Hon'ble Governor of Maharashtra inaugurating multifocal electroretinogram at Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital, Wadala, Mumbai

Governor of Maharashtra S M Krishna recently inaugurated Mumbai's first multifocal electroretinogram & VEP at Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital in Mumbai.

Electroretinography is an eye test used to detect abnormal function of the retina (the light-detecting portion of the eye). During the test, an electrode is placed on the cornea (at the front of the eye) to measure the electrical responses to light of the cells that sense light in the retina at the back of the eye. The cells of the retina are called the rods and cones.

An ERG, being a mass response of the eye, is useful in evaluating both inherited (hereditary) and acquired disorders of the retina. An ERG can also be useful in determining if retinal surgery might be useful. It gives immense help in deciding the prognosis of a patient.

Decreased electroretinography values may indicate abnormal function of the retina as occurs with conditions such as hereditary vitreoretinal diseases, central retinal artery and vein occlusion, retinal degeneration, uveitis with retinal involvement and opacities of the media, toxic, or drug-induced changes, metallic intraocular foreign bodies.