All myopia is associated with an increased risk of sight-threatening conditions such as retinal detachment (RD) and myopic maculopathy (MM), with the risk increasing markedly in high myopia¹.
Changes of government often see significant shifts in the employment law landscape in New Zealand and the election of the Labour-led government in late 2017 was no exception.
In April, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) issued a statement claiming that there was no scientific evidence for the existence of Irlen Syndrome. This follows similar concerns RANZCO and RANZCO fellows have raised publicly about behavioural optometry, all of
This year’s meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Strabismus Society (ANZSS), better known as the Squint Club, was held at the Sydney Eye Hospital, the oldest hospital in Australia dating back to 1788. Set in the historic sandstone Victorian building with ornate metal balustrades and stained-gla
Efficacy and safety of DMEK versus DSAEK: a systematic review and meta-analysis; Patient satisfaction with epithelium-off corneal crosslinking; Randomized double-masked trial of eyelid cleansing treatments for blepharitis
A great deal has been learnt in the last 10 years about the prevention of cataract endophthalmitis, making it a relatively uncommon complication in New Zealand. While it is difficult to isolate all the factors that account for this change in frequency, there are interesting parallels with other type
If books are food for the brain, this one is a super fruit. At 165 pages Current management of diabetic retinopathy is a compact book, comprising 13 chapters, split into three sections. The meta narrative of the book leads the reader through a series of sensibly arranged sequential chapters which st
This year, the 33rd Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Congress was held in "Asia’s world city", Hong Kong, where we were welcomed by unseasonably cold weather. The congress itself, however, warmed up the atmosphere quickly with more than 5,200 delegates from 87 countries attending; predom
The biennial Retina International World Congress was held for the first time in Auckland on the 10 and 11 February. With recent host cities including Taipei and Paris, Auckland had a lot to live up
Case study: Mycobacterium chelonae keratitis following cataract surgeryBy Dr Lucy Lu, Dr Jennifer Court and Professor Charles McGhee* Here we present a rare case of post-cataract surgery, corneal
Last century, low vision services were regarded as a last resort and an admission of failure. Generally, when patients enquired as to whether there was anything available to help them see, the answer
Sight loss, I discovered, is such a gradual process that it’s generally detected by others before the victims themselves.Certainly, the indications I had came at me, rather suddenly. I was sitting