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Eye surgeon gives sight to Cambodians
12 October 2022
Professor Sunil Shah has racked up his air miles in recent years. Since 2016, the Consultant Ophthalmologist at Midland Eye and the Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, has become a repeat visitor to Cambodia where he has led a series...
Transferring imaging from primary to secondary care (part 1)
Transferring clinical imaging from high street optometrists to secondary care is an increasingly requested option, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. A wide variety of solutions exist to allow this, each with their own merits and shortcomings. For...Emerging developments in dry eye
1 August 2017
| Rod McNeil
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
An estimated 344 million people worldwide suffer from dry eye [1]. This chronic syndrome is characterised by a vicious cycle of tear film hyperosmolarity, tear instability and corneal stress, leading to increased friction, inflammation, ocular surface damage and decreased visual...
Ciliary body granuloma masquerading as a melanoma
3 February 2023
| Boon Lin Teh, Paul Cauchi, Lucia Kuffová
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Ophthalmology
Introduction Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous inflammatory condition which predominantly affects the pulmonary system and intrathoracic lymph nodes, followed by ocular involvement [1]. We present an interesting patient who developed acute anterior uveitis and subsequent ciliary body granuloma clinically mimicking...
The Global Vision Database
1 December 2015
| Rupert Bourne (Prof), Tasanee Braithwaite, Alex Silvester, Aditi Das, Maria Vittoria Cicinelli
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AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Oculoplastics, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
The overall goal of the Global Vision Database (GVD) [1] is to develop and deploy new and improved evidence on the prevalence of blindness and vision impairment (VI) globally. It is a repository which allows us to assess the causes...
The ocular manifestations of COVID-19: an overview of current literature
6 April 2021
| Amal Minocha
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Ophthalmology, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Neuro-Ophthalmology, COVID-19
Although respiratory symptoms are the most frequent manifestation of COVID-19, multi-organ involvement has been demonstrated, including ocular manifestations. The author investigates how the eye can be affected. The SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic has presented a significant public...
Refractive surgery for anisometropic amblyopia
2 February 2024
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors report the outcomes of refractive surgery with phakic intraocular lens (PIOL) implant for management of anisometropic amblyopia in children intolerant to conventional therapy. This was a retrospective study of 71 eyes of 71 patients of which 58 were...
Ametropia prevalence and types in China
4 August 2021
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Ametropia, multi-ethnic, myopia, prevalence, primary school students
This study aimed to determine the prevalence and type of ametropia in Yunnan multi-ethnic regions. The study included 24,296 students aged 7-12 years (90.99%) in the study area of five different regions. There were 51% males and 32.2% minorities. Ametropia...
What's trending Oct/Nov 2021
1 October 2021
| Thomas Robbins
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Ophthalmology, Optometry, Cataract and Refractive, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Emergency Ophthalmology
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #cataracts #holography #simulation Cataracts are the major cause of blindness globally and innovating novel management strategies remains as important as ever...
AMD and visceral fat and pro-inflammatory factors
1 December 2015
| Bheemanagouda Patil
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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AMD, body mass index, pro-inflammatory factors, visceral fat
Several large studies have shown a positive relationship between age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) and high body mass index. The waist-hip ratio is also associated with development of early AMD. Visceral fat has a pro-inflammatory effect, which means it has an...
Volunteer abroad: the Khmer Sight Foundation
1 February 2018
| Priyanka Mandal, Swetha Rambhatla, Sunil Shah (Prof)
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Ophthalmology
A team of volunteers describe their experiences of working with the Khmer Sight Foundation in Cambodia. Cambodia has a population of 15 million people, of whom an estimated 300,000 are blind. This figure is increasing by 10,000 each year. Three-quarters...
In conversation with John Forrester
2 December 2019
| Hari Kaneshayogan
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Ophthalmology
What made you choose ophthalmology as a career and how did your interest in academia develop? During Medical School at Glasgow University, I was getting progressively disillusioned with the career options while my colleagues and friends all seemed to quickly...