The Swiss Eye Week 2013 takes place in Bienne/Switzerland, a convenient localization to most of the members of the Swiss Society of Ophthalmology (SOG SSO). Swiss Society of Ophthalmology was founded in 1907 and is in close contact to the Swiss Medical Association Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum (FMH). There will be four courses for intrested participants […]

Deutsche Version untenstehend. First Zeiss Cirrus 5000 HD OCT in Switzerland by Dr. med. Peter Maloca, Blueye Vision Tech & GETOCT.COM. ->visit Blueye Vision Tech GETOCT.COM was given the opportunity as a first party in Switzerland to test the brand new Cirrus 5000 from Zeiss Switzerland.   Already the Cirrus 4000 showed its intuitive, compact […]

Intro: –Vitreous floaters are very common, require no treatment, but are uncomfortable and accompanied by light flashes or peripheral vision loss, they may indicate a retinal detachment. –Glaskörper-Trübungen (Mouches volantes) sind häufig, erfordern meist keine Behandlung, sind aber unangenehm, von Lichtblitzen-Begleitung oder peripherem Sehverlust begleitet sind sie ein Warnzeichen für eine Netzhautablösung. What is the […]

Put nothing into the OCT  image what is not there! It’s a challenge to record a good OCT image of an eye.  The even greater challenge is the correct interpretation of the findings! A systematic approach is described, called GETOCT CoCoCo system: View tutorial: Download: CoCoCo system GETOCT

Back from the summer holidays? You are stored sun energy! Plants convert electromagnetic energy directed from the sun into biochemical energy and store it into sugar. Your body converts this chemically stored energy back into electrical power at a cellular level. You can stretch your hand to the sun to capture it, but from the […]

We put together some new trivia questions about diabetes and OCT. For interactive reasons questions are programmed in Flash.   Klick here to play Quiz 2 on diabetes in full size: Quiz 2 on diabetes GETOCT

Diabetes damages the blood vessels and if untreated, can lead to blindness. The newest discoveries with anti-VEGF therapy in diabetes have their own requirements. One question is when should a macular edema be treated and when not? So far, a clinically significant macular edema was the main criterion for therapy. There has been a shift […]

OCT from third to the fourth dimension Thanks OCT, we obtain information to the third dimension. Flurescence angiography allows only limited statements about the spatial extent of processes The retinal thickness is measured precisely with OCT and an objective quantification is possible. The fourth dimension means a precise control over the course of years at […]

(Bells palsy, Fazialisparese)  suddenly a “lopsided” face: The facial nerve palsy (Bells palsy) is one of the most common injuries of affected cranial nerves. The paralysis affects all of its innervated facial muscles, so that the origin of the disorder is quickly visible. Most often there is no clear cause, it is often associated with […]

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