Prevalence of age-related maculopathy and age-related macular degeneration among the inuit in Greenland. The Greenland Inuit Eye Study.

Purpose: To examine the age- and gender-specific prevalence and describe the common phenotype of early age-related maculopathy (ARM) and late-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD) among the Inuit in Greenland.

Design: Population-based cross-sectional study.

Participants: All > or =60-year-olds born in Greenland and living in the communities of Nuuk and Sisimiut, Greenland.

A new animal model of choroidal neovascularization.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of different methods to induce choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in the domestic pig.

Methods: A total of 26 Danish landrace pigs was used. A sample of 22 eyes in 12 pigs underwent retinal photocoagulation with a xenon lamp, six eyes in four pigs underwent retinal photocoagulation with a diode laser, and mechanical rupture of Bruch's membrane (BM) was induced in 12 pigs following surgical debridement of the retinal pigment epithelium without damage to the neuroretina.

Screening for diabetic retinopathy in Denmark: the current status.

Purpose: To investigate the current status of screening for diabetic retinopathy in Denmark, focussing on organization, methods of screening and regional differences.

Methods: A questionnaire was sent out in 2002 to 14 departments of ophthalmology and one ophthalmology practice, covering all 15 counties in Denmark.

Results: Six counties reported having systematic screening, defined as organized screening, including a database; three reported having plans for systematic screening; two reported having undetermined plans for systematic screening and four reported having no plans for systematic screening.