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Diagnostic procedures in vitreoretinal lymphoma.

This paper presented a retrospective review of medical records of HIV negative immunocompetent patients diagnosed with vitreoretinal lymphoma between 1994 and 2012. The aim of the paper was to evaluate the type and number of diagnostic interventions required to confirm...

Moorfields Education: Ophthalmic practitioner training: Peripheral fundus and vitreoretinal emergencies

This course is suitable for ophthalmic practitioners and advanced clinical practice healthcare specialists. Learn how to become more confident in diagnosing and managing vitreoretinal emergencies.

Intraocular surgical training – is there any inter-procedural transfer of skills?

Cataract surgery is the most commonly performed surgery during ophthalmology training. This study aims to investigate how experience in simulated cataract surgery impacts and transfers to the learning curves for novices in vitreoretinal surgery. Twelve ophthalmology residents without previous experience...

Vitreoretinal Disease: Diagnosis, Management and Clinical Pearls (second edition)

A comprehensive, well-illustrated and highly informative resource providing excellent descriptions of vitreoretinal diseases, their presentation, diagnosis and management. The 40 chapters are grouped into four sections, namely: the Anatomy and Physiology of the vitreous, retina, choroid and retinal pigment epithelium;...

The results of the last survey Oct 2019

Another fascinating response which once more highlights the massive variation in practice. I completely acknowledge that ophthalmology is an art as well as a science and therefore there will be variances in practice and there will not be one ‘right’...

Beware the disc in myopic patients

Glaucoma is a chronic and progressive optic neuropathy characterised by damage of retinal ganglion cells. Evaluation of structural damage of the optic nerve is important in glaucoma diagnosis. The ISNT rule states that the neuroretinal rim width is generally widest...

Distribution, progression, and outcomes of inflammatory chorioretinal lesions

This study investigated the distribution and progression of multifocal choroiditis (MFC) inflammatory lesions in 25 eyes of 20 patients and their correlations with clinical outcomes at 24 months. The distribution of choroiditis inflammatory lesions were evaluated semi-automatically using a dedicated...

Quiz Dec/Jan 2020

History A 69-year-old female patient was referred to the uveitis clinic from her local district general hospital with a left posterior uveitis which had been unresponsive to high dose steroids. She had no other previous ophthalmic history nor significant systems...

Daybreak Medical: Basic Ultrasound Course in Ophthalmology

Chair: Mr Tarek El-Khashab Faculty: Mr Peter Good and Mr Atta Hatem, Course Programme - Know your machine - How to examine your patient - UBM Principles - Axial lens measurement - Vitreoretinal Disorder - Orbit and Ocular Nerve - Hands-on Training 09:00-17:00 Max 25 delegates per course

Daybreak Medical Ltd: Advanced Ultrasound Course in Ophthalmology

Chair: Mr Tarek El-Khashab Faculty: Mr Peter Good, Mr Atta Hatem and Mr Heinrich Heimann 09:00-17:00 Course Programme - Know your Machine - How to Examine your Patient - UBM in Detail - Axial Lens Measurement - Ocular Tumours in Detail - Opaque Medium - Vitreoretinal Disorders in Detail - Hands-on Training

The Retina Illustrated

I’ve always liked googling authors of the textbooks we get sent rather than relying on the very obviously bias blurb about them presented in the book. When I got Retina Illustrated I have to admit I was pretty excited to...

Subconjunctival anaesthesia in vitreoretinal surgery

The authors present a technique that combines topical and subconjunctival anaesthesia for vitreoretinal surgery. In this ‘two-step’ procedure, three drops of proparacaine were applied to the conjunctival fornix, followed by subconjunctival lidocaine injected in three quadrants. This was compared with...