Lynda Charters

SOE holds a special place in its heart for the up-and-coming young ophthalmologists and is providing them a number of opportunities to hone their skills and establish professional contacts at this meeting.

The European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE) 2023 Congress will convene from June 15 to 17 in Prague, Czech Republic.

The authors suggest that consumers pay attention to age labeling of toys and consider use of protective goggles, while manufacturers could promote use of safety glasses to protect children’s eyes.

Surgeons are performing more minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries and fewer trabeculectomy procedures.

Geographic atrophy is now a major research target.

Japanese investigators have found an ocular biomarker of cardiovascular diseases.

Former smokers were at higher risk of having to undergo surgery for TED in a recent study, but the risk was lower than that associated with current smoking.

A recent study aimed to set the record straight on the occurrence of retinal vein occlusions (RVOs) following messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccinations.

The programme includes thousands of poster and paper presentations by up-and-coming vision scientists and world leaders in their respective subspecialties.

The host city of New Orleans, Louisiana, US, is replete with old world charm and ambiance and can satisfy any sightseeing, gastronomic and musical appetites.

Findings from a recent study suggest that AO retinal imaging has the potential to become a sensitive marker for MS.

Weighing the pros and cons of anti-VEGF drugs and improved visualisation of abnormalities in ROP

The spherical equivalent was significantly more myopic in the eyes treated with laser in a recent study.

The atropine drops did not cause significant changes in the near vision or the pupillary size, according to study investigators.

The Eye Rubbing Cycle Study yields cautions for patients with keratoconus and ocular surface disease.

Having this predictive ability is important because it is difficult to predict patients’ progression to a specific level of disease severity.

In a keynote lecture at the 14th Annual Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology in Lisbon, Hendrik Scholl, MD, co-founder and director of the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel, discussed its mission to unravel the mysteries of vision and human eye disease.

Adequate assessment and estimation of residual visual function are important clinically.

Researchers cite persistent prosopagnosia in the case of a 28-year-old woman.

The findings have potential clinical and public health implications and highlight the greater role of metabolic health status than obesity in IOP elevation, according to the authors.

Session moderators, speakers and audience members all will examine and analyse the most relevant and controversial issues within the field of ophthalmology.

Automated AI tool offers offline capability and hope for patients.

As the company marks its 40-year anniversary, the new rebranding will become official on March 10, 2023, and will be followed by the introduction of new products.

The technology will be available soon for ophthalmologists in select countries across Asia Pacific and Europe.

The Keralink Trial was the first randomized clinical trial that tested the hypothesis that corneal cross-linking (CXL) might decrease keratoconus progression in children compared with the use of spectacles or contact lenses.

Yusuke Oshima, MD, PhD, in a presentation at the 38th Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, discussed the advantages of using a beveled-tip ultra-speed probe for complete vitreous shaving during retinal detachment vitrectomies.

In a presentation at the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, MD, PhD, noted that changes of scleral curvature and staphyloma edge development may occur in synchronicity.

This marks the first, in-person APAO congress since the COVID-19 pandemic

Further research is needed before dietary nitrate intake can be recommended as a therapy for age-related macular degeneration, according to the study authors.