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In conversation with Yasmin El-Rouby

2 February 2024 | | Ophthalmology
Author and Eye Doctor, Dr Yasmin El-Rouby, wishes to raise awareness about common vision disorders. Envisioning a world where preventable eye conditions are caught early, she founded Baseera, a non-profit organisation, to improve access to basic eyecare in developing countries....

Is patient masking leading to an increase in post-op infection after eyelid surgery?

21 October 2020 | | COVID-19, Ophthalmology, Oculoplastics, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of facemasks or face coverings in the clinical setting has become necessary. It is important to recognise that facemasks can be a source of infection after eye surgery and consider ways to minimise...

100% Ophthalmology Programme Insights

24 February 2024 | | 100%, ophthalmology, Conferences, London, events, optical, optometrist
We spoke to some of the Eye News family about their upcoming presentations at 100% Opthalmology, 24–26 February 2024, ExCeL London, UK.

25 years of OCT

1 December 2016 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Imaging
David Huang first described optical coherence tomography (OCT) in 1991, in his seminal paper on the subject in Science. This method developed the work of others on ophthalmic interferometry, which essentially showed that measuring reflected light could be used to...

What's trending Feb/Mar 2019

1 February 2019 | Ophthalmology, Glaucoma, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Cataract and Refractive
#smartcaptionglasses #Epson #livetheatre #deaf Here is some good news for the New Year. Epson, a Japanese technology firm, has developed augmented reality glasses, which display captions timed with the actors’ performances [1]. Stage lighting, timing and other stage cues are...

Coming to terms with AI

1 August 2019 | | Ophthalmology, Imaging, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Glaucoma
A machine might be called intelligent if its response to questions could convince a person that it was human, a test proposed by Alan Turing in 1950 [1]. The author considers potential applications of artificial intelligence (AI) using machine learning...

Fight for Sight to maximise impact by funding solutions-focused research in priority eye conditions

1 August 2018 | | Ophthalmology
Fight for Sight aims to stop sight loss by funding pioneering research. Rod McNeil takes a look at the Primer Fellowship Awards programme, which provides funding for up to £60,000 for individuals to undertake vision-related research for one year. Among...

A new observation point: updating the nomenclature and classification with OCT

3 June 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry, Imaging, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
The evolution of ophthalmic imaging technologies has been particularly rapid over the last few years. The author provides an update of the current terms for common signs and pathologies observed using optical coherence tomography. My experience as an ophthalmic technician,...

Urban Changes and Rural Struggles for Ophthalmology in China

1 December 2013 |
China is by far the most populated country in the world, with over 1.3 billion inhabitants. It is also the country with the highest number of blind and visually impaired people. As a developing country, half of China’s population lives...

Aug/Sep 2015 Quiz 2

1 August 2015 | | 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 A two-year-old female child presented with loss of vision in her left eye. Examination showed leukocoria and intraocular calcification was identified on scanning. The suspected diagnosis was intraocular retinoblastoma and the child underwent an enucleation. The eyeball was submitted...

Ciliatech reports positive clinical results on novel glaucoma implant, CID, in 24-month post-operative follow up

29 March 2023 | glaucoma
Chavanod (near Annecy), France, March 29, 2023 - Ciliatech, an ophthalmology medtech company developing a new class of implant to treat glaucoma durably, announced the positive results of a 24-month post-operative follow-up on a clinical trial of CID, its first generation Cilio-scleral Inter-positioning Device.

My ophthalmology taster week experience at Whipps Cross Eye Treatment Centre

3 April 2023 | | Ophthalmology
Deciding to explore ophthalmology Having read about ophthalmology, I have always found myself fascinated about what a career in ophthalmology entails. I have often wondered what ophthalmologists actually do, as we as medical students did not have a lot of...