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Spotlight: The Community Eye Health Journal

3 August 2023 | Victor Hu, Hugh Bassett, Elmien Wolvaardt | Ophthalmology

In many low-income settings, where vision loss is greatest, eyecare is hampered by shortages in trained health workers. In sub-Saharan Africa, there are fewer than five ophthalmologists per million population, compared to over 70 per million in high-income countries. Eyecare...

Optical coherence tomography – reinventing the eye examination

1 October 2016 | Reena Chopra, Pearse A Keane (Prof) | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Imaging

It has been 25 years since Huang et al. presented the first optical coherence tomography (OCT) images in Science [1]. With vast improvements in OCT technology over the years, it is now possible to acquire high-resolution cross-sectional images of the...

100 years of insulin

3 October 2022 | Aaron Carlisle, Kieran Walshe, Lloyd Paul Aiello (Prof), Tunde Peto, Katie Curran | Ophthalmology

*Joint first authors The centenary of the discovery of insulin is a time to celebrate one of the most significant scientific discoveries of the 20th century. Background Before 1923, Type 1 diabetes mellitus [T1DM] resulted in death from severe ketoacidosis...

#KnowYourDrops: breaking down barriers to poor compliance

1 June 2017 | Sarah Thomas, Fiona Chiu | Glaucoma

Award-winning* #KnowYourDrops eye drop compliance campaign helps patients for World Glaucoma Week to achieve medicines optimisation in ophthalmology. The #KnowYourDrops campaign is fast becoming an internationally recognised model to help support healthcare professionals, with the provision of better tailored ophthalmic...

Toxoplasmosis and the associated retinochoroiditis: important facts and when to treat

1 April 2017 | Annie SeeWah Tung | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous

Annie SeeWah Tung provides an overview of toxoplasmosis retinochoroiditis, including guidance on which cases should be treated and the treatment options. Toxoplasmosis retinochoroiditis is an infectious condition that is characterised by retinochoroidal lesions commonly in the posterior pole and is...

The results of the last survey Feb 2020

5 February 2020 | Amar Alwitry | Ophthalmology, Cataract and Refractive

I appreciate that I keep on reiterating it, but again we see so much practice variance. Who is right and who is wrong? Is there a right or wrong approach? And does it matter? I think it probably does matter....

Microcatheter in the vertebral artery as a cause of branched retinal artery occlusion?

4 August 2021 | Rathin Pujari, Chuanyu Gao, Mohammed Haque | Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Imaging

A 19-year-old male presented to eye casualty with a seven-day history of a ‘blurred patch’ in the left eye. The patient denied any other visual symptoms including flashes or floaters and there had been no change in visual symptoms in...

The results of the last survey Aug21

4 August 2021 | Amar Alwitry | Ophthalmology, Cataract and Refractive

We are often referred patients noted to have an optic disc haemorrhage (ODH) without any other features of pathology. How we manage these patients can have a significant impact on our struggling capacity. The significance in glaucoma and, in particular,...

Q&A: Mr Goel and Mr Loomba on alcohol delamination and phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) for the treatment of recurrent corneal erosion syndrome

14 June 2023 | Aina Pons, Abhinav Loomba, Siddharth Goel | Cornea / External Eye Disease, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES

Recurrent corneal erosion syndrome is a common, recurrent condition caused by abnormal epithelial adhesion to the underlying basal lamina. Spontaneous breakdown of the corneal epithelium can lead to the sudden onset of ocular pain, blurred vision, tearing and photophobia, typically...

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