Robert P Finger

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Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi The relative impact of vision impairment and cardiovascular disease on quality of life: the example of pseudoxanthoma elasticum
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Ernst Abbe Strasse 2, D 53127, Bonn, Germany
    Health Qual Life Outcomes 9:113. 2011
  2. ncbi Visual functioning and quality of life under low luminance: evaluation of the German Low Luminance Questionnaire
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 52:8241-9. 2011
  3. ncbi The impact of the severity of vision loss on vision-related quality of life in India: an evaluation of the IND-VFQ-33
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 52:6081-8. 2011
  4. ncbi The impact of the severity of vision loss on vision-specific functioning in a German outpatient population - an observational study
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 249:1245-53. 2011
  5. ncbi Incidence of blindness and severe visual impairment in Germany: projections for 2030
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 52:4381-9. 2011
  6. ncbi The impact of vision impairment on vision-specific quality of life in Germany
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 52:3613-9. 2011
  7. ncbi Apheresis for idiopathic sudden hearing loss: reviewing the evidence
    Robert P Finger
    Institute of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Epidemiology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
    J Clin Apher 21:241-5. 2006
  8. ncbi Cataract surgery in Andhra Pradesh state, India: an investigation into uptake following outreach screening camps
    Robert P Finger
    Centre for International Health, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
    Ophthalmic Epidemiol 14:327-32. 2007
  9. ncbi Idiopathic sudden hearing loss: contradictory clinical evidence, placebo effects and high spontaneous recovery rate--where do we stand in assessing treatment outcomes?
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Neuss City Hospital, Neuss, Germany
    Acta Otolaryngol 126:1124-7. 2006
  10. ncbi Cataracts in India: current situation, access, and barriers to services over time
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Germany
    Ophthalmic Epidemiol 14:112-8. 2007

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  1. ncbi The relative impact of vision impairment and cardiovascular disease on quality of life: the example of pseudoxanthoma elasticum
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Ernst Abbe Strasse 2, D 53127, Bonn, Germany
    Health Qual Life Outcomes 9:113. 2011
    ..To investigate the impact of pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), a rare hereditary disease of concurrent vision impairment (VI) and cardiovascular complications (CVCs), on vision-related (VRQoL) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL)...
  2. ncbi Visual functioning and quality of life under low luminance: evaluation of the German Low Luminance Questionnaire
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 52:8241-9. 2011
    ....
  3. ncbi The impact of the severity of vision loss on vision-related quality of life in India: an evaluation of the IND-VFQ-33
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 52:6081-8. 2011
    ..To validate the 33-item Indian Vision Functioning Questionnaire (IND-VFQ-33), a vision-specific scale, and determine the relationship between the severity of vision impairment (VI) and vision-related quality of life (VRQoL)...
  4. ncbi The impact of the severity of vision loss on vision-specific functioning in a German outpatient population - an observational study
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 249:1245-53. 2011
    ..To validate the German-translated VF-14, a vision-specific scale, and determine the relationship between the severity of vision impairment, ocular conditions, and visual functioning...
  5. ncbi Incidence of blindness and severe visual impairment in Germany: projections for 2030
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 52:4381-9. 2011
    ..Thus, the database of Germany's largest state's blind registry was used to estimate current incidence rates (IR) and to project rates for Germany in 2010 and 2030...
  6. ncbi The impact of vision impairment on vision-specific quality of life in Germany
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 52:3613-9. 2011
    ..To validate the German-translated Impact of Vision Impairment (IVI) questionnaire, a vision-specific quality of life (QoL) scale, and determine the relationship between the severity of vision impairment, ocular conditions, and VRQoL...
  7. ncbi Apheresis for idiopathic sudden hearing loss: reviewing the evidence
    Robert P Finger
    Institute of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Epidemiology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
    J Clin Apher 21:241-5. 2006
    ..In conclusion, plasmapheresis is a promising new treatment for ISHL but more basic data on ISHL, and on apheresis applications for ISHL, are needed to safely assess treatment outcomes and possible future applications...
  8. ncbi Cataract surgery in Andhra Pradesh state, India: an investigation into uptake following outreach screening camps
    Robert P Finger
    Centre for International Health, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
    Ophthalmic Epidemiol 14:327-32. 2007
    ..Against this background, the decision making processes leading to the uptake of cataract surgery services offered during outreach screening camps were investigated in people with cataract in India...
  9. ncbi Idiopathic sudden hearing loss: contradictory clinical evidence, placebo effects and high spontaneous recovery rate--where do we stand in assessing treatment outcomes?
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Neuss City Hospital, Neuss, Germany
    Acta Otolaryngol 126:1124-7. 2006
    ..Further research is warranted, taking some key recommendations into consideration...
