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High quality retinal image grading and management service by the NetwORC UK
1 October 2016
| Rahila Bashir
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EYE - Imaging
In 2004 a network of three ophthalmic reading centres in Belfast, London and Liverpool (known as NetwORC UK) was established to form the largest reading centre in Europe for the purpose of providing high quality grading of ophthalmic images for...
Association between neurodegeneration and macular perfusion in the progression of diabetic retinopathy
9 August 2023
| Sofia Rokerya
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
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Diabetes, Neurodegeneration, Progression, Retinopathy, Vessel closure
In this prospective three-year longitudinal study, the authors aimed to explore the relation between retinal neurodegenerative changes and vessel closure (VC) in individuals with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR). The participants included 74 individuals with type 2 diabetes, NPDR, and Early...
From the seas to OCTs, a journey from working in TV to creating teaching in ophthalmology
1 April 2020
| Paul Dimmock
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EYE - General
To relaunch our Allied Professionals section, Paul Dimmock from Gloucestershire discusses his unique role with the Gloucestershire Retinal Education Group. In Gloucestershire we have a collection of ophthalmic-targeted departments led by Professor Peter Scanlon, Clinical Director of the NHS Diabetic...
Clinical relevance of the anatomic classification of neovascular age-related macular degeneration
The author explains why an OCT-based classification of neovascular AMD is needed and how these neovascular subtypes may help to predict patients’ long-term visual outcome. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative process involving the macula in...The management of possibly progressive pterygium
1 February 2015
| Amit Patel, Peter McDonnell, M Quinlan
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EYE - Cornea
A 43-year-old Sudanese male patient is referred by his GP with a fleshy lesion encroaching the nasal cornea for the last six months. History Make note of: risk factors, i.e. UV exposure and ocular irritation - history of living in...
Management of proliferative diabetic retinopathy
1 August 2014
| Felicity Allen, Samantha S Mann
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Diabetic retinopathy is a major cause of blindness in the working-age population. Due to the worsening global epidemic of diabetes, the incidence of morbidity caused by the disease is set to increase [1]. The prevalence of diabetes in the UK...
Near-infrared autofluorescence to diagnose retinal laser injuries
2 December 2019
| Tasmin Berman
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This retrospective observational case series aimed to assess whether near infrared autofluorescence (NIR-AR) imaging is a useful imaging modality in the diagnosis of hand-held laser retinal injuries. Twelve patients from two centres underwent ophthalmic assessment and retinal imaging including fundus...
Assessing failure of laser coagulation treatment for type 1 retinopathy of prematurity
7 April 2021
| Kareem Waleed Alsaffarini
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The authors present the findings of a retrospective study to examine the cause of treatment failures in type 1 retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). They reviewed the medical charts of all infants with persistent disease post laser treatment at Uppsala University...
The world of the unseen
We are witnessing an incredible era of miraculous and marvellous discoveries. The globe has seen breakthroughs in science, medicine, creative arts, technology, digital media, and much more. In warm, sunny April, Emerald Network celebrated its 20th year of Eid events,...Twenty-five years in retina
In the next of our articles celebrating 25 years of Eye News, the authors look at how the retina specialty has changed over this time and ask what the future might hold. Retinal disease management has benefited from great advances...Screening for Sickle Cell Retinopathy (SCR): Why we do wide-field imaging, OCT/OCT-A for SCR – Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
I have been working in ophthalmology for over five years as a photographer and research co-ordinator, and it is fascinating, rewarding, and interesting to learn all about the different diseases associated with the eye. One condition that has been a...Papilloedema: an update
1 June 2016
| James F (Barry) Cullen
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
Some readers may have seen a recent report in the national newspapers of the case of a teenage girl with persistent severe headache associated with a fatal brain tumour having been undiagnosed despite many consultations with her medical advisers. It...
