RETINAL PHOTOGRAPHY

The traditional method of examing the back of the eye involves shining a light into your eye using a hand held instrument which enables us to see only a very small area of the back of the eye at any one time. Asking you to move your eyes in different directions allows us to build a mental image of the whole retina. Notes and small diagrams are then used to record this information.

At the next examination this is repeated and the two descriptions compared. This method has been surprisingly good and has stood us in good stead for many years. So why change? Click the button below to find out...