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My experience of the transition into a specialist orthoptist role

1 August 2018 | | Optometry, Ophthalmology, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
Michelle Dent discusses the process of transitioning into a new role and the pros and cons along the way. An opportunity arose for a permanent, full time, band 7 specialist role in the medical retina (MR) team in the Newcastle...

Back-to-back congresses in Africa highlight international collaboration to advance eye health

4 December 2023 | | Ophthalmology
The ISOO Africa 2023 Congress The first International Society of Ocular Oncology (ISOO) [1] conference to be held in Africa took place in Mombasa, Kenya, from 21-23 August 2023. Participants came from all over Africa, as well as the US,...

Surgical strategies to manage incomitant strabismus in adults

5 April 2022 | | Ophthalmology, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
Incomitant vertical and / or horizontal strabismus is a challenging presentation. Patients are usually symptomatic as the onset is either sudden so they haven’t developed any coping mechanisms or very complex so that any coping mechanisms will not cover all...

Orbital cellulitis in Scotland: current incidents, aetiology, management and outcomes

1 February 2015 | | Oculoplastics, Orbit | Epidemiology, Eye Lids, Infection, Orbit, Pathology
This is a one year prospective study using the Scottish ophthalmic surveillance unit reporting system amongst Scottish ophthalmologists. Only patients residing within Scotland with a new diagnosis of orbital cellulitis between November 2011 and October 2012 were including in this...

Long-term effect of gene therapy on Leber’s congenital amaurosis

1 October 2015 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
After reporting the first successful gene therapy results for RPE65 deficiency in three patients in a brief report in 2008, the same team from London now report the results of 12 patients followed up for three years after transfection. As...

RCOphth Annual Congress 2022 - Preview

19 May 2022
Eye News previews the RCOphth Annual Congress 2022, as we look forward to the return of an in-person Congress for the first time since 2019. Follow updates and key events here.

RCOphth Annual Congress - Day 3

25 May 2022 |
Follow live updates and key highlights from Day 3 of the RCOphth Annual Congress.

What's trending Apr/May 2020

1 April 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Cataract and Refractive
#punch #shark Nick Minogue, a 60-year-old New Zealander, was surfing off Pauanui Beach when he was attacked by a Great White Shark. Luckily, he recalled advice that sharks are vulnerable if hit in the eyes or the nose. His first...

What's trending Apr/May 2019

1 April 2019 | 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
#JessicaStarr #suicide This Detroit meteorologist committed suicide in December 2018 following SMILE corrective laser refractive surgery back in October 2018. Small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) is an alternative technique of laser refractive surgery with different advantages and disadvantages compared to...

Development of paediatric ophthalmology services in Malawi: the VISION 2020 LINK between Blantyre and Glasgow

5 August 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Cataract and Refractive
A VISION 2020 LINK was established in 2005 between the Lions Sight First Eye Hospital (LSFEH) in Blantyre, Malawi (part of the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital) with Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Children to help to develop a paediatric ophthalmic service...

Insects, swelling and sight loss: a case of orbital inflammatory syndrome

1 June 2022 | | Ophthalmology
Despite being the most common cause of painful orbital mass in adults and the third most common orbital disease, orbital inflammatory syndrome still proves to be a difficult ocular condition to diagnose, treat, and manage. A 41-year-old lady presented to...

Headset perimetry

3 April 2023 | | Ophthalmology
Visual field analysers are traditionally large table mounted devices, designed specifically for field capture and analysis. Over the last year or so a number of companies have started to disrupt this space with the introduction of headset-based field analysers, mostly...