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How to examine the visual system Part 2: Accommodation, pupils, fundoscopy and additional tests

1 August 2014 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Examining the visual system can be a tricky skill for medical students to master, yet it is a task that is frequently tested in examinations. This is the second of a two-part series of articles, which together aim to improve...

New President and President-elect of the UK and Éire Glaucoma Society announced

1 May 2022
Glaucoma UK has announced the appointments of the new President and President-elect for its UK and Éire Glaucoma Society (UKEGS).
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Experiences of patients and their families and the impact of Leber hereditary optic neuropathy

3 April 2023 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology
The authors present a qualitative study which aimed to explore the impact of Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) from diagnosis to present day on both patients and their families. Individuals with LHON and their families were purposively sampled from four...
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Germline testing for uveal melanoma

4 December 2023 | | Ocular Pathology and Oncology | BAP1, Uveal melanoma, genetic counselling, hereditary cancer, mainstreaming, service delivery
The authors present a study of 114 consecutive patients presenting with uveal melanoma. Between 1 December 2019 and 1 November 2021 all patients over 18-years-old presenting to their centre with uveal melanoma were offered germline testing for variants in BAP1,...

Detecting apoptosis in retinal cells

1 February 2022 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous | Apoptosis, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neurodegeneration, Retina
This is a review paper in which the authors summarise the transitioning of techniques detecting apoptosis from bench to bedside, along with the future possibilities they encase. Detection of Apoptosis in Retinal Cells (DARC) technology can be used as a...

Endophthalmitis after intravitreal anti-VEGF injection

1 August 2019 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous | Endophthalmitis, Intravitreal injection, Vascular endothelial growth factor
The authors report the results of a retrospective multicentre study conducted at 17 retina referral centres to investigate the microbial spectrum of endophthalmitis after anti-VEGF injections. A total of 83 cases of culture-positive endophthalmitis (58.4%) were included. The most frequent...

Transforming eyecare with AI at 100% Optical

4 March 2024 | Pearse Keane, AI, Moorfields, UCL, technology, advancement, artificial intelligence, development
“We are drowning in people we need to see in hospital eye services, and some people are going blind as a result. We are looking at nearly 10m hospital appointments for ophthalmology a year, with an approximately 33% increase over...

SCONe Project seeks participants for patient and public involvement group to revolutionise AMD research

29 April 2024 | baljean dhillon, SCONe, project, research, scotland, edinburgh, AMD, call to action
The SCONe project, run by optometrists, ophthalmologists, and researchers from the University of Edinburgh, and funded by Sight Scotland, is appealing for participants to take part in a Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) group focused on revolutionising the detection and management of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD).

Designing ophthalmology services Part 2: How do we address the queues for a clinic?

1 April 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry
The first of this three-part series showed how systems engineering can be used to correctly diagnose and address the causes of delays in a clinic. This second article describes how to design a more productive system that meets the new...

Understanding vasoproliferative retinal tumours

4 February 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Syed Irtiza Ali Shah explores this rare and unusual condition through a fascinating case presentation. Vasoproliferative tumours of the retina (VPTR) are a vascular mass with an associated exudative retinopathy alongside the presence of minimally dilated feeder vessels. This is...

Ambitions for sustainable service recovery amidst an escalating post-COVID backlog

5 April 2022 | | Ophthalmology, COVID-19
Rod McNeil reviews plans, activity and solutions to better address the post-COVID backlog and bolster sustainable service recovery. Ophthalmology was the busiest outpatient specialty during the three years to March 2020 across the English NHS and again recorded the highest...

The results of the last survey Dec20

7 December 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Cataract and Refractive
The responses to the first question in this survey demonstrate the need for it and the significant variation in practice we see in even relatively simple management decisions. Patients are seen regularly with occludable drainage angles and listed for YAG...