How to perform the Brückner test.

This test is used to assess the symmetry of binocular fixation by comparing the brightness of the red reflex in each of the two eyes using a handheld direct ophthalmoscope. This...

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How does OCT work?

OCT is short for Optical Coherence Tomography. The concept is quite simple. This technology involves directing light through the pupil into the eye. Light is split and then...

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Anti-myopia soft contact lenses

Two facts bring home the global pandemic we face in myopia incidence: by 2050, 50% of World’s population will have myopia and 10% high myopia; children are becoming myopic at a...

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Laser for Floaters

I remember a patient from my clinical practice who was so bothered by her floaters that she resigned from her office job because she couldn’t cope seeing floaters every time she...

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Corneal Cross-linking

Keratoconus is a non-inflammatory eye condition in which the normally round dome-shaped cornea progressively thins causing a cone-like bulge to develop. This eventually impairs...

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