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Modern practice options for UK ophthalmologists
When I spoke on setting up private practice at the annual United Kingdom & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (UKISCRS) meeting in November ’23 there was a lot of interest in different types of practice models. If we...Redeployment during the COVID-19 pandemic: personal accounts from four ophthalmology trainees
5 August 2020
| Nada Burgess, Mary Henry, Maria Tadros, Yu Jeat Chong
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Ophthalmology
We once believed that the coronavirus would not penetrate the safe confines of the United Kingdom, like so many outbreaks before this. Once the news came that this pandemic descended into our hospitals, the anxieties about redeployment began. Many of...
Fairytale published to encourage children to wear glasses
7 March 2022
The Amazing Fairy Glasses is the first book published by author Katy Tainton, of Neath, South Wales. Katy felt the need to write a book aimed at helping young children who wear glasses when her eldest daughter Belle was diagnosed...
Ophthalmology history and examination – a guide for medical students
*First author Students have very little exposure to ophthalmology during their years at medical school. Teaching consists of a handful of lectures followed by a short placement in which students are expected to practise histories and examinations on patients with...Case series of toxic anterior segment syndrome
Herein we report two cases of toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS) following uneventful cataract surgery. Both patients presented 24 hours after their uneventful operations with painless blurred vision in the operated eye. The inflammatory reaction was controlled successfully with an...GREG (Gloucestershire Research & Education Group): Introduction to Grading Diabetic Retinopathy (DR)
11 November 2024
-12 November 2024
This course has been designed to introduce students to grading in diabetic retinopathy, based around national standards. It consists of pre-course online learning, and two days of face to face training. It explores diabetic retinopathy in depth, and provides students with an extensive understanding of how this condition is classified.
The teaching is provided by Gloucestershire Research & Education Group and participants will receive an in-house certificate from the Gloucestershire Research & Education Group, on successful completion.
Last UKISCRS webinar of 2020 will be a festive celebration
20 November 2020
The festive webinar will be held on Thursday 3 December at 7pm.
Clinical and management strategies in glaucoma practice: perspectives from international glaucoma specialists
1 April 2015
| Keith Barton, Winifred Nolan, Nick Strouthidis
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Glaucoma
Management options and outcomes in glaucoma practice were reviewed at the 7th Moorfields International Glaucoma Symposium, held in London on 24 January 2015. This article summarises perspectives from international glaucoma specialists on debated issues in topical therapy, glaucoma surgery, diagnostic...
Practical Handbook for Small-Gauge Vitrectomy
The authors have set out to produce a readable, comprehensive handbook designed to instil a working knowledge in the speciality. The authors have indeed achieved their objective and created a dynamic, well-structured, stimulating book. As vitreo-retinal surgery is a rapidly...Online retinoblastoma surveillance tool
7 December 2020
| Annes Ahmeidat
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Ocular Pathology and Oncology
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Familial relationship, Genetics, Retinoblastoma, Surveillance
Given the vision and life-threatening course of retinoblastoma (RB), it has become a significant heritable childhood cancer to screen for. To recommend surveillance, risk must be estimated and genetic testing plays a vital role. However, genetic tests vary based on...
Google Maps - some supremely useful features
1 October 2016
| David Haider
This article covers some less well known, yet very useful, features of Google Maps. Estimate your journey time by the day and time you’ll be travelling It’s easy to type a destination in and get an idea about how long...
Platelet rich fibrin membrane for descemetocele
1 December 2016
| Magdalena Popiela
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
This case series described the use of a novel technique in the treatment of descemetocele. Three patients developed descemetoceles following infective keratitis with impending risk of corneal perforation. Platelet rich fibrin (PRF) membrane was prepared using 8ml of fresh venous...