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The Qatar Fund for Development and Orbis to Launch Qatar Creating Vision in Ethiopia
8 April 2022
The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) are providing funding to international eye care charity Orbis, to launch the Qatar Creating Vision initiative Ethiopia.
Sight Sciences: The Role of Implant-Free MIGS in Glaucoma Care The OMNI® Surgical System
19 September 2024
18:30 Arrival, Refreshments and Dry-Lab Demonstrations 19:00 Targeting the iridocorneal angle with implant-free MIGS, Viscocanaloplasty and Trabeculotomy : C-109172 (1 CPD) Mr. Francesco Stringa (Moderator) Southampton University Hospital 19:45 Don’t miss the opportunity! Combining cataract surgery and MIGS : C-109173...
At what age do children start to negatively judge ptosis?
1 February 2022
| Lauren R Hepworth
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors present a cohort study to assess for the presence of peer bias against ptosis. Recruitment took place in nursery and primary schools, of children aged three to six-years-old. An exclusion criterion was the presence of a visible ophthalmic...
Optegra celebrates 15th anniversary and announces expansion plans
Specialist eye hospital Optegra marks its 15th anniversary this month, having opened its first UK hospital in Guildford in 2008.What's trending Dec/Jan 2023
1 December 2022
| Isadora Giles, Stephanie Chiu
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Ophthalmology
A round-up of the eye related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #frightnight #halloween #protectyoureyes The Royal College of Optometrists advised the public against wearing novelty contact lenses this Halloween. In a...
Intraocular surgical training – is there any inter-procedural transfer of skills?
1 June 2018
| Eulee Seow
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Cataract and Refractive
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assessment/formative feedback, cataract surgery, simulation-based training, vitreoretinal surgery
Cataract surgery is the most commonly performed surgery during ophthalmology training. This study aims to investigate how experience in simulated cataract surgery impacts and transfers to the learning curves for novices in vitreoretinal surgery. Twelve ophthalmology residents without previous experience...
Resident versus supervising surgeon differences
7 April 2021
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The purpose of this study was to compare surgical operating times and complication rates in strabismus surgery undertaken by one attending surgeon versus 10 supervised residents (most first year). Operating time was a mean of 35.5 ±6 minutes for residents...
The posterior capsular rupture rate post COVID-19 pandemic
1 October 2021
| Mahmoud Ahmed
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Cataract and Refractive
In this retrospective single centre consecutive case series, the authors investigate the effect of suspending elective cataract surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic for a period of 19 weeks. They divided the study period, September 2019 to January 2021, into three...
Optegra launches new junior doctor training
Eye hospital group Optegra has further increased its support of the NHS with a new training scheme for NHS junior doctors.ESASO Course Series (Volume 3): Cataract
This book is designed as a course manual for cataract and refractive surgery. It starts off by discussing both the fluidics and dynamics of phacoemulsification, touching techniques and management of difficult scenarios. The ins and outs of conventional, accommodative, toric...COVID-19 elective oculoplastic consent proforma
1 July 2020
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COVID-19
The advent of COVID-19 will continue to impose major adaptations in how we as surgeons practise and offer elective surgery going forward. In addition to how we try to adapt to make our practice as safe for the patient and our teams as...