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Br J Ophthalmol 2003;87:502-503 doi:10.1136/bjo.87.4.502
  • Letter

Evaluation of telemedicine for slit lamp examination of the eye following cataract surgery

  1. L F F Smith,
  2. J Bainbridge,
  3. J Burns,
  4. J Stevens,
  5. P Taylor,
  6. I Murdoch
  1. Moorfields Eye Hospital, City Road, London ECIV 2PD, UK
  1. Correspondence to: Lindsey Smith; 101506.1271{at}compuserve.com
  • Accepted 2 September 2002

Ophthalmic surgery is well suited to the use of telemedicine in diagnosis and management,1,2 but diagnostic accuracy and reliability are critical if it is to be widely introduced.3 Moorfields Eye Hospital is located in central London and runs community outreach clinics. One clinic and operating list in Ealing is 17 miles from the central hospital. The surgical teams operate in Ealing and then return to the central hospital. We therefore investigated the use of a telemedicine link for review of postoperative cataract surgical patients aiming to assess what can be seen clearly and reliably using telemedicine and to identify what the observer using this link may potentially miss.

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This study had Moorfields Eye Hospital research and ethics committee approval. …

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