
@15:15 – 16:15 Orbis’s online training and mentorship service for eye health professionals in developing countries.

Research is everyone’s business @ 100% Ophthalmology

25 February 2024
@16:15 – 17:00 The NHS Constitution pledges to inform patients of research studies in which they may be eligible to participate. The NHS Long Term Plan states that research will play a key part in improving the quality of patient care and health outcomes. The various professional regulatory bodies have mandated that registrants demonstrate an understanding of research, ethics and governance in order to apply research findings and inform best practice. Therefore, all staff working in health and social care are required to have an awareness of research as pertains to their practice. This session will explore how staff can incorporate research into their practice to make it business as usual.

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Independent Opticians Win SightCare Excellence Awards at the 2022 SightCare Business & Networking Conference

14 February 2023
Six deserving independent optical practices were named as winners in the 2022 SightCare Awards celebrating the independent spirit.

Coming to terms with AI

1 August 2019 | | Ophthalmology, Imaging, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Glaucoma
A machine might be called intelligent if its response to questions could convince a person that it was human, a test proposed by Alan Turing in 1950 [1]. The author considers potential applications of artificial intelligence (AI) using machine learning...

Patients blinded by stem cells! How safe are they really?

1 October 2018 | | Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are based on facts and which are ‘fake news’. Headline: Patients blinded by stem cells! How safe are they really? Ever since the successful results following...

What’s new in wet AMD papers?

1 December 2016 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Paper presentations on neovascular (‘wet’) age-related macular degeneration (AMD) from the 16th European Society of Retina Specialists Congress, Copenhagen, September 2016, outline recent research directions evaluating the impact of vision loss on key health domains, patient preferences in the process...