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In conversation with Rosalyn Painter
We chatted to Rosalyn Painter, Ophthalmic Imager at Oxford Eye Hospital, in October 2019 about the upcoming Ophthalmic Imaging Association (OIA) annual meeting. Click the image below to see her answers to our questionsHow to consent patients
I attended a morning seminar at the recent College Congress in Liverpool about how to properly and legally consent a patient for a procedure. There has been a lot of interest in this of late following the Montgomery ruling, in...The role of injection assistant devices in establishing a nurse-led AMD service
The author shares his experience of setting up a nurse-led service to deliver anti-VEGF intravitreal injections and how injection assistant devices supported training. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has become a leading cause of irreversible blindness [1]. It is estimated that...Headaches in ophthalmology (part 1)
Ophthalmologists see a large number of patients with headaches or facial pain in the ophthalmic outpatient clinics or in emergency clinics. Over two articles, I will discuss several causes of headaches, ocular manifestations and proposed management and referral options. It...The miracle of multi-professional working in modern-day eyecare
"It’s a Tuesday morning, and I’m in the presence of one of the most mind-boggling accomplishments in human history. This thing is so astounding in its complexity and scope, it makes the Panama Canal look like a third grader’s craft...Open source and tele-manufacturing for ophthalmology
Open source or crowd-sourcing and crowd-collaboration are concepts almost always associated with software and public online projects such as Wiki project. Never had I imagined that my team would apply the same principle in ophthalmology. Just less than a month...Report: Ultrasound Course held at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in London in November
In November, a full-day course was run at the RCOphth in London to introduce basic training in ophthalmic ultrasound. The faculty on the course were: Mr Hatem Atta, Mr Tarek El Kashab and Dr Peter Good.Stephen Connell joins Birmingham Optical Ophthalmology division as Clinical Sales Specialist
Stephen began his career in Ophthalmology in 2006 as an Ophthalmic Science Practitioner joining the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.
IgG4-related disease or Graves orbitopathy
This is retrospective review of patients who had been diagnosed with both IgG4-related ophthalmic disease (IgG4-ROD) and Graves orbitopathy over a four year period. Eight patients were identified. The diagnosis of IgG4-ROD was based on 10 or more IgG4+ plasma...
Low dose steroids with elevated IgG4 levels
This is a retrospective case series review of 28 biopsy-proven IgG4-related ophthalmic disease (ROD) patients treated between March 2010 – January 2017 from Seoul, Korea. The mean follow-up period was 27.3 months. Lacrimal glands were involved in all patients and...
