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About ProRetina

Mission

Mission
Make this page an extension of the initial consultation undertaken with the retinal specialist ophthalmologist.
It is our mission to make the connection between the latest results in ophthalmic research and its practical applications.

 

Our History

The www.proretina was created by Dr. Osias F. Souza, ophthalmologist specializing in retinal diseases.
His experience in the retina begins in 1993 when his was part of the Department of Ophthalmology and Retina of the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Retina Team.
In 1994, He participated in the research retina team at the University of California (USC-Doheny Eye Institute) under the supervision of Dr. Steven J. Ryan.
In 2002, He did the Doctor degree in Ophthalmology: “How to improve the possibilities in surgical retina”, published in the journal Arq. Bras. Ophthalmology (Title: COMPARISON OF SYSTEMS FOR OPTICAL Visualization INTRA-OPERATIVE PLAN OF LENSES-convex LANDERS AND SYSTEM FOR LENS REVERSAL OF OPERATIVE (ROLS group).
In 2008, he completed 15 years of dedication to finding solutions to eye diseases involving the retina. He had been done more than 3000 surgeries of the retina.

 

Goal

Goal

Bring to our patients and their families additional information to supplement their knowledge about eye diseases related to retina, to making easing the decision process to choose the best treatment. 
Provide our users a basic knowledge of eye diseases of the retina, allowing the understanding of doubts and facilitating better targeting of medical assessment.

 

Publish Manager

osias 

Osias Francisco de Souza, MD, PhD

Ex-Research Fellow in Retina Disease (USA)

Affiliation:

Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia (CBO);

Sociedade Brasileira de Retina e Vitreo (SBRV);

American Academy of Ophtalmology (AAO);

American Society Retina Specialist (ASRS).

 

A partir de 2012 os tratamentos da "Degeneração Macular (DMRI)" serão pagos pelos planos de saúde. Em Campinas a UNIMED estará disponibilizando os tratamentos com LUCENTIS®.

 

Terapia de células tronco nas doenças da retina

A Investigação de células tronco para o tratamento de doenças da retina já apresenta os primeiros resultados.A reposição celular estratégica, tem potencial para melhorar a visão em pacientes que foram anteriormente considerados incuráveis.

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GENERAL:

Eating better (fruits, vegetables, no fat, no sugar, etc.)..

Sleep well.

Practice some physical activity regularly.

Manage stress.

Prevent - not to delay in looking for help if you feel something wrong with your health.

SPECIFIC:
If you are myopic:

- Visit your eye doctor every year and ask to be examination of retina.

- In case you note floats in your field of vision, see a specialist.

- If fell flashes in your field of vision, usually in darker environments, looking for a specialist.

- Make simple visual tests: sometimes a month close one eye and see if there is any darker shade in your field of vision.

Remember that the greatest risk to a person with myopic is retinal detachment, but the surgical treatment of retinal detachment has high success rates.

If you have more than 60 years:

- Visit your eye doctor every year and ask to be examination of retina.

- Attention the appearance of distorted images.

- Pay attention: reduction of vision, often you not fell small decreases of view because they occur very slowly.

- Use sunglasses, lenses polarized with UV protection.

If you have any of the above symptoms contact a specialist.

If you are diabetic:

- Control their blood glucose levels (all uncontrolled blood sugar will cause you some eye problem). - Seen a retina specialist at least once a year and its clinical ophthalmologist regularly. - Do visual tests at home or at work.

Injuries caused by diabetes in the eyes are usually large and cause severe visual loss, so prevention is extremely important so that you never have problems in your eyes.

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