Our experience with smartphone and spherical lens for the eye fundus examination during humanitarian project in Africa
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Alena Furdová. Klinika oftalmológie LFUK a UNB, Nemocnica Ru?inov, Pa?ítková 4, Bratislava 821 01, Slovak Republic. alikafurdova@gmail.com

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    To present the experience of eye fundus photo documentation by using the plus 20 diopters spherical Volk lens and a smartphone with 4.2 Mpix camera and LED flash within the screening project of eye disorders in countries where the standard ophthalmology equipment is not available. Totally 241 patients underwent ophthalmology screening examination. The documentation of the eye fundus included patients with Burkitt lymphoma, Kala Azar, malnutrition with unknown etiology, tuberculosis, HIV positive patients, Usher syndrome and hypertension. This technique as an alternative way of screening will become a standard within examination of patients with eye disorders in outfield regions of developing countries.

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Alena Furdova, Adriana Furdova, Vladimir Krcmery. Our experience with smartphone and spherical lens for the eye fundus examination during humanitarian project in Africa. Int J Ophthalmol, 2017,10(1):157-160

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  • Received:March 23,2016
  • Revised:August 29,2016
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  • Online: January 04,2017
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