Welcome to our second edition of the SA Ophthalmology Journal for 2021. Thankfully , the Covid-19 pandemic seems to have subsided for now, but we do not really know what to expect next.

THERE is a saying that “eyes are the window to the soul”. But doctors at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town are taking this expression a step further and are using eyes as a pathway to reaching the most intricate parts of the brain.

On Tuesday (3 May 2022), another groundbreaking medical procedure was performed by surgeons of Groote Schuur Hospital – this time, the first ever corneal neurotisation procedure by a hospital in South Africa,

Ocular trauma is known to be an important preventable cause of visual impairment. Penetrating eye (open globe) injuries generally have a poor visual prognosis, and awareness of the outcomes of these injuries needs to be increased.