Search

You searched for "scarring"

1631 results found

Can 3D facial imaging improve patient management in disfiguring eye disease?

1 August 2015 | | Imaging, Oculoplastics
Fight for Sight is the leading UK charity funder of eye research. Since the 2013 Sight Loss and Vision Priority Setting Partnership we have encouraged our researchers to work on priorities jointly identified by people affected by sight loss and...

The Gambia-Swansea VISION 2020 LINK: building eye care services and international friendships

1 June 2014 | | 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
History The VISION 2020 LINK between the Sheikh Zayed Regional Eye Care Centre (SZRECC), Banjul, The Gambia and the Ophthalmology Department, Singleton Hospital, Swansea started in 2008 under the guidance of the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme at the International Centre...

A surgical option for congenital ptosis

1 August 2014 | | Oculoplastics, Orbit
The authors describe a surgical technique to manage congenital ptosis. They present 30 patients with severe congenital ptosis, MRD1 varying between -2mm and 1mm. Intervention was carried out early to prevent amblyopia. All cases had surgery before age seven with...

Glaucoma UK launches new step-by-step guide to help patients with eye drops

3 March 2022
Glaucoma UK, the leading charity in the country for people living with glaucoma, has launched a new easy read guide to help patients put in their eye drops.

Corza Medical climbs Snowdon to support Orbis UK

21 June 2023 | Company Profiles
On Saturday 17th June a team of Corza Medical employees from their Solihull HQ are going to be climbing Mount Snowdon, the highest peak in Snowdonia (Wales).

UK ophthalmologists discuss value of ultra-widefield multimodality retinal imaging

7 June 2023 | optomap, ophthalmology, ultra-widefield
Utilising optomap ultra-widefield (UWF™) multimodality retinal imaging with integrated SS (or SD) OCT in clinical practice contributes to identifying unexpected pathologies in a patient without visual complaints, report 81% of clinicians at industry webinar.

Profile of a tertiary referral oculoplastics service in the UK

22 March 2021 | | Oculoplastics, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
The provision of safe and effective ophthalmic care to large patient populations has always been challenging. Severe restrictions of outpatient clinical activity due to the COVID-19 crisis has compounded this problem, with 26,800 appointments cancelled in our unit in the...

Part 2: the Arclight Device: frugal imaging for eyecare

3 June 2024 | | Ophthalmology
In this three-part series (Click here for Part 1) Andrew Blaikie and his team explore the role and application of the Arclight Device in Imaging of the Eye. There are many different types of ophthalmic imaging tools; from simply taking...

VISION 2020 LINKS Programme and DR-NET World Sight Day Workshop

7 December 2020 | | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, COVID-19, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Optometry, Orbit, Ophthalmology, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
World Sight Day (WSD) was celebrated globally on 8 October 2020 [1]. From Australia and the Pacific to the Americas, via Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, awareness-raising and advocacy activities took place throughout the day, to focus attention on unnecessary...

ABDO to run pre-Board elections webinars

12 April 2024 | optometry, opticians, ABDO, Daryl Newsome, learning, education
The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) is inviting its members to attend one of two webinars in preparation for its forthcoming Board elections.

The results of the last survey Apr24

3 April 2024 | | Ophthalmology
It has been a few years now since we started these surveys and I continue to be amazed by the variance in our practice. As a patient, I think I would expect there to be more consistency and evidence-based practice....

Oct/Nov 2019 Quiz

1 October 2019 | Ophthalmology
History A 62-year-old female patient was referred for rapid growth of a left periorbital soft tissue lesion with proptosis. Her past medical history included: hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and bipolar disorder. On examination: vision in the affected eye was hand movements, right...