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Developing community eye care: the evolution of Wales’ eye care services

1 April 2020 | | Optometry
In the third in our series about community eye care in the home nations, David O’Sullivan explains how Wales has developed its community eye care services. Since the devolution of healthcare to Wales on 1 July 1999 [1], significant changes...

Contrast sensitivity after laser corneal surgery

1 February 2019 | | Cataract and Refractive
This study group compared contrast sensitivity among participants undergoing wavefront-guided or wavefront-optimised photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) or laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for the treatment of myopia or myopic astigmatism 12 months after surgery. This was a prospective, randomised clinical trial,...

Researchers pursue personalised pathways for glaucoma care

25 September 2023 | glaucoma, Health Care Quality, research, innovation, Giovanni Montesano, RCOphth, glaucoma uk
Researchers, funded by Glaucoma UK in partnership with The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, are investigating the potential for personalised glaucoma care by mapping clinical trial data and real-word outcomes to individuals.

Independent opticians shortlisted for the 2023 SightCare Awards

8 November 2023 | optical, Opticians, awards, SightCare, shortlist
28 deserving independent optical practices have been shortlisted in their chosen categories of the 2023 SightCare Independent Optician Awards celebrating the independent spirit.

Visual performance of new multifocal IOL

1 February 2015 | | Cataract and Refractive
Multifocal IOLs (MIOLs) keep evolving to try and get the best outcome in terms of vision and reduction of side-effects. This prospective interventional study was carried out on 34 eyes of 17 patients (11 women (65%) and six men (35%))...

Clinical evaluation of a multifocal aspheric diffractive intraocular lens

1 February 2014 | | Cataract and Refractive | Lens and zonules, Optics and Refraction, Treatment Surgery
This is a multi-centre prospective study involving five different centres in Europe including 52 patients with cataract. The average age was 68.5±10.5 years, 35 females were bilateral implanted with aspheric diffractive multifocal lens implantation of the Tecnis 1-Piece multifocal intraocular...

New study maps priorities for UK eyecare research

4 June 2024 | glaucoma, AMD, dry, wet, new study, research, updates, UK, eyecare
Glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, childhood vision loss, and short-sightedness are highlighted as target study areas.

A focus on Pakistan’s growing eye care needs: over 43 million patients treated for curable blindness free of charge

5 February 2020 | | Ophthalmology
With 90% of the world’s visually impaired living in developing countries, Pakistan is no exception to this on-going global healthcare challenge. Despite massive leaps over the last few decades in targeting this issue, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that...

The eye without tears

1 June 2016 | | Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology
The Art is long and Life is short. So goes the dispiriting tag in Latin and flung from day one and at regular intervals thereafter at idle medical students who, inevitably brainwashed, come by graduation to believe that the only...

Don’t ignore the black lesion! It might be mucormycosis

1 June 2017 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease
Keeping mucormycosis infection in the foreground of your differential diagnosis, especially in those more vulnerable patients, will help save their lives if recognised and managed appropriately. Mucormycosis is a fulminant infection caused by the fungi of the family Mucoraceae. It...

What's trending Feb/Mar 2018

1 February 2018 | Ophthalmology
We are officially in 2018. New year, new you. The clock starts to turn to midnight and suddenly the excess and gluttony of the Christmas festive period comes to mind. “This year will be better”, we say to ourselves. The...

What not to miss in neuro-ophthalmology Part 1

1 April 2018 | Neuro-Ophthalmology
Neuro-ophthalmology is a complex and difficult subspecialty in ophthalmology. It has several connections to neurology, neuro-surgery, rheumatology as well as many other medical specialties. Working in an multidisciplinary team (MDT) environment is key to success in this subspecialty as mistakes...