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Learning from litigation: ocular drug toxicity
3 August 2023
| Amar Alwitry
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Ophthalmology
Being the subject of litigation is stressful and upsetting. Having to look back over your previous decisions and justify the care you delivered in good faith can be difficult. Sadly, we all live with the sword of Damocles above us...
The eyes of healthy children effected by virtual schooling
3 October 2022
| Lauren R Hepworth
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors aimed to assess how the increased use of technology during a day of virtual school as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic affected the eyes of healthy children. Children aged 10 to 17 years who attended school virtually...
Use of telemedicine within adult strabismus management
31 May 2024
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The aim of this survey was to assess the practice preferences in the management of adult strabismus among the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) committee members. A 27-question multiple-choice questionnaire was sent to 19 ophthalmologists on AAPOS...
Watch your back: Ergonomics and Ophthalmology
2 August 2022
| Aadil Hussain
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Ophthalmology
Aadil Hussain discusses an ophthalmologist’s risk of musculoskeletal injury and highlights the importance of ergonomics education, to ensure a pain-free career. Chronic and disabling musculoskeletal injury has been identified in the field of ophthalmology with increasing prevalence. The ophthalmologist is...
Patient and public participation shapes biomedical research and access priorities in eye health
1 December 2014
| Rod McNeil
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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
Patients, clinicians and clinician-scientists play a valuable role in shaping the future of vision research. Limited funding demands targeted research initiatives that ultimately will shape health policy and practice to secure progress in improving patient outcomes in eye health. This...
25-gauge PPV for retained lens fragments
1 February 2016
| Sofia Rokerya
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Ophthalmology
This was a retrospective study including 40 eyes of 40 patients with mean age of 78 years, 19 females and 21 males, who underwent 25-gauge pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for retained lens fragments with a minimum of six months of...
Ophthalmic history made easy
13 March 2019
There are now three ophthalmic medical documentaries to dip into on to Royal College of Ophthalmologists website.
In conversation with Christopher Liu OBE
1 June 2018
| Christopher Liu (Prof)
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AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Ophthalmology, EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Eye News caught up with Christopher Liu following his recent appointment by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for Services to Ophthalmology. Christopher Liu OBE. Congratulations on your recent...
Multicentre PCO rates in different brands of monofocal intraocular lenses
5 October 2020
| Hadi Ziaei
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Cataract and Refractive
This was a longitudinal, retrospective cohort study featuring 47,754 (three years) and 20,763 (five years) eyes with age-related (≥65 year) cataract surgeries between 2010-2013 across seven UK ophthalmology clinics. The three- and five-year incidence of posterior capsular opacification (PCO) and...
Association of subconjunctival haemorrhage with non-accidental injury
5 April 2022
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study assessed the frequency and nature of diagnostic work-ups in infants with subconjunctival haemorrhage (SCH), the incidence of occult injuries among these patients and the factors that may have influenced the work-up. This was a retrospective secondary analysis of...
Facilitators and barriers to conducting research
1 December 2015
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
A survey of clinicians and researchers across the UK was conducted to identify barriers to research and potential solutions. The authors extracted details of studies listed on the UKCRN database that involved paediatric ophthalmology with recruitment of children. An e-survey...
My top five: A foundation doctor’s top five misconceptions about ophthalmology
4 December 2023
| Carina Mouritsen Luxhoj
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Ophthalmology
Choosing a specialty is challenging. As a foundation doctor, it often feels as if this choice is based solely on fleeting experiences. Compared to other specialties, there is relatively little exposure to ophthalmology during either medical school or foundation years....