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Lower postoperative scar height is associated with increased postoperative trichiasis one year after bilamellar tarsal rotation surgery

1 October 2015 | | Oculoplastics, Orbit | Bilamellar tarsal rotation, incision height, postoperative trichiasis, trachoma, trichiasis
Bilamellar tarsal rotation has been a key component of the WHO SAFE approach to blindness from trichiaisis (surgery, antibiotics, facial hygiene, environment). The World Health Organisation (WHO) manual describes the procedure as a full thickness blepharotomy placed 3.0mm above and...

Artistic vibes in Beijing

4 August 2021 | | Ophthalmology
For many of us all around the world, art is a form of storytelling, whether we link it to our work, our hobbies or our dreams. As a teenager growing up in the 90s, I loved ballet in high school....

New Bolton office space for UK’s largest provider of NHS cataract surgery, as company celebrates 15th year

5 October 2023 | spamedica, infrastructure, industry, mark logan, Cataract surgery
Bolton North East MP Mark Logan visited SpaMedica’s new building, The View, which accommodates 180 company employees, including 40 recruited in the last year.

Lockdown and eye health – a case of accommodative spasm

6 April 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Orbit, Imaging
A 25-year-old male presented to the eye casualty with a one-day history of sudden onset worsening vision. More specifically, he noted his vision was more blurred than usual and this was more exaggerated for near-work than for distance-work. He was...

What's trending Feb/Mar 2023

3 February 2023 | | Ophthalmology
A round-up of the eye related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #nativity #needleeye Happy New Year! Let’s kick things off with a holiday-related story. Birmingham-based micro-engraver Graham Short engraved by hand...

IWD 2024: Women-led eye care is helping to shrink the blindness gender gap in Bangladesh

8 March 2024 | IWD24, international womans day, charity, Orbis, equal, global
International Women's Day 2024 - a lack of female health providers is stealing the sight of women around the world. Blindness prevention charity Orbis is working to change this.

Help provide a free eyecare service in Edinburgh to those affected by homelessness

4 June 2024 | charity, fundraising, eyecare, homeless, scotland, edinburgh, news
We're thrilled to share that this summer marks a milestone for VCHP as we prepare to open our 10th clinic, a momentous occasion heralded by our inaugural venture into Scotland.

Crisis Specs collection day brings happy faces all round

29 January 2024 | charity, crisis specs, volunteer, christmas, campaign, optometry, opticians, optical
Volunteers took delight in dispensing to the Crisis at Christmas guests who returned this week to collect their glasses, with frames kindly donated by Specsavers and lenses and glazing by EssilorLuxottica.

What’s trending? Dec/Jan 2018

1 December 2017 | Ophthalmology
#scleratattoo Yes, you read that correctly. Scleral tattoos are a relatively new form of extreme body modification. Oddly enough, ‘sclera tattoo’ comes up with more hits on Twitter and YouTube than ‘scleral tattoo’. The procedure involves injecting a mixture of...

Thank you, Baljean Dhillon. Welcome onboard, Peter Cackett.

3 April 2024 |
As our Co-editor of over 11 years, Baljean Dhillon, passes the torch, Peter Cackett steps up to take on the role.

Mucormycosis: In conversation with Dr Deepak Haldipur and Dr Aditya Moorthy

15 July 2021 | | COVID-19, Ophthalmology, Orbit, Oculoplastics, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
COVID-19 has ravaged the world in the past 18 months. The second wave in many countries was deadlier than the first. Mucormycosis, infamously labelled ‘the black fungus’ has affected some countries, such as India, in epidemic proportions within this COVID...

My Trip to London - A UKISCRS 47th Annual Meeting Review

22 November 2023 | UKISCRS, Trainee, London, Conference, Opinion, Perspective
Arriving in London on a wet Tuesday evening, I disembarked the train and began my expedition through the torrential rain, my drenched suit bag in one hand and my precious poster packaged and clutched to my chest in the other.