OphthoAcademy
Retina & Vitreous
Medical retina, surgical retina, and retinal imaging — diabetic retinopathy and AMD through retinal detachment repair, inherited retinal disease, and OCT — organized into the same clinical concepts the app tests on.
Medical Retina — Vascular & Degenerative Disease
Diabetic Retinopathy
NPDR to PDR, diabetic macular edema, and panretinal photocoagulation.
ReadRetinal Vascular Occlusions & Related Hemorrhage
CRAO, BRVO, CRVO, and Terson/subhyaloid hemorrhage.
ReadHypertensive Retinopathy
Keith-Wagener-Barker/Scheie classification, arteriolosclerosis, AV nicking, choroidopathy.
ReadCentral Serous Chorioretinopathy
Epidemiology, pathophysiology, risk factors, imaging, and PDT treatment.
ReadMacular Hole
Pathophysiology, Gass staging, imaging, and surgical treatment/positioning.
ReadEpiretinal Membrane
Clinical presentation, grading, imaging, and surgical treatment.
ReadUveitic Retinal Disease & Posterior Uveitis Syndromes
Behçet, VKH, sarcoid, birdshot, and ocular toxoplasmosis under the SUN classification.
ReadFoveal & Macular Anatomy
Macular dimensions, the foveal avascular zone, and macular pigment.
ReadAge-Related Macular Degeneration
AMD Epidemiology, Genetics & Risk Factors
Prevalence, the CFH locus, GWAS findings, heritability, and smoking as the dominant risk factor.
ReadAMD Clinical Features & Classification
Drusen, geographic atrophy, dry vs. wet AMD, and the disciform scar.
ReadAMD Diagnostic Imaging
Fluorescein angiography, OCT in wet AMD, and Amsler grid home monitoring.
ReadAnti-VEGF Therapy for AMD
VEGF pathway biology, the ANCHOR/MARINA trials, and PDT with verteporfin.
ReadInherited Retinal Disease
Retinitis Pigmentosa & Related Dystrophies
Inheritance patterns, ERG/fundus findings, Usher syndrome, and choroideremia.
ReadInherited Macular Dystrophies
Stargardt disease, Best disease, pattern dystrophy, LCA, and achromatopsia.
ReadSurgical Retina — Retinal Detachment
Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment — Diagnosis & Risk Factors
Lattice degeneration, Shafer sign, and Lincoff's rules.
ReadRetinal Detachment Repair Techniques
Scleral buckle, pneumatic retinopexy, and PPV indications.
ReadTractional & Exudative Retinal Detachment
Diabetic TRD, vitreoschisis, and the exudative RD differential.
ReadProliferative Vitreoretinopathy
Pathogenesis, classification/grading, risk factors, and surgical management.
ReadSurgical Retina — Vitrectomy & Infection
Vitrectomy Surgical Principles & Instrumentation
Sclerotomy placement, cutter parameters, and wide-angle viewing.
ReadIntraocular Tamponade Agents
Gas tamponade, perfluorocarbon liquids, and silicone oil complications.
ReadAdjunctive Vitreoretinal Surgical Techniques
ILM staining and intraoperative triamcinolone.
ReadEndophthalmitis — Diagnosis & Microbiology
Clinical presentation, diagnostic sampling, and the acute vs. delayed-onset distinction.
ReadEndophthalmitis Management
Empiric antibiotics, the EVS trial, and fungal/candida-specific treatment.
ReadDiagnostic Ultrasound in Vitreoretinal Disease
B-scan for RRD, choroidal detachment, and choroidal melanoma.
ReadRetinal Imaging
OCT Imaging Principles & Retinal Layer Anatomy
How cross-sectional OCT works, and what each retinal layer band means.
ReadFundus Photography, Wide-Field & Fluorescein Angiography Technique
Wide-field imaging and the phases of a fluorescein angiogram.
ReadRetinal Toxicity & Degeneration Screening
Hydroxychloroquine retinopathy, angioid streaks, and retinoschisis.
ReadTest yourself on Retina & Vitreous
OphthoAcademy has real practice questions across all of retina and vitreous's clinical concepts, with spaced repetition to help it stick.
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