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World leading ophthalmology experts join line-up at free optometry summit in Bristol

23 November 2023 | glaucoma, spamedica, conference, free, Sunday, Bristol
Up to 12 CPD points on offer as SpaMedica hosts its 2023 Optometry Conference at The Bristol Pavilion on 26 November.

How to maximise points for your ophthalmology portfolio as a medical student

4 December 2023 | | Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology is an extremely popular and competitive career option, with one of the highest competition ratios at ST1 level entry (10:1 in 2023) [1]. It is also a highly rewarding speciality, involving: a mixture of medicine and surgery in a...

Wrong intraocular lens events – what lessons have we learned?

1 January 2017 | | Cataract and Refractive
Data from wrong IOL patient safety incidents (PSIs) submitted to the National Reporting and Learning System (2010–2014) were reviewed and scrutinised by thematic analysis and compared with the historical data collected for groups in 2003-2010, prior to the mandatory checklist...

VISION 6/6.2020 Day – A Celebration of International Partnerships

5 June 2020
Please join us for a day of online sessions celebrating international partnerships in eye health.

The work of RNIB and ECLOs

4 December 2023 | Ophthalmology
With more than 2,000,000 people in the UK living with some degree of sight loss and over 300,000 registered as blind or partially sighted, it is important for anyone living with sight loss to know they’re not alone. At what...

Optegra launches new fellowship programme

15 February 2024 | cataract, Fadi Alfaqawi, professional development
Leading eye health care group, Optegra, is proud to announce the appointment of its first Fellow, Mr Fadi Alfaqawi, as it unveils its Cataract and Refractive Surgery Fellowship Programme.

‘Getting a head start’: ways medical students can boost their chances of entering ophthalmology training

5 October 2020 | | Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology is one of the most competitive medical specialities in the UK, with 3.74 applicants per place in 2018 [1]. Given the competitive nature of this highly specialised field, medical students who are interested in pursuing a career in ophthalmology...

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH)

3 June 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Emergency Ophthalmology
IIH is a medical condition where the intracranial pressure (ICP) is raised without an obvious cause. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is produced in by the choroid plexus in the lateral ventricles and the roof of the third and fourth ventricles,...

Trabeculectomy with erroneous Mitomycin-C concentration – a near miss

1 April 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Glaucoma
Trabeculectomy is the most commonly performed surgical procedure for glaucoma in the United Kingdom and worldwide. Modifications to the technique have been made since its introduction in 1963, perhaps the most significant being the adjunctive use of mitomycin-C (MMC), which...

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Neovascular Glaucoma in a Patient with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia

1 December 2013 |
An 84-year-old Caucasian male attended eye casualty with a four month history of reduced vision, a dull ache and photophobia in both eyes. He had also reported dizziness, weakness and intermittent epistaxis in the nine months prior to presentation. There...

The management of possibly progressive pterygium

1 February 2015 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease
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...

Evolving towards an interventional glaucoma mindset

2 February 2024 | | Glaucoma
Traditionally, a newly diagnosed glaucoma patient would be treated first with medical therapy. As the disease progressed or the initial intervention failed to adequately control intraocular pressure (IOP), clinicians would add more drops, selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT), repeated SLT and...