The Institut Català de Retina is an ophthalmological, medical and surgical centre with over 30 years experience. Its objective is the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of eye diseases, the visual system and the accessory visual structures. The ICR Group comprises over 300 professionals. With a team of 90 ophthalmologists, the medical staff is divided […]
The ophthalmological technology revolution Ophthalmology is at the forefront of the revolution in medical technology. Recent years have seen constant development in medical tools. In fact, ophthalmology was the first speciality to use microscopes in surgery, and is the field which makes greatest use of microsurgery. Innovative technology at ICR At the ICR we use […]
Refractive surgery is a surgical procedure whose main goal is to eliminate dependence on glasses and provide the patient with an improved quality of vision. Once patients have undergone surgery, their ocular state experiment changes to which they have to adapt. In order to do so, several guidelines easing the adaptation can be followed. What […]
Every month, the American Academy of Ophthalmology choses five articles considered relevant among articles on ophthalmology published worldwide. This month, the association has chosen an article written by Dr. Ignasi Jürgens, Medical Director at Institut Català de Retina, and Dr. Amanda Rey, which was published at Retina, The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases under […]
ICR, at the forefront of research Dr Castillo, Head of Neuro-Ophthalmology and Teaching Department at Institut Català de Retina, has initiated, alongside the Research Department, a clinical trial developed by Santhera Pharmaceuticals, for which participants affected by Leber Optic Neuropathy (LHON), older than 12 years old and of all genders, are being recruited. The disease must […]
World Glaucoma Day is celebrated on March 12th and it marks the start of World Glaucoma Week, a collaborative project between World Glaucoma Association and World Glaucoma Patient Association. The aim of the project is to help eliminate blindness caused by this disease by raising awareness and alerting on the need of having regular eye […]
Dr. Amanda Rey, ophthalmologist at ICR Retina Department, has been awarded the prize to the best video communication at the 47th Congress of Catalan Society of Ophthalmology for a video under the name Intraoperative optical coherence tomography in vitreoretinal surgery created in conjunction with Dr. Ignasi Jürgens, medical director at del ICR and Dr. Agnieszka Dyrda, […]
An editorial on LOHN therapeutic perspectives (Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy) from Dr Lorena Castillo, Head of Neuro-Ophthalmology Department at ICR, has been published in the December issue of the journal Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología. Editorials in medical journals are published by leading specialists in a specific area, and are aimed at analyzing and […]
