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Haag-Streit UK moves to exciting new premises

Haag Streit UK is pleased to announce that we have moved our UK headquarters from Harlow to Bishop’s Stortford.

Scope Ophthalmology announce case awards winners

Scope Eyecare are delighted to announce the winners of the Scope Ophthalmology case awards UK and Ireland for 2023.

Optic disc pit maculopathy: an optical coherence tomography study

This was a single-centre, retrospective observational case series that aimed to analyse the change of optical coherence tomography (OCT) characteristics in the natural course of optic disc pit maculopathy (ODP-M) and their effects on visual acuity. Twenty-two eyes of 22...

Effects of phacoemulsification on IOP and drug use in glaucoma

For patients with comorbid cataract and primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), guidance is lacking as to whether cataract extraction and traditional filtering surgery should be performed as a staged or combined procedure. Achieving this guidance requires an evidence-based understanding of the...

Discovery Park Ventures invests £100K in new tenant Vox Imaging Technology

Discovery Park Ventures invests £100K in new tenant Vox Imaging Technology to advance ophthalmic imaging for preclinical research.

Clinical presentation, management, and outcomes in posterior segment open globe injuries

This is a retrospective, non-comparative, interventional case study of patients presenting with scleral and corneoscleral wounds covering a five-year period. It reports the clinical presentation, management, and factors affecting the outcomes of posterior segment open globe injuries (OGI) in 2360...

MP Andy Carter officially opens community healthcare clinic in Warrington

Andy Carter, MP for Warrington South, has officially opened a brand new community ophthalmology hospital which promises to improve patient choice in the area.

Microdroplet and splatter contamination during phacoemulsification in COVID-19 era

Half a millilitre of fluorescein was incorporated into 400ml of balanced salt solution to identify microdroplet and splatter from phacoemulsification to simulate possible COVID-19 contamination. Five porcine eyes were mounted to an ophthalmic mannequin head and two surgeons (height 189cm,...

Steroid-eluting Spongostan improves endoscopic DCR success

This is a retrospective analysis of a change in technique for endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (endo-DCR) surgery. The authors compared the outcomes of 55 patients between 2011 and 2013 with 187 from 2013 to 2020 who all underwent endo-DCR. In 2013 the...

Unilateral cataract extraction outcomes in older children compared to two studies with younger cohorts

The authors present a retrospective study of children undergoing cataract surgery between the ages of two and seven-years-old at one centre, over a 24-year period. Data including demographics, ocular history, ophthalmic findings, operative reports, adverse events, and record of re-operations...

The NRC achieves Carbon Neutrality for the second year running

The NRC has successfully achieved carbon neutrality for 2022, alongside a significant reduction in emissions in a number of areas.

Unexplained vision loss following exposure to combat

Non-organic vision loss (NOVL) is defined as a decrease in visual acuity or visual field without an identifiable organic cause. NOVL can be particularly challenging and time-consuming to diagnose, especially where the vision loss is superimposed on an element of...