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Sight Scotland Veteran’s Linburn Walled Garden being transformed into therapy hub

2 August 2023
Sight Scotland Veterans has joined forces with Cyrenians to transform the Walled Garden at its Linburn Centre in West Lothian into a therapy hub which can be used by veterans, families and the local community.

Does intravitreal bevacizumab help in diabetic retinopathy related vitreous haemorrhage?

1 October 2017 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
This retrospective, interventional case series, aimed to assess the effectiveness of intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) in vitreous haemorrhage secondary to proliferative diabetic retinopathy. The primary outcome was the rate of vitrectomy (PPV) after IVB, with secondary outcomes the number of IVB...

RPE tears after intravitreal Lucentis

1 February 2017 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
The current hypothesis regarding retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) tears is the contraction and fibrosis in choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) tissue after anti-VEGF therapy can induce rips in the overlying RPE. This South Korean study aimed to identify the association between RPE...

Bookings open for education programme at 100% Optical

16 January 2024 | 100%, ophthalmology, education, programme, events, Conferences
100% Optical releases suite of education for event that will take place from 24-26 February at ExCeL London.

Haag-Streit Academy launches exciting new agenda for their ‘Improving Outcomes’ Biometry courses

25 June 2024 | Research & Development, Company Profiles, Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries
Haag-Streit Academy are thrilled to announce the launch of a new agenda for their highly popular ‘Improving Outcomes’ Biometry courses.

From novice to overnight on-calls: developing an ophthalmology bootcamp to ease the learning curve for new trainees

4 December 2023 | | Ophthalmology
Introduction My first ophthalmology on-call was nine years ago and it was a fairly traumatic experience. I was an FY2 in a Welsh district general hospital and I was on my own – at least, that’s how it felt to...

Clinical and management strategies in glaucoma practice: perspectives from international glaucoma specialists

1 April 2015 | | 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...

Urban Changes and Rural Struggles for Ophthalmology in China

1 December 2013 |
China is by far the most populated country in the world, with over 1.3 billion inhabitants. It is also the country with the highest number of blind and visually impaired people. As a developing country, half of China’s population lives...

Adaptive optics imaging: resolving single cells in the living eye

1 June 2014 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease
The human retina is unique in the central nervous system (CNS) in that it can be directly visualised non-invasively. Technological advances of several imaging modalities, including optical coherence tomography (OCT), multichannel scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) and fundus photography, have afforded...

Diabetes macular oedema in pregnancy self-resolving postpartum

1 October 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Imaging
*Equally contributing co-first authors. Diabetic macular oedema (DMO) is a common clinical presentation to ophthalmology clinics. Ample evidence exists for management of DMO in non-pregnant patients. However, there is a paucity of evidence on the optimal management of DMO in...

Light in darkness – manual small incision cataract surgery in India

1 August 2017 | | Cataract and Refractive
Cataract has been documented to be the most significant cause of bilateral blindness in India, where vision <20/200 in the better eye on presentation is defined as blindness [1,2]. Estimation of blindness in India by the World Health Organization (WHO)...

Vitreous loss fire drills – ophthalmic simulation improves trainee surgical competence and confidence with posterior capsule rupture scenarios

4 December 2023 | | Cataract and Refractive
Ophthalmic trainees have reported limited exposure and low confidence regarding the management of cataract complications such as posterior capsule rupture (PCR) / vitreous loss (VL). This report evaluates the impact of a simulation-based educational training event on these concerns. Introduction...