4 articles
Friday coffee club, two weeks before Christmas, one club member casually described the recent occurrence of a missing circle of vision, filled-in with a metallic scotoma in the inferotemporal quadrant of his left visual field. This precisely described event was monocular and resolved over five minut
It’s amazing how many medical conferences are held in Hawaii – a clear testament to what an excellent environment it is for learning. There is a large convention centre beside the river, a stone’s throw from Waikiki beach, the air is warm and Hawaii gets the trade winds, which prevent it from getti
The 10th World Glaucoma Congress (WGC) in Rome was the largest yet, with 3,000 attendees and 1,000 abstracts accepted.
In ophthalmology, ‘neuroprotection’ usually refers to methods of preventing progressive glaucomatous visual field loss that are not intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction treatments. The term also includes the possibility of recovery of optic nerve function in glaucoma. Nicotinamide is a form of vitam
