Like many things, the O-Show (originally scheduled for May 2020) followed a circuitous path thanks to the pandemic, eventually taking place from 28-29 May 2022 in Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion. But, boy, was it worth the wait!
Pilot evaluation for an image-based eyelid lesion management service
Corneal transplantation was the first, and is still the most frequently performed, human transplant procedure. Yet donor corneas are available for just one in 70 patients worldwide, with 53% of the world’s population unable to access this vital tissue, according to a 2016 paper by Professor Philippe
The CCLS conference offers an exciting line-up of speakers including Australian keynotes Damon Ezekiel and Professor Gerard Sutton. Also joining live from across the ditch is Margaret Lam, national president of the Cornea and Contact Lens Society of Australia, who will cover the hot topic of amnioti
I remember when I first looked through a kaleidoscope; it was a magical thing that you pointed towards the light, rotated the end piece and all the shapes and colours exploded. I reckon my brain's going a bit like that.
Have you ever asked yourself if your practice feels safe and welcoming for people from rainbow communities? If you are asking yourself why that would even matter, since you just look at people’s eyes… well, it matters a lot. Rainbow people often delay, or completely stay away from, preventative and
Patients not showing up to their scheduled appointments is a significant issue, estimated to cost the New Zealand healthcare system $29 million each year
The world of ocular surface health has lately sprawled, owing to a rapid, radical revolution in understanding and practice. How did we get there as a field and, more importantly, how can you get there as a clinician, and keep up?
The final Ocular Therapeutics Evening (OTE) of the University of Auckland’s Buchanan Ocular Therapeutics Unit (BOTU) series was held online and focused on paediatric eyecare.
After two years of limited or cancelled meetings due to Covid-19, it was a breath of fresh air to arrive at Blenheim’s Marlborough Events Centre and ASB Theatre for the RANZCO NZ Branch meeting. Amid the lingering pandemic and ever-changing gathering restrictions, RANZCO’s conference committee and o
Adaptability in challenging times was the theme of the 2022 RANZCO New Zealand branch meeting in Blenheim. As with the main sessions, shared with the ophthalmologists, the ophthalmic nurses and allied health component of the conference reflected a health sector rapidly adapting to the pandemic’s ong
A clear view of the ciliary zonule, or zonule of Zinn, is an uncommon sight at the slit lamp. Being transparent, poorly preserved post-mortem and resistant to absorbing histological stains, it wasn’t until the end of the 19th century that consensus on its anatomy was achieved.
