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Topics by subspecialty
Emergencies and trauma (10 of 10 available)
Cornea and external disease (10 of 10 available)
Lens and cataract (10 of 10 available)
- Manual small-incision cataract surgery
- Phacoemulsification: outcomes and techniques
- Biometry and IOL power calculation
- Complications of cataract surgery
- Post-operative endophthalmitis
- Posterior capsule opacification
- Paediatric cataract
- Presbyopia-correcting and EDOF intraocular lenses
- Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery
- Immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery
Glaucoma (10 of 10 available)
- Acute primary angle closure
- Primary angle-closure disease: suspects to glaucoma
- Primary open-angle glaucoma: diagnosis and treatment targets
- Normal-tension glaucoma
- Glaucoma medications: choices, adherence and side effects
- Selective laser trabeculoplasty as first-line treatment
- Trabeculectomy
- Glaucoma drainage devices
- Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS)
- Childhood glaucoma
Retina and vitreous (10 of 10 available)
- Diabetic macular oedema
- Proliferative diabetic retinopathy: laser, anti-VEGF and vitrectomy
- Retinal vein occlusion
- Central retinal artery occlusion: an ocular stroke
- Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
- Geographic atrophy: beyond complement inhibition
- Next-generation anti-VEGF and durable therapies
- Gene therapy for inherited retinal disease
- Optogenetics and vision restoration
- AI in retinal imaging and OCT
Uveitis and ocular inflammation (10 of 10 available)
Neuro-ophthalmology (10 of 10 available)
- Optic neuritis
- NMOSD and MOG antibody-associated optic neuritis
- Idiopathic intracranial hypertension and papilloedema
- Giant cell arteritis
- Non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy
- Ocular motor cranial nerve palsies
- Pupil abnormalities: anisocoria and Horner syndrome
- Visual pathway lesions and field defects
- Leber hereditary optic neuropathy
- Nutritional and toxic optic neuropathy
Paediatric ophthalmology and strabismus (10 of 10 available)
- Amblyopia: patching, atropine and binocular treatment
- Childhood esotropia
- Intermittent exotropia
- Retinopathy of prematurity
- Ophthalmia neonatorum
- Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction
- Vision screening in children
- Refractive error in children and spectacle provision
- Cerebral visual impairment in children
- The white pupil (leukocoria): urgent assessment
Oculoplastics, orbit and lacrimal (10 of 10 available)
- Orbital and preseptal cellulitis
- Thyroid eye disease
- Blepharoptosis
- Entropion and ectropion
- Trachomatous trichiasis surgery
- Chalazion and hordeolum
- Acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction and dacryocystorhinostomy
- Eyelid tumours: basal cell carcinoma and beyond
- Eyelid and canalicular lacerations
- Idiopathic orbital inflammation and IgG4-related orbital disease
Ocular oncology (10 of 10 available)
Refraction, optics and low vision (10 of 10 available)
- Low-dose atropine for myopia control
- Optical myopia control: spectacle lenses, contact lenses and orthokeratology
- Repeated low-level red-light therapy for myopia
- Outdoor time and the prevention of myopia
- Pharmacological treatment of presbyopia
- Laser refractive surgery: LASIK, SMILE and PRK
- Phakic intraocular lenses
- Ready-made spectacles and near-vision correction
- Low-vision rehabilitation
- Contact lens complications and safe wear
Examination and investigations (10 of 10 available)
- Visual acuity testing: charts, apps and children
- Tonometry: Goldmann, rebound and home monitoring
- Gonioscopy and anterior-segment imaging of the angle
- Optic disc assessment in glaucoma
- Visual field testing and interpretation
- OCT interpretation: macula and retinal nerve fibre layer
- OCT angiography
- Fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography
- Ocular ultrasound and point-of-care ultrasound
- Smartphone and portable fundus imaging
Community eye health (10 of 10 available)
- Global eye health: blindness, vision impairment and the Lancet Commission
- Diabetic retinopathy screening programmes
- Effective cataract surgical coverage and outcomes
- Trachoma: SAFE strategy and elimination
- Onchocerciasis (river blindness)
- Vitamin A deficiency and xerophthalmia
- School eye health programmes
- The eye care workforce and task sharing
- Integrating eye care into primary health care
- Infection prevention in eye care: adenovirus and instrument reprocessing
Ocular pharmacology (10 of 10 available)
- Mydriatics, cycloplegics and their risks
- Ocular antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance
- Topical and periocular corticosteroids: benefits and risks
- Hydroxychloroquine retinopathy screening
- Drug-induced optic neuropathy: ethambutol, linezolid and amiodarone
- Safety of intravitreal drugs: inflammation, vasculitis and endophthalmitis
- Anti-VEGF biosimilars and off-label bevacizumab
- Local anaesthesia for eye surgery
- Ocular adverse events of immune checkpoint inhibitors and targeted cancer drugs
- GLP-1 receptor agonists and the eye
Articles A–Z
A
- Acanthamoeba keratitis
