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Topical doxycycline for corneal neovascularisation
Six eyes with corneal vascularisation were treated with 1% topical doxycycline, four times a day for three weeks. The patients were reviewed at various intervals over a period of one year. The eyes selected had neovascularisation secondary to a variety...Kevin Gutsell became president of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians
Kevin Gutsell FBDO (Hons) SLD became president of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) during a ceremony held on Thursday 9 May at the ABDO National Resources Centre (NRC) in Birmingham.
Retrobulbar amphotericin B for rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis
Rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) is a rare and often fatal infection usually occurring in immunocompromised patients from diseases such as diabetes, haematological malignancy and solid organ transplantation. Current standards of care include systemic antifungal therapy and debridement, including exenteration. This study...Inaugural meeting and dinner of the British Chinese Ophthalmic Society (BCOS)
by Professor Christopher Liu OBE, Founder of British Chinese Ophthalmic Society. When I was a medical student in the 80s, planning a career in ophthalmology, there were very few ophthalmologists of Chinese descent in the UK. Mr Hung Cheng was...100% Ophthalmology Programme Insights
We spoke to some of the Eye News family about their upcoming presentations at 100% Opthalmology, 24–26 February 2024, ExCeL London, UK.Entries welcome for SOC's first e-poster competition
The first e-poster competition by the Scottish Ophthalmological Club (SOC) is now open for entries.
The Sclera and Systemic Disorders (3rd Edition)
An interesting historical introduction captures the reader’s attention as the journey begins into exploring the peculiarities and pathologies of ‘dura tunica of Vesalius’, a term coined by anatomists of the middle ages. This refers to what we today identify as...
How are pigment dispersion syndrome and pigmentary glaucoma inherited?
This single centre prospective, cross-sectional study assessed the relatives of patients with pigment dispersion syndrome (PDS) and pigmentary glaucoma (PG) to determine the heritability of these conditions over an 11 month period. One hundred and one unrelated patients with PDS...
Ocular neuromyotonia features
The authors present eight cases of ocular neuromyotonia (ONM) with an overview of the pathophysiology, aetiology, clinical presentations and possible treatments. Diagnosis was made only after thorough and repeated orthoptic examinations and review of medication history. An overview of the...
OCT in microtropia
The aim of this study was to assess whether OCT could be useful in detecting and documenting fixation in children with microtropia. The study used spectral domain OCT (Cirrus) in 15 patients (10 female, five male) and 10 control eyes....
Screening and adherence to glaucoma care in Enugu, Nigeria
The authors present the findings of a cross-sectional survey of participants diagnosed with glaucoma during free eye screening. A total of 830 participants were screened from two outreaches:182 new glaucoma cases were diagnosed (63 glaucoma and 119 glaucoma suspects). There...
