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Visual impairment in patients with glaucoma

1 February 2014 | Nana Theodorou | Glaucoma | glaucoma, lifetime outcome, ocular hypertension, visual impairment

This retrospective observational study assessed the prevalence of end-of-life visual impairment in patients with glaucoma. A total of 122 deceased patients followed for glaucoma were included and data was collected from patient notes. Sixty-one patients had open-angle glaucoma and 61...

Childhood blindness and visual impairment in the Narayani Zone of Nepal

1 April 2020 | Patty Mopamboli Mboli | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus

Up to 50% of childhood blindness is preventable or treatable, and its control is a high priority in the VISION 2020 initiative of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness. In this study, the authors utilised the rapid assessment...

Detection of post stroke visual impairment in variety of cohorts

1 December 2021 | Claire Howard | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Reproducible, Stroke, incidence, prevalence, vision

The Impact of Visual Impairment after Stroke (IVIS) study introduced a standardised vision assessment protocol across three acute stroke units in the northwest of England, with a similar demographic population (predominantly white British). The study reported similar rates of visual...

Treatment for post stroke visual impairment – clinical practice versus literature evidence

1 April 2018 | Claire Howard | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Management, stroke, treatment, vision, visual impairment

The aim of this paper is to compare the treatments reported in a large scale stroke study (Vision in stroke (VIS) Study) against the treatments identified in a full systematic literature review. The purpose was to identify which treatment /...

Unique exhibition conveys experience of visual impairment

20 October 2021

The exhibition ‘Windows of the Soul’, part of the Bloomsbury Festival in London, has been pioneered by a combination of young scientists, clinicians and artists, some of whom are visually impaired themselves.

What's trending Dec/Jan 2021

7 December 2020 | David Ellis | Ophthalmology, Optometry, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Cataract and Refractive

A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #threeblindmice US company Nanoscope Therapeutics has developed a new treatment which is hoped will restore vision in those affected by retinal...