- Acquired Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction and Dacryocystorhinostomy
- Acute Primary Angle Closure
- Amblyopia: patching, atropine and binocular treatment
- Anterior Uveitis
- Anti-VEGF biosimilars and off-label bevacizumab
- Artificial Intelligence in Retina and OCT
B
- Bacterial keratitis
- Behçet Uveitis
- Biologics and Immunosuppression for Non-infectious Uveitis
- Biometry and IOL power calculation
- Blepharoptosis
- Blunt eye injury and traumatic hyphaema
C
- Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: An Ocular Stroke
- Cerebral visual impairment in children
- Chalazion and Hordeolum
- Chemical eye injury
- Childhood esotropia
- Childhood Glaucoma
- Choroidal metastases
- Choroidal naevus versus small melanoma
- Complications of cataract surgery
- Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction
- Conjunctival melanoma
- Contact lens complications and safe wear
- Corneal abrasion and corneal foreign body
- Corneal transplantation: DMEK, DSAEK and DALK
- Cytomegalovirus Retinitis
D
- Diabetic Macular Oedema
- Diabetic retinopathy screening programmes
- Drug-induced optic neuropathy: ethambutol, linezolid and amiodarone
- Dry eye disease
E
- Effective cataract surgical coverage and outcomes
- Entropion and Ectropion
- Eyelid and Canalicular Lacerations
- Eyelid Tumours: Basal Cell Carcinoma and Beyond
F
- Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery
- Fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography
- Fungal keratitis
G
- Geographic Atrophy: Beyond Complement Inhibition
- Giant Cell Arteritis
- Glaucoma Drainage Devices
- Glaucoma Medications: Choices, Adherence and Side Effects
- Global eye health: blindness and vision impairment
- GLP-1 receptor agonists and the eye
- Gonioscopy and anterior-segment imaging of the angle
H
I
- Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and Papilloedema
- Idiopathic Orbital Inflammation and IgG4-Related Orbital Disease
- Immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery
- Infection prevention in eye care: adenovirus and instrument reprocessing
- Integrating eye care into primary health care
- Intermittent exotropia
- Intraocular foreign body
J
K
L
- Laser refractive surgery: LASIK, SMILE and PRK
- Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
- Local anaesthesia for eye surgery
- Low-dose atropine for myopia control
- Low-vision rehabilitation
M
- Manual small-incision cataract surgery
- Metastatic uveal melanoma and tebentafusp
- Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS)
- Mydriatics, cycloplegics and their risks
N
- Neurotrophic keratopathy
- Next-Generation Anti-VEGF and Long-Acting Retinal Drugs
- NMOSD and MOG Antibody-Associated Disease
- Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy
- Normal-Tension Glaucoma
- Nutritional and Toxic Optic Neuropathy
O
- OCT angiography
- OCT interpretation: macula and retinal nerve fibre layer
- Ocular adnexal lymphoma
- Ocular adverse events of immune checkpoint inhibitors and targeted cancer drugs
- Ocular antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance
- Ocular Motor Cranial Nerve Palsies
- Ocular surface squamous neoplasia
- Ocular Toxoplasmosis
- Ocular Tuberculosis and Tubercular Uveitis
- Ocular ultrasound and point-of-care ultrasound
- Onchocerciasis (river blindness)
- Open-globe injury
- Ophthalmia neonatorum
- Optic disc assessment in glaucoma
- Optic Neuritis
- Optical myopia control: spectacle lenses, contact lenses and orthokeratology
- Optogenetics and Vision Restoration
- Orbital and Preseptal Cellulitis
- Orbital compartment syndrome and retrobulbar haemorrhage
- Orbital fractures
- Outdoor time and the prevention of myopia
P
- Paediatric cataract
- Phacoemulsification: outcomes and techniques
- Phakic intraocular lenses
- Pharmacological treatment of presbyopia
- Post-operative endophthalmitis
- Posterior capsule opacification
- Presbyopia-correcting and EDOF intraocular lenses
- Primary Angle-Closure Disease: Suspects to Glaucoma
- Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: Diagnosis and Treatment Targets
- Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: Laser, Anti-VEGF and Vitrectomy
- Pterygium
- Pupil Abnormalities: Anisocoria and Horner Syndrome
R
- Radiation retinopathy
- Ready-made spectacles and near-vision correction
- Refractive error in children and spectacle provision
- Repeated low-level red-light therapy for myopia
- Retinal Gene Therapy, CRISPR and Mutation-Agnostic Treatments
- Retinal Vein Occlusion
- Retinoblastoma
- Retinopathy of prematurity
- Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment
S
- Safety of intravitreal drugs: inflammation, vasculitis and endophthalmitis
- School eye health programmes
- Scleritis
- Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty as First-Line Treatment
- Smartphone and portable fundus imaging
- Sudden painless vision loss: triage
T
- The eye care workforce and task sharing
- The red eye: triage
- The white pupil (leukocoria): urgent assessment
- Thyroid Eye Disease
- Tonometry: Goldmann, rebound and home monitoring
- Topical and periocular corticosteroids: benefits and risks
- Trabeculectomy
- Trachoma: SAFE strategy and elimination
- Trachomatous Trichiasis Surgery
- Traumatic optic neuropathy