  10. ncbi Cataracts in India: current situation, access, and barriers to services over time
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Germany
    Ophthalmic Epidemiol 14:112-8. 2007
    ..Despite the increase in service availability and heightened outreach screening efforts, blindness has not decreased and uptake of offered cataract surgery services is suboptimal...
  11. ncbi Fundus autofluorescence in Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Retina 29:1496-505. 2009
    ..Changes in Bruch membrane lead to progressive atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), secondary CNVs, and visual loss. The RPE-photoreceptor complex was studied in vivo using fundus autofluorescence (FAF) imaging...
  12. ncbi Long-term effectiveness of intravitreal bevacizumab for choroidal neovascularization secondary to angioid streaks in pseudoxanthoma elasticum
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Germany
    Retina 31:1268-78. 2011
    ..To investigate the long-term effectiveness of intravitreal bevacizumab for treating active choroidal neovascularizations in pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE)...
  13. ncbi Spectral domain optical coherence tomography in adult-onset vitelliform macular dystrophy with cuticular drusen
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Retina 30:1455-64. 2010
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  14. ncbi Monthly ranibizumab for choroidal neovascularizations secondary to angioid streaks in pseudoxanthoma elasticum: a one-year prospective study
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Germany
    Am J Ophthalmol 152:695-703. 2011
    ..To evaluate the efficacy and safety of monthly intravitreal ranibizumab for the treatment of choroidal neovascularizations (CNV) secondary to angioid streaks (AS) in pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE)...
  15. ncbi High-resolution spectral domain-OCT imaging in geographic atrophy associated with age-related macular degeneration
    Monika Fleckenstein
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 49:4137-44. 2008
    ..To describe morphologic variations in outer retinal layers in eyes with atrophic age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using high-resolution, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT)...
  16. ncbi Monthly ranibizumab for nonproliferative macular telangiectasia type 2: a 12-month prospective study
    Peter Charbel Issa
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Am J Ophthalmol 151:876-886.e1. 2011
    ..To investigate the efficacy and safety of intravitreal ranibizumab for the treatment of nonproliferative macular telangiectasia (MacTel) type 2...
  17. ncbi Multimodal imaging including spectral domain OCT and confocal near infrared reflectance for characterization of outer retinal pathology in pseudoxanthoma elasticum
    Peter Charbel Issa
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 50:5913-8. 2009
    ....
  18. ncbi Prevalence and causes of registered blindness in the largest federal state of Germany
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Ernst Abbe Str 2, 53127 Bonn, Germany
    Br J Ophthalmol 95:1061-7. 2011
    ..5 million people in the federal state of Northrhine) assessing eligibility for an allowance payable to blind people was used to investigate the prevalence and the specific causes of blindness and visual impairment...
  19. ncbi Quality of life in age-related macular degeneration: a review of available vision-specific psychometric tools
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Qual Life Res 17:559-74. 2008
    ..Against this background, the multitude of psychometric tools used to measure QoL in AMD was reviewed...
  20. ncbi The Retina Hotline: eighteen-month results from a telephone hotline for patients with retinal diseases
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Retina 30:635-9. 2010
    ....
  21. ncbi Reading performance is reduced by parafoveal scotomas in patients with macular telangiectasia type 2
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 50:1366-70. 2009
    ..In an investigation of their significance for reading performance, reading acuity and speed were measured and correlated with parafoveal sensitivity and fixation stability...
  22. ncbi Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: genetics, clinical manifestations and therapeutic approaches
    Robert P Finger
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Surv Ophthalmol 54:272-85. 2009
    ..Furthermore, different therapeutic strategies to treat retinal manifestations are discussed, including thermal laser coagulation, photodynamic therapy, and intravitreal injections of drugs inhibiting vascular endothelial growth factor...
  23. ncbi General health in Timor-Leste: self-assessed health in a large household survey
    Jaya Earnest
    Centre for International Health, Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia
    Aust N Z J Public Health 33:378-83. 2009
    ..The objective of this study was to collect and analyse data on subjectively assessed general health, health service use, migration and mobility patterns...
  24. ncbi [Therapeutic anti-VEGF in ophthalmology: physiopathology and treatment of age-related macular degeneration]
    Robert P Finger
    Centre for International Health, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australien
    Pharm Unserer Zeit 36:424-30. 2007
    ..Bei der häufigen neovaskulären Spätform kann ein Sehverlust mittels VEGF-Inhibitoren verhindert und bei einem Teil der Patienten sogar erstmals eine Sehverbesserung erreicht werden...
  25. ncbi Eye health in East Timor
    Robert P Finger
    Ophthalmology 114:1957-8. 2007