New eye camp model improves screenings in India

WASHINGTON — The use of digital fundus photography in a newly designed model of a Pondicherry eye screening camp better improved case detection, referral and follow-up rates for posterior segment diseases such as glaucoma, according to a speaker here.
“Our study uses fundus photography in a large Indian population to capture undetected disease in the back of the eye. This has significant value in a population that is less likely to get eye care,” Emily Schehlein, MD, said at the American Glaucoma Society annual meeting.
Schehlein presented the results of (Read more...)

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