Search

You searched for "retinovascular"

335 results found

The invisible touch: a VISION 2020 LINK with Indonesia

1 February 2014 | John Ellis, Habibah Muhiddin, Marcia Zondervan | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous

Indonesia’s population, the world’s fourth largest, is spread across 6,000 inhabited islands. Whilst some areas (e.g. Kalimantan, Papua) are relatively sparsely populated, Java is the world’s most densely populated island, with twice the population of the UK in half the...

Enhancing glaucoma awareness and management in Nigeria – from grass roots to national policy development

5 June 2023 | Fatima Kyari, Oteri Okolo, Elizabeth Awoyesuku, Adedeji Akinyemi, Covadonga Bascaran, Marcia Zondervan | Ophthalmology

This is the second in a series (see Part 1 here) of three articles about strengthening eye health services in Nigeria through collaboration with the LINKS and Networks run at the International Centre for Eye Health, LSHTM. This article highlights...

Life as a Global Citizen Consultant Ophthalmologist: a personal view of working in Scotland and Tanzania

3 October 2022 | Rosie Brennan, Bernadetha Robert Shilio, Marcia Zondervan, Covadonga Bascaran | Ophthalmology

Global Citizen post - a new challenge I was looking for a new challenge. I had been in the same consultant post with a subspecialty interest in paediatrics and strabismus for 17 years and was rattling around in an empty...

Primary eye health care in low- and middle-income countries

2 February 2024 | Clare Gilbert, Ada Aghaji, Oteri Okolo, Covadonga Bascaran, Marcia Zondervan | Cataract and Refractive, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus

The need for eyecare services in low- and middle-income countries Recent global estimates (2020) suggest that there is more than a three-fold difference in the prevalence of all categories of visual loss (presenting visual acuity <6/12 in the better eye)...

Increasing access to eye care through community outreach clinics in Uganda

1 June 2019 | Clare Davey, Grace Ssali, Simon Arunga, Terry Cooper, Will Dean, Radhika Patel, Marcia Zondervan | Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Imaging, Glaucoma

There has been a VISION 2020 LINK between Mulago Hospital and Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda and the Royal Free Hospital, London, since 2010. There have been regular training visits between teams from the eye departments at Mulago and the...

Myasthenia gravis presenting with isolated ptosis: a poorly studied subgroup

1 February 2015 | B Karri, RT Sebastian, G Kyle, IK Hart | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous

Investigation into the cause of one isolated symptom or sign can be challenging if that particular sign may be caused by a variety of pathological processes, affecting different tissues, and presenting to different specialties. Unilateral ptosis is a case in...

The implementation of postoperative day 1 vitrectomy telephone follow-up consultations

6 April 2021 | Rubina Rahman, Nosheen Khan | Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Glaucoma

In this pre-COVID-19 study, the authors argue that some follow-up consultations can be done by telephone without compromising patient safety. Thirty years ago, a study by Isernhagen et al. [1] found that 52% of patients required some form of unexpected...

Diabetic Macular Oedema

1 December 2013 | Pouya Alaghband

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder that affects the metabolism of all three categories of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins. This condition is characterised by chronic hyperglycaemia [1]. This can cause end organ damage. The estimated worldwide diabetes prevalence for 2010...

«
23
24
25
26
27
28 (current)