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Use of YouTube videos to show surgical techniques for paediatric cataract surgery

This study aimed to assess the quality of the most highly viewed paediatric cataract surgery videos regarding surgeon proficiency and execution of key techniques. A search for congenital cataract surgery and paediatric cataract surgery was made in YouTube. The top...

The founder of modern ophthalmology: Sir William Stewart Duke-Elder

A recent article in Eye News by Blaikie & King highlighted the extraordinary contribution made to the profession of ophthalmology by Sir William Stewart Duke-Elder. The author felt it appropriate to take a further in-depth look at the remarkable career...

Comparison of surgical procedures for third cranial nerve palsy with large-angled exotropia

The authors present a retrospective case review with the aim to compare two surgical procedures. Cases were operated on at a single centre, by a single surgeon, over a 14-year period. The inclusion criteria were cases with congenital or acquired...

Extraocular muscle disinsertion outcomes for large angle strabismus

The authors present a case series of patients who underwent surgical extraocular muscle (EOM) disinsertion for severe cranial nerve palsy or thyroid eye disease including 12 patients (13 eyes: 10 male, three female). There was one bilateral case – bilateral...

Sub-clinical detection methods in multiple sclerosis

Visually symptomatic multiple sclerosis (MS) provides only part of the required information to assist in understanding the disease. Recently, researchers have concentrated their efforts on diagnosing MS cases in the subclinical period. The aim of this paper was to assess...

Corneal dellen following strabismus surgery

This study aimed to evaluate the frequency of corneal dellen (CD) development, the healing process and associated factors that affect the development and healing of CD formation after strabismus surgery. This study retrospectively reviewed 1264 eyes of 714 patients from...

Oxymetazoline hydrochloride for improved symmetry in Graves’ disease

Oxymetazoline hydrochloride 0.1% ophthalmic solution has Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approval for use in involution ptosis. It is an alpha 1 agonist and partial alpha 2 agonist that stimulates Muller’s muscle to lift the lid. The authors of this...

Could the sclera be key to glaucoma?

The glaucomas are a group of conditions characterised by optic neuropathy and associated visual field defects. Of these, chronic open-angle glaucoma (COAG) – diagnosed on the basis of progressive structural changes to the optic nerve head (ONH) and nerve fibre...

Risk with density of suppression

The authors wished to determine the current practice of assessing and interpreting the density of suppression with the Sbisa / Bagolini filter bar in the management of amblyopia in the UK and to estimate the incidence of intractable diplopia following...

Three methods of suppression measurement

Test-retest reliability and interchangeability are evaluated for three filter bars available to measure density of suppression: Sbisa bar, Bagolini filter (BF) bar and neutral density filter (NDF) bar. The study involved 10 strabismic adults. Testing conditions were altered and effects...

Orbis launches podcast and vodcast series exploring cutting edge tech

A new podcast and vodcast series exploring cutting edge tech to curb rise in preventable blindness has been launched by international eye health charity, Orbis.

EP in a case of abducens nerve palsy

Ecchordosis physaliphora (EP) is a rare non-malignant mass that originates from remains of the notochord and is typically asymptomatic. Symptomatic cases are extremely rare, and the majority are managed by surgical resection. This case study reports a 42-year-old male who...