miophthalmology

Australian First: The Newest Laser Treatment
Norm Lipson | 26 February 2010
It's been 12 weeks since Ricki Kerr became the first person in Australia (and one of the first in the entire world) to have the laser eye operation PresbyLASIK performed... and she couldn't be more satisfied. Sydney mother of three Ricki is one happy person!... Read More
RANZCO Congress 2009
Laura Macfarlane | 20 January 2010
The 41st Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) Annual Scientific Congress was held last November in balmy Brisbane weather on the South Bank of the Brisbane River. We bring you some of the highlights of this years Congress.... Read More
FDA Launches LASIK Review
Dr. Stephen Kwok | 20 January 2010
After years of consumer complaints, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is launching a three-stage study of consumer satisfaction with laser vision correction. The LASIK Quality of Life Collaboration Project involves the FDA, the National Eye... Read More
Eye on WGC Global Findings, Local Insights- An...
Dr.Guy D'Mellow,Dr. Paul Healey and Dr.Tim Roberts | 01 December 2009
The World Glaucoma Association brought together over 75 national and supra-national glaucoma societies for the biennial World Glaucoma Congress (WGC). This year, more than 2500 delegates convened in the city of Boston, U.S. making the third WGC the largest... Read More
Customising Refractive Surgery
Dr. Gerard Sutton | 01 November 2009
This year I was appointed as the Director of the Refractive Surgery Degree Course at Sydney University; the first course of its kind in the world. A reflection perhaps that refractive surgery has finally been accepted as part of mainstream ophthalmology. All... Read More
Ocular Herpes Simplex Part 2
Dr. Sam Lerts | 21 September 2009
The second of a two-part series on herpes simplex eye disease Herpes simplex eye disease is the most common infection of the cornea, but can affect any part of the ocular structures. It affects approximately one third of the world population, with an... Read More
Ocular herpes simplex Part 1
Dr. Kathy McClellan | 01 September 2009
This is the frst of a two-part series on herpes simplex eye disease. Herpes simplex eye disease is the most common infection of the cornea, but can affect any part of the ocular structures. This highly prevalent disease affects approximately one third of the... Read More
Pterygium Surgery - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Professor Lawrence Hirst | 01 August 2009
The surgical treatment for pterygium extends back more than 3000 years1. However, the modern history is probably only 50 to 100 years old. It is not surprising that most of the original methods of removal were just variations on a theme of stripping, cutting... Read More
New Treatments for Age Related Macular...
Assoc. Professor Mark Daniell | 01 June 2009
Age related macular degeneration is the leading cause of visual loss in the elderly. Until recently no treatment was effective and most patients who developed neovascular complications proceeded rapidly to blindness with loss of central vision. Treatment of... Read More
An integrated Approach to Tackling the Ageing Eye
RANZCO | 01 May 2009
The ever-increasing workload the ageing population is bringing to the eye care sector, necessitates a fundamental shift in the way the different groups within the sector operate. People are living longer, and medical advances mean more treatment options are... Read More