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The results of the last survey Apr 2020

1 April 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Cataract and Refractive
As ever, I would like to thank all those who participated in the last edition’s survey. A lot of data was generated and I do not intend to go through each individual finding. What is staggering again is the degree...

Aniridia Network 2023 Conference: Amy's experience as a first-time attendee

6 October 2023 | | aniridia, patient perspective, amy woodward
I have lived with aniridia since birth; and no matter how many specialised doctors you see or how many other people with visual impairments you meet, you still feel isolated, different and misunderstood. This is the exact reason Aniridia Network is important.

Rainspotting. Choose your future. Choose Pete’s Hidden Curriculum Part 2.

1 June 2022 | | Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology
See Pete's Hidden Curriculum Part 1 here Interviewer: “Mr Murphy, what attracts you to the leisure industry?”Spud: “In a word: pleasure. It’s like pleasure in other people’s leisure.”Interviewer: “Do you see yourself as having any weaknesses?”Spud: Shakes head, then: “Oh,...
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Amniotic membrane transplantation for SJS/TEN

1 February 2022 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease | Ocular surface, Treatment Surgery.
This is a retrospective study of consecutive patients who underwent amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) in the acute stage of Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) / toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) from Toronto, Canada, between 2009 and 2018 and had more than three months...
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Human leucocyte antigen association of patients with Stevens-Johnson syndrome in Han Chinese

1 December 2022 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease | conjunctiva, cornea, drugs, genetics, ocular surface
This is a retrospective study of the human leucocyte antigen (HLA) polymorphism pattern of cold medicine-induced patients with Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS/TEN) (n=33) and 98 control patients recruited between 2016-2017 in Taiwan. Severe ocular complications (SOC) was...

The happiness coefficient: Pete’s hidden curriculum Part 5

4 December 2023 | | Ophthalmology
Jeremy: Come on, man, shake your booty! Tonight even Paxman’s out, hoovering up lines of crank off Krishnan Guru-Murthy. Tonight’s the big one.Mark: Jeremy, all rational people agree it’s a truth self-evident that it’s impossible to have a good time...

HS-UK to host ‘Beat the President’ competition at the UKISCRS Annual Congress

20 September 2023 | Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries
HS-UK are pleased to be exhibiting at the 47th UKISCRS Annual Congress at the Leonardo City Hotel, on Thursday 2nd & Friday 3rd November, 2023.

Ocular surface in donor eyes after CLAU

1 February 2018 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease
This retrospective study examined ocular surface stability of donor eyes following conjunctival limbal autografts (CLAU). Forty-five eyes underwent CLAU with chemical burns being the most common indication. All but two eyes had just over 4 o’clock hours of CLAU segment...

AI breakthrough brings geographic atrophy treatment a step closer

20 September 2021
A team led by Dr Konstantinos Balaskas at Moorfields Eye Hospital Reading Centre has developed a fully automated, deep-learning model (algorithm) that can detect and quantify geographic atrophy using standard optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans.

VISION 2020 LINKS Programme and DR-NET World Sight Day Workshop

7 December 2020 | | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, COVID-19, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Optometry, Orbit, Ophthalmology, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
World Sight Day (WSD) was celebrated globally on 8 October 2020 [1]. From Australia and the Pacific to the Americas, via Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, awareness-raising and advocacy activities took place throughout the day, to focus attention on unnecessary...

Fife councillors experience street obstacles wearing sight loss simulation-spectacles

27 November 2023 | RNIB, retinopathy, glaucoma, cataract, urban, Navigation, Social Eyes
A cross-party group of Dunfermline Councillors tried to navigate around obstacles and clutter on the streets of Dunfermline on the morning of Friday, November 24th wearing spectacles that mimic different sight loss conditions.

An introduction to research governance

1 February 2014 |
Research is the process of acquiring new generalisable knowledge and should be fully integrated into health care work. There is a growing drive to encourage and further develop evidence-based practice in ophthalmology so that staff and patients benefit from improved...