Dr Francesc Duch, Head of Refractive Surgery Department at Institut Català de Retina, presented last January his doctoral thesis defence under the name Refractive and functional outcomes in clear lens surgery with trifocal intraocular lens implantation in the Teaching Unit of Hospital Vall d’Hebron, that belongs to the Faculty of Medicine from Universitat Autònoma de […]

Today, June 14th, we celebrate the World Blood Donor Day. This year, World Health Organization has chosen the campaign theme “Blood connects us all”, with the aim of highlighting and emphasizing the solidarity and connection between donors and patients. Voluntary blood donation is a necessary pathway that helps encourage people to care for one another […]

ACHROMATOPSIA AND MONOCHROMATOPSIA Complete lack of colour perception, in the first case due to the lack of cone cells in the retina and, in the second case, due to the presence of only one type of them. DYSCHROMATOPSIA Dyschromatopsia is defined as a deficiency in colour vision. It may be either congenital, as it is […]

Dr. Amanda Rey, ophthalmologist of the Retina Department at Institut Català de Retina, alongside Dr. Lorena Castillo, ophthalmologist at ICR Neuro-Ophthalmology Department, have published an article in the prestigious international ophthalmology journal BMC Ophthalmology. Paper published in BMC Ophthalmology The featured article reports a clinical case of a patient diagnosed with carotid-cavernous fistula with loss […]

The 26th Congress of the Spanish Society of Orbital and Ocular Plastic Surgery (SECPOO), the most noteworthy event in the field of oculoplastics at a national level, will be held in Bilbao next June 8th, 9th and 10th. In this 26th edition, the Congress will be aimed not only to promote its well-stablished educational approach, […]

Last weekend, Murcia’s Auditorium and Congress Center held the 31st Congress of Spanish Society of Implant Refractive Ocular Surgery (SECOIR). On this occasion, the Congress, celebrated at the Auditorium and Congress Center Víctor Villegas, in Murcia, saw more than 1000 attendants, and 189 communications, posters and videos were presented revolving on subjects such as the […]