c-12756 Current materials and care regimes - implications for clinical practice
29/01/10
Choosing the most appropriate lens type and care regime for your patient is crucial to minimise patient dropout, But even the most enthusiastic contact lens practitioner can feel daunted by the large number of both lens options and care products available to them for recommendation, and of course, the situation is dynamic one. This first article in he series aims to highlight the most pertinent developments, whilst also taking the opportunity to revise important principles about the classification and chemistry of lens materials and care regimes.
Dr Christine Purslow
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c-11411 Common entoptic phenomena and their clinical significance
29/01/10
c-11411 Common entotpic phenomena and their clinical significance
Dr Janet Voke
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C-12870/ OD The management of diabetic retinopathy without laser
15/01/10
C-12870/ OD The management of diabetic retinopathy without laser. Module 12 Part 1: Clinical Optometry Before the advert of laser therapy, diabetic retinopathy was treated by pituitary ablation. This was undertaken either as a neurosurgical procedure involving craniotomy , or by implantation of radioactive seeds in the pituitary gland. This could only be carried out in small proportion of patients because of the risk involved. The procedure induced regression of retinopathy in the majority of patienst, but a significant proportion dies of complications
Jonathon Dowler
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