The anatomy of the peripheral cornea and its proximity to the vascular limbus makes it prone to a unique set of diseases, primarily immune-mediated ones. However, the limbus is still prone to infectious and degenerative diseases and thus distinguishing diseases may be difficult, so a diagnosis is of
The Canterbury Low Vision Clinic at Burwood Hospital, Christchurch, is a centre of excellence for the rehabilitation of people with various debilitating eye conditions and, over the years, it has received regular referrals of patients with homonymous hemianopia (HH).
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“Living with retinitis pigmentosa has not affected my identity or cultural wellbeing,” said Gaylene Te Rauna (of Tūhoe and Ngāti Porou iwi), a feat she’s immensely proud of. Growing up in the Urewera National Park, in a small place called Ngāputahi, she said she’s endeavoured to keep abreast of evol
The march of veganism continues to sweep more people into a cruelty-free lifestyle while shaking off the antiquated associations of dreadlocks and lentils to become the norm for the ‘urban woke’.
The war in Ukraine, volatile European markets and currencies and challenges across China’s political and economic landscape are just some of the issues impacting almost every country around the world, including New Zealand.
Geographic atrophy (GA) is the late manifestation of non-neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) characterised by progressive loss of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors. Until now, it was a slowly progressive untreatable disease that led to vision loss.
After more than five years, the debate rages on between Ophthalmology New Zealand (ONZ) and Southern Cross Health Society (SCHS) over funding for minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) devices for
The Chatham Island Hospital and Health Centre originally opened in 1927, with the Sisters of Mercy stepping in to help with a lack of staff in 1947. Since 1999 it has been operated by Canterbury District Health Board and staffed by a locum doctor and three resident nurses, plus locum and specialty n
Corneal ectasia is, realistically, the worst complication following corneal refractive surgery and a major cause of litigation, medicolegal complaints and unhappy patients following otherwise routine laser eye surgery.
In my previous articles on accessibility (see ‘related articles’ at end), I covered why making your practice accessible is not only the right thing to do for your customers, but good for your business
Microbial keratitis (MK) is an acute and potentially visually devastating infection of the cornea caused by bacteria, fungi, amoebae and viruses. The infection is relatively rare in developed countries but remains a major cause of permanent blindness in low-income countries. Risk factors are well-de
