ICR Ophthalmological Centre

This course starts full of new aspects, such as the incorporation of different digital platforms or online classes, which combine with the pressure of work and exams and the busy life of students and teachers. For all these reasons, students and teachers must take special care of their eye health. Here are some tips for taking care of your vision.

Dr. Núria Ibáñez, head of the ICR Orbit and Oculoplasty Department, has carried out a study with the collaboration of Dr. R. Secondi and Dr. E. Becerra, to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of a pericranial graft together with a large orbital implant in patients with a contracted orbital cavity and with a significant orbital volume deficit.

A study made by the association Visión y Vida confirms that the three month confinement we have experienced has had a negative impact on the population’ s visual health. Thus, according to the results of this study, more than half of the population has had their vision worsened, especially young people between 12 and 19 years old and people with early presbyopia.

Although it seems one of the most irrelevant problems of this pandemic, many eyeglass users have found these days that when they wear a mask, whether hygienic or surgical, their glasses completely fog up, stopping them from seeing properly. We tell you how you can prevent this.

Dr. Jürgens has commented that the use of screens and technological devices in excesses can increase myopia.

Glaucoma is a disease of the optic nerve characterized by a loss of the vision field and is usually asymptomatic, making early detection and treatment difficult. To raise awareness of this disease and the importance of detecting it in time, we share 10 important details about glaucoma.

Blepharoplasty or eyelid surgery is an intervention aimed to remove the excess skin, and sometimes the fat, from the eyelids (upper and/or lower). It is usually performed on people older than 35 or 40 years old and can be carried out for health and/or aesthetic reasons. It is advisable that an oculoplastic ophthalmologist takes care […]

Summer approaches and the holiday period will arrive soon. And that is when we ask ourselves if flying after an eye surgery could have consequences for our vision. After some ocular interventions, and due to the pressure changes that we undergo when flying, catching an airplane could affect the vision. Each intervention has its risks […]

Times change and we are slowly moving towards precision medicine. In the field of diseases that affect vision, knowledge about its genetic basis has grown exponentially in recent years. Genetic diagnostic tests have undergone a revolution with the techniques of massive sequencing and the possibilities of treatment with gene therapy begin to be an emerging […]