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Cementing a VISION 2020 LINK partnership between Blantyre and Liverpool – building capacity for DR services alongside research

1 August 2016 | Petros Kayange, Gerald Msukwa, Michael Briggs, Marcia Zondervan, Nicholas Beare | 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

Malawi is a small land-locked country in eastern Africa with a growing population of over 17 million people. About 45% of the population is aged 14 or under; only 5% are aged 60 or over. The gross national income per...

Glaucoma-NET: a novel way of improving glaucoma management in sub-Saharan Africa

1 June 2022 | Fatima Kyari, Affiong Ibanga, Adeola Onakoya, Heiko Philippin, Winifred Nolan, William Dean, Marcia Zondervan, Covadonga Bascaran, Andrew Tatham | Ophthalmology, Cornea / External Eye Disease

Background Glaucoma is the second most common cause of blindness worldwide [1]. People with untreated glaucoma suffer from irreversible, progressive loss of sight. The disease is characterised by progressive loss of visual field, with pathological cupping of the optic disc...

Amnion-assisted conjunctival epithelial redirection (ACER): Enhancing stem cell transplantation treatment of total limbal stem cell deficiency

1 April 2019 | Tonicha Spencer, Andrew Hopkinson | Ophthalmology, Cornea / External Eye Disease

An exploration of Professor Harminder Dua’s recent work using a technique called amnion-assisted conjunctival epithelial redirection (ACER) to aid the success of conjunctival-limbal grafting procedures. ACER provides a refined way to use amniotic membrane (amnion), such as Omnigen® (NuVision® Biotherapies,...

The interpretation and use of ultrasound biomicroscopy (part 1)

1 October 2016 | Rizwana Siddiqi, Pravin Pandey, Peter Antony Good | Cornea / External Eye Disease, Imaging, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous

Ultrasound Biomicroscopy (UBM) has become increasingly important for the diagnosis of a variety of anterior segment pathologies. Most ophthalmologists are familiar with conventional B-scan ultrasonography techniques, which operate at lower sound frequencies (7.5 to 20MHz). UBM is an ultrasound technique...

Traumatic injuries from foam Nerf bullets

5 June 2023 | Bhagashree Joshi, Marika Troiani, Manoj Kulshrestha | Emergency Ophthalmology, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus

Background Three patients are presented in this case report: an adult and two children which were subjected to ocular injuries from Nerf gun bullets. Generally, Nerf guns are considered safer than airsoft guns. While there are many papers on airsoft...

Emerging therapies for geographic atrophy: complement inhibitors show potential to slow progression and preserve RPE and photoreceptor integrity

5 June 2023 | Rod McNeil

Geographic atrophy (GA) is an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) characterised by progressive, irreversible loss of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors and is estimated to account for approximately 10% of AMD-related blindness [1-4]. The Age-Related Eye...

‘At risk’ corneas are more easily identified with SCORE

6 June 2024 | cornea, refractive, industry, Heidelberg, LASIK, SCORE

Risk assessment of post-LASIK corneal ectasia in refractive surgery patients is now a more exact, objective, evaluation thanks to the work of Heidelberg Engineering and a leading research partner in Paris.

Amendments to NHS performers list regulations

1 August 2023 | NHS, NHS England

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) recently conducted a very short consultation without notice regarding changes to the NHS (England, Performers Lists) Regulation 2013.

Infection prevention and control through a VISION 2020 LINK between Mombasa and Southampton

1 April 2017 | Ross Cahill, Lizzi Lewis, Majula Rajamani, Truphosa Imali, Phenny Khandoro, George Binns, George Munywoki, Colin Elkin, Samantha Palmer, Dario Inzerillo, Aby Jacob, Marcia Zondervan | 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 authors share how a partnership between Mombasa and Southampton has enabled Kenyan healthcare professionals from four institutions to innovate and work as a group to improve infection prevention and control. Infection prevention and control (IPC) is a cornerstone of...

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