We read with interest the article by Natkunarajah et al. 1 We agree that indirect ophthalmoscopy with indentation remains the gold standard for the detection of retinal breaks. It is not clear if the ...

The slit lamp is an instrument used to examine the health of the front portion of the eye. It is called a slit lamp because it uses a slit beam of light to help visualize the ocular structures in a ...

Another name for this instrument is "Bio-Microscope", which is a more self-explanatory term, and definitely sounds more modern and scientific. The instrument consists of a binocular-type eyepiece for ...

Ultra-widefield imaging systems have been widely adopted in optometry, and for very good reasons. For starters, it is simply excellent at what it can do. Most of the retina can be seen with high ...

December 9, 2009 — Patients with acute onset of floaters and/or flashes caused by suspected posterior vitreous detachment (PVD), or patients with known PVD and a change in symptoms, should be ...

A 45-year-old man sustained an injury to his right eye when a screwdriver he was using slipped and hit the lateral aspect of his right globe. He was not wearing protective eyewear. After the injury, ...