Kieu-Yen Luu1, Min Zhao2, Mark J Mannis3. 1. Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Science, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, USA. 2. Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Science, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, USA; Department of Dermatology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, USA. 3. Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Science, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, USA. Electronic address: mjmannis@ucdavis.edu.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To present a perspective on the use of electrotherapeutics in the history of ophthalmology along with the development of novel contemporary ophthalmic instrumentation. DESIGN: Perspective study. METHODS: We reviewed historical journals, articles, and books discussing the use of electricity and electrotherapeutics in ophthalmology. RESULTS: Electrotherapeutic applications have been researched and used to treat ocular diseases as far back as the 18th century. By the 20th century, research in electrotherapeutics in ophthalmology had caught the eye of Edward Jackson, the first president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and first editor of the present (third) series American Journal of Ophthalmology. Edward Jackson published an extensive review on this topic and reported a variety of modalities used to treat ocular diseases. CONCLUSIONS: While many early therapeutic uses of electricity did not produce effective and replicable results, studies on electrical stimulation of the eye provided the foundation for the development of clinically significant vision enhancing and restoring instrumentation.
PURPOSE: To present a perspective on the use of electrotherapeutics in the history of ophthalmology along with the development of novel contemporary ophthalmic instrumentation. DESIGN: Perspective study. METHODS: We reviewed historical journals, articles, and books discussing the use of electricity and electrotherapeutics in ophthalmology. RESULTS: Electrotherapeutic applications have been researched and used to treat ocular diseases as far back as the 18th century. By the 20th century, research in electrotherapeutics in ophthalmology had caught the eye of Edward Jackson, the first president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and first editor of the present (third) series American Journal of Ophthalmology. Edward Jackson published an extensive review on this topic and reported a variety of modalities used to treat ocular diseases. CONCLUSIONS: While many early therapeutic uses of electricity did not produce effective and replicable results, studies on electrical stimulation of the eye provided the foundation for the development of clinically significant vision enhancing and restoring instrumentation.
Authors: Carolin Gall; Sein Schmidt; Michael P Schittkowski; Andrea Antal; Géza Gergely Ambrus; Walter Paulus; Moritz Dannhauer; Romualda Michalik; Alf Mante; Michal Bola; Anke Lux; Siegfried Kropf; Stephan A Brandt; Bernhard A Sabel Journal: PLoS One Date: 2016-06-29 Impact factor: 3.240
Authors: Siegfried K Wagner; Jasleen K Jolly; Maria Pefkianaki; Florian Gekeler; Andrew R Webster; Susan M Downes; Robert E Maclaren Journal: BMJ Open Ophthalmol Date: 2017-12-14