Retina

Five Things We Learned This Month

The Greek bailouts came with a price: austerity. This might come to pass as a highly myopic move. We explore its impact on ophthalmology – and the future health economic toll it will take on Greek society.

Adopting a treat-and-extend approach for the treatment of wet AMD with anti-VEGF drugs – though potentially complex in the coordination – can have considerable benefits for patients, carers and healthcare systems

Sitting down with... Anneke den Hollander, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Two research teams have developed very different ways of tackling retinitis pigmentosa, but both hold great promise

Peripheral retinal lesions may predict diabetic patients’ risk of disease progression – and ultrawide field imaging could enable a better and earlier early diagnosis

For doctors and other operators to get familiar with the Widefield Imaging Module, the Heidelberg Engineering Academy has recently launched an interactive video tutorial.

Strength and durability in the real world

What if there was an imaging technique that could detect retinal disease processes before any structural damage had even occurred?

AMD is the leading cause of blindness in developed countries, and the third-leading cause in developing countries.