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Research
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The most important eye diseases affecting visual acuity are strongly correlated with age.
Nowadays in the industrial nations diseases of the retina are with about 30%
the most common cause of going blind, followed by glaucoma with 11%. Worldwide the cataract is the
main
cause of going blind and for serious visual handicaps. The cataract operation is not only the most performed operation but all in all also the most costly surgical intervention.
The aims of the research activities of medways - group research projects are improved diagnosis, more efficient therapy and aftercare of these eye diseases.
Current projects: (pages in German)
CoHS - Kopfchirurgisches Zentrum
MINDE - Molecular Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Diseases in the
Eye
MODIAMD - Molekulare Diagnostik der AMD
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