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Putting a Stop to Retinal Occlusion Confusion by Matt Herman
Professor Ian McAllister went all out on central retinal vein occlusion for the 2022 RANZCO Sir Norman Gregg Lecture.
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s an American abroad, one of the most startling revelations about life outside of Uncle Sam land is how nearly every other country on the planet exists without relying on the automobile as the primary mode of transport. While piloting an offensively violet electric rental scooter on the way to Day 3 of the 53rd Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO 2022), your correspondent couldn’t help but notice a distinct lack of morning rush hour traffic. No honking, no noise, and clear lanes meant a smooth commute to the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre with only the faint whir of the scooter’s electric motor in the background. This is quite the contrast to those unfortunate sufferers of central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO), which is essentially a New York Cityesque traffic jam in one of the most critical regions of the eye. This potentially sight-robbing disease and its past, present and future was the topic of Professor Ian McAllister’s 2022 Sir Norman Gregg Lecture. And unlike the
seemingly intractable problem of American traffic congestion, the current and future state of CRVO has never been brighter.
A CRVO retrospective – then and now Prof. McAllister began by giving readers a peek into the past of CRVO research. The disease is not new, having been described for the first time Cont. on Page 3 >>