ICR Ophthalmological Centre

The paper, entitled “Outcome of acute nontraumatic vitreous hemorrhage in healthy patients” aims to assess the medical actions before patients suffering from vitreous hemorrhage after a subsequent vitreous detachment, as well as addressing the controversy about the need to treat these cases or not.

The project has allowed the development of a telemedicine tool and an algorithm based on Artificial Intelligence that would facilitate the automatic detection of signs of glaucoma from retinographies (fundus images).

Dr. Marcos Muñoz, coordinator of the Emergency Department and member of the Glaucoma Department of ICR, presented his doctoral thesis last May at the Escuela de doctorado de la Universidad Internacional de Catalunya of Barcelona. The thesis, entitled Eficacia hipotensora y seguridad de la cirugía filtrante con implante Ex-PRESS versus esclerectomía profunda con implante Esnoper […]

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 […]

GenSight starts a study to better understand the natural history of Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (or LHON) – how visual function evolves, what other symptoms can be associated … -, how genetic and environmental factors are related in the development of the disease and the direct or indirect costs for the patient and family. It is […]

During her stay at St. Thomas Hospital in London, Dr. Dyrda actively participated in clinical consultations visiting patients with medical and surgical retinal pathology, as well as in complex vitreoretinal surgeries.

Dr. Rodríguez, head of the Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, defended the free communication entitled “Keratoconjunctivitis, an alternative treatment”.