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What's trending Dec/Jan 2021

7 December 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Cataract and Refractive
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #threeblindmice US company Nanoscope Therapeutics has developed a new treatment which is hoped will restore vision in those affected by retinal...

The Makassar-Dundee VISION 2020 LINK: a tale of two cities and two trainees

1 October 2014 | | 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
A resident’s view from Makassar My name is Hendra Kusuma, a final year resident (registrar) in the ophthalmology department at Hasanuddin University in Makassar, Indonesia. We have had a VISION 2020 LINK with Dundee (coordinated at the UK end by...

A glossary

5 October 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry
After a week on call grading what feels like 13 billion referrals I decided it might be useful to come up with a glossary that might help other people in some way to decipher the true meaning behind every repetitive...

Hydroxychloroquine toxicity

1 August 2017 | Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Being the subject of litigation is stressful and upsetting. Having to look back over your previous decisions and justify the care you delivered in good faith can be difficult. Sadly, we all live with the Sword of Damocles above us...

Wellbeing 2024

To skip directly to features, click the links below: Welcome from the editors - by Christina Rennie, Sonya Wallbank Wellbeing when all is not well: an interview with Dr Robert Self - by Robert Self, Peter Cackett The work of...

The role of inflammation in the pathophysiology of DMO

1 February 2016 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Diabetic macular oedema (DMO) is a major cause of visual loss in diabetes, with a complex multifactorial pathogenesis. In the UK alone it is estimated that there are nearly 2.5 million diabetic patients aged over 12 years. Approximately 65,000 of...

Coming soon: The Eye Views Podcast

18 January 2023 |
Released in conjunction with The University of Edinburgh, the podcast will be available to listen and download on 16 February 2023.

Orbis and Heidelberg Engineering team up on free e-learning opportunities

12 April 2024 | Orbis, charity, international, collaboration, partnership, educational, learning, work
Sight-saving charity Orbis and high-tech imaging and data solutions company Heidelberg Engineering are leveraging technology to provide free clinical education for eye care professionals around the world.

Jun/Jul 2017 Quiz

1 June 2017 | Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology
History A 57-year-old female patient presented with gradual painless diplopia over the last six months. Examination revealed restricted upward eye movements and 4mm proptosis which did not increase with Valsalva manoeuvre. Intraocular pressure was normal, no visual defects were noted,...

Survey reveals poor public awareness of dry eye disease

17 May 2021
A new survey has revealed how few people are aware of Dry Eye Disease, a debilitating and painful eye condition which affects one in four people in the UK.

Study calls for thorough investigation of patients with early signs of retinal vascular disease

2 February 2024 | Paracentral acute middle maculopathy, PAMM, moorfields, research, oculomics
Patients with the eye condition Paracentral Acute Middle Maculopathy (PAMM) would benefit from further investigation, as their risk of heart attacks and strokes may be greater than previously shown, suggests a new study led by researchers at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Papilloedema: an update

1 June 2016 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology
Some readers may have seen a recent report in the national newspapers of the case of a teenage girl with persistent severe headache associated with a fatal brain tumour having been undiagnosed despite many consultations with her medical advisers. It...