In summer, the must-have accessory is a pair of sunglasses. Fashion offers sunglasses of all shapes and sizes, but, in addition to how they look on us aesthetically, we must bear in mind that they must protect our eyes from UV rays. What is the first thing to be checked when choosing a pair of […]

The Catalan festivity of Sant Jordi (Saint George), celebrated in Catalonia on 23rd April, is approaching, and during this day reading gets a bigger focus as people, following the tradition, buy a book to their loved ones. This day is a good moment to think about reading, a very complex activity including visual script identification […]

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 […]

On February 5th, Dr Ignasi Jürgens, ICR Medical Director, took part on the 18th edition of FacoElche 2016, which took place in Elche (Alicante). Over the course of this well-known scientific meeting, Dr Jürgens performed and commented a live surgery in which he used the most innovative existing microscope with integrated OCT that allows the […]

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 […]

What is anisocoria? Usually, pupil size in humans is fairly similar in both eyes and variations are so small that they are not even noticeable to the naked eye. Pupil is the part of the human eye that allows the light in, enabling us to see. Muscles that dilate and contract the pupil regulate the […]