Patient Information leaflets - Ophthalmology

We produce a wide range of leaflets which provide information about our services and about the treatment you might receive in our clinics or during your stay in hospital. 

We also produce these in different formats including large print, please contact the department you are visiting for more information.

Northern

Age-related macular degeneration (treatment)

Amblyopia

Atropine 1% eye drops

Blepharitis and lid hygiene

Brown’s syndrome

Caring for your eye after injection

Caring for your eye after surgery

Caring for your eyelid after surgery

Cataract surgery

Children’s eye tests

Chronic uveitis in children with arthritis

Conjunctivitis

Contact lens clinic

Convergence excess esotropia

Convergence exercises:
- Dot card
- Jump convergence
- Stereograms
- Target to nose

Corneal abrasion

Corneal foreign bodies

Cyclodiode laser (eye treatment)

Dacryocystorhimostomy (DCR)

Distance exotropia

Double vision (Diplopia) and care of Fresnel prisms

Driving with double vision (diplopia)

Dry eye

Duane’s retraction syndrome

Eye drops

Eye drops for children’s eye test

Fluorescein angiography

Fresnel prism bar (instructions for improving eye control)

Glaucoma

Glaucoma treatment

Indocyanine green angiography

Iritis (anterior uveitis)

Laser treatment (YAG Capsulotomy)

Macular clinic – discharge

Microtropia

Mycophenolate

Nystagmus in children

Ocular hypertension

Ophthalmology outpatients:
- North Devon District Hospital
- South Molton Eye Centre

Orthoptic examination (adult)

Panretinal photocoagulation (PRP)

Patching therapy

Posterior vitreous detachment

Pseudostrabismus

Pupil dilation advice

Screening of Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)

Rigid gas permeable (RGP) contact lens care

Selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT)

Soft contact lens care

Squint surgery (adult)

Squint surgery in children

Squint, about

Styes, meibomian cysts and hot compresses

Trabectome surgery (eye operation)

Trabeculectomy

Trabeculectomy bleb needling

Treating Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) in the UK

Uveitis / Iritis

Wearing glassess

YAG-Iridotomy

Last updated: May 19, 2023

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