As one of a handful events not cancelled or moved online, Eye Doctors’ first 2022 Grand Round was well attended by around 60 participants, all eager to catch up in person over some refreshments and claim some much-needed CPD. The new Remuera Golf Club venue did not disappoint, despite the mid-semina
Recent literature has increasingly reported on a clinical entity found in the fellow eyes of patients undergoing treatment for unilateral exudative neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).
A common incidental clinical finding among optometrists is ‘narrow angles'. That worryingly thin black space on Van Herick assessment alerts us to dust off our gonioscopy lens and perhaps look for some more benoxinate. Management would be straightforward if all the clinical signs showed an eye in tr
I am sure that it doesn’t feel that long ago when, as affiliated health providers, you were consumed with the introduction of vaccination mandates.
As a medical student in Oxford, UK, in the 1990s, I was fortunate enough to be lectured by the late Dr David Sackett, considered one of the pioneers of evidence-based medicine (EBM), defined as the integration of the best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values. As well as being
New Zealand’s first chief allied health professions officer Dr Martin Chadwick was appointed in February 2019. His challenges include improving health equity and transdisciplinary working, both hot topics within the eyecare community. Drew Jones found out how it’s all going.
Despite attempts since the early 1800s, success in corneal transplantation remained elusive until thebeginning of the 20th century. Indeed, corneal transplantation is the oldest form of tissue transplantation with the first successful full-thickness corneal transplant performed by Eduard Zirm in 190
In this review, I discuss three recent papers, adding to the role of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) in the management of glaucoma, particularly with respect to long-term efficacy and safety data.
Celebrating 25 years with Alcon, Karen Fowler worked her way up to become head of the Australia and New Zealand business and the region’s surgical division. As one of the few women holding top spots in the ophthalmic industry, she talked to Lesley Springall about the challenges and highlights of her
This year’s Orthoptics Australia Annual Conference took place virtually, so I got to enjoy the array of talks during a visit to my hometown of Hobart, with an interactive Slack channel providing an opportunity to engage with other attendees and see the various locations they were joining from.
"The nothing that is not there and the nothing that is" Wallace Stevens
A Canadian study has shown cannabinol (CBN) promotes neuroprotection, abrogates changes in extracellular matrix (ECM) protein and normalises intraocular pressures (IOPs), indicating the compound’s therapeutic potential in the treatment of glaucoma, said study authors.
