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Lamina cribosa (LC) deformation in glaucoma can be caused by focal loss of laminar beams

Fight for Sight is calling for eye health professionals to participate in the Sight Loss and Vision Survey to aid the future development of eye research.

Administering ketorolac tromethamine ophthalmic solution to preterm infants does not reduce the risk of developing severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).

Navigated laser photocoagulator with precise retinal targeting enables highly accurate perifoveal laser application and resulted in no foveal damage.

Lens retrodots and vacuoles are positively linked with a 10-year incidence of cataract surgery.

Photodynamic therapy reduces subretinal fluid (SRF) in patients with symptomatic choroidal nevus with serous macular detachment.

Using blue light-filtering IOLs, as opposed to UV-only filtering non-toric IOLs, produces a significantly greater reduction in glare disability when driving.

Orally administered ethanol is secreted into tears and can cause the development of ocular surface diseases.

Epiphora secondary to punctal and canalicular stenosis is successfully managed by mini-monoka punctocanaliculoplasty.

Dry eye is common in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA).

Conjunctival microcysts density and surface area increases after canaloplasty in glaucomatous eyes.

The ophthalmic artery (OA) of open-angle glaucoma (OAG) has an increased resistance to blood flow compared with posterior ciliiary artery (PCA) patients.

Iluvien, an intravitreal implant for the treatment of chronic diabetic macula oedema (DME) developed by Alimera Sciences, has been granted market authorization by the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety.

OptiMedica's Catalys precision laser system has been given the CE mark of approval for corneal incisions.

In a new round of financing, investor, Burril & Company, has given WaveTec $16.5 million to commercialize its ORA System.

Fight for Sight has given further funding to the British Ophthalmological Surveillance Unit (BOSU) for research into preventing sight loss and treating eye disease.

Dr Albrecht Hennig, inventor of the 'Fish Hook Technique' for cataract surgery, will be one of the 'Eye Health Heroes' honoured at the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) 2012 9th General Assembly.

Orbital decompression surgery significantly reduces intraocular pressure (IOP), according to a paper in the journal Eye.

Albinos experience an improvement in binocular best-corrected visual acuity (B-BCVA).

Sutureless aspiration cutter biopsy can be used to diagnose ocular cancers such as orbital lymphoma.

A comprehensive dictionary of 21,177 ophthalmic terms, 888 images and 4343 abbreviations has been launched this year.

Decompensation of distance exotropia reduces accommodation, meaning it must be prevented in near vision.

The long-term use of intravitreous bevacizumab can be used to treat patients with persistant clinically significant macula oedema (CSME).

Gold weights inserted using a high pretarsal placement can treat lagophthalmos.

French pharmaceutical company NicOx has announced its decision to invest £2million into UK firm Altacor in order to create an international ophthalmic firm.

Using 0.1% fluorometholone after penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) significantly reduces the chances of endothelial rejection.

Toric phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) intraoperative fixation angle should be kept to a minimum to avoid postoperative rotation.

Corneal confocal microscopy is useful for studying in vivo pathologic corneal changes in vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC).

The use of cosmetic iris implants could result in ocular complaints such as uveitis, glaucoma, corneal oedema and decreased visual acuity.

Airsoft guns can cause ocular damage that requires operative intervention.