The Hard Facts on GP Contact Lens Care

29th July 2021

The “Contacts with Conway” series of YouTube videos have been surprisingly well-received by both industry and the public. So much so in fact, that we regularly receive requests to explain or expand upon particular topics and, where possible, we use this feedback when deciding future episodes. One such request...

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Slit Lamp Series – Oblate Cornea

02nd April 2024

In the second instalment of the Slit Lamp Leries, Martin Conway looks at Oblate Cornea. You can read the previous article which examined Demodex Mites here. This month’s image from Marco Tovaglia won the BCLA Diane Gould Photo Contest in 2021. It very clearly illustrates the flattening of the...

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Tackling a 10-mm Pupil with Post-LASIK Glare

30th May 2024

I have no idea what LASIK (laser eye surgery) surgeons are thinking when they perform surgery on engineers with large pupils, let alone engineers with 10-mm pupils when dark adapted (Figure 1). Figure 1. 10-mm dark adapted pupil. Such an engineer sought out our office for a scleral fitting...

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Unmasking Postsurgical Ectasia in a Paediatric Patient

31st July 2024

Background Post-surgical ectasia is a complication in which a cornea that has undergone a refractive surgical procedure becomes progressively irregular and thinned leading to protrusion and undesirable visual disturbances such as blur and higher order aberrations. When screening a candidate for LASIK, many factors must be considered to reduce...

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Multidisciplinary Management of Neuropathic Eye Pain and Blepharospasm

28th February 2025

Background Corneal neuropathic pain is pain in the eye, face or head with ocular symptoms including stinging, burning, irritation, in the absence of noxious stimuli.¹ Slit lamp examination is typically unremarkable.² Scleral lenses may help mitigate symptoms and disrupt the pain cycle in some patients despite a normal exam.³ Case History...

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