Cataract & Refractive

Members of the Ophthalmology Times Europe Editorial Advisory Board offer comments on the symposia they are most excited to attend at the 2022 ESCRS Congress in Milan, Italy.

In “modified monovision”, which can be achieved with a new IOL, one eye predominantly manages distance vision and the other near vision—as with standard monovision—but the extended depth of field provides a degree of intermediate vision that is independent of spectacles.

Taking place from 16–20 September 2022, and following the success of last year’s congress, the 40th ESCRS will again be a face-to-face event but supported by a virtual conferencing platform that will allow the sessions to also be streamed.

A team of investigators has found that myopic refractive error is linked with an increased risk of primary open-angle glaucoma, and they indicate that the connection has a genetic foundation.

Zonular crises occur due to many different aetiologies, but ophthalmologists now have multiple tools available to solve complex problems and achieve excellent results in complex cases.

The companies note that data from Study CPN-302 confirm the results in the first Phase 3 study, CPN-301, and they demonstrate the clear benefits of treating patients after cataract surgery with APP13007.

84% of the patients who received a hybrid, acrylic IOL with a continuous transitional focus (CTF) optic to correct presbyopia were within 0.5 D of emmetropia.

While the surgeons reported that the BW filter provided higher contrast during nucleus and viscous removal and posterior capsular polishing, they subjectively reported no significant advantage of using a BW filter.

No effect when used with orthokeratology lenses for 2 years.

The companies will jointly develop 4D bio-fabricated corneal transplants for diseases that require endothelial keratoplasty and natural lenticule transplants.

It is important to select good candidates for presbyopia-correcting IOL implantation and frankly discuss postoperative adjustment issues for a successful outcome.

Physicians offer pearls for improving visualisation in eyes using retroillumination techniques.

Practice makes perfect when adopting this method for intrascleral IOL fixation.

Ora's Caitlin Black, senior director and therapeutic area head of medical devices, talks about the next generation of ophthalmic device therapies and diagnostics, clinical trial updates and new innovations that are most exciting for presbyopia treatment.

An investigator at Anglia Ruskin University is leading work on an anti-cataract drug, which has had positive results in lab tests.

Dr Goes reflects on a life at the forefront of ophthalmology, considering advancements in technology and the knowledge that has changed his practice and improved outcomes for patients.

Dr Eva Chamorro points out that myopia control spectacle lenses affect the diurnal rhythms in the AL in young adult human and produced a small short-term increase in the AL that varies in intensity and time interval for each of the 3 studied lenses.

In a poster presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology’s 2022 annual meeting, Dr Osama Ibrahim Hirayama and colleagues offered results that demonstrating that anisometropia and astigmatic error were greater among the patients with high myopia compared with the other groups. Compared with the subjects with no myopia, those with high myopia reported significantly more dryness, less photophobia, and less pain.

The pandemic has impacted ophthalmic surgical training. Exercises have been developed to provide key skills that can be practised simply at home and require no special equipment.

Light-based biometry is especially effective for providing accurate measurements inside the eye and evaluation of the ocular surface.

Thanks to recent innovation, ophthalmologists have several options at their disposal for the treatment of presbyopia.

An end-of-week review of what happened in ophthalmology from April 9-April 15.

A large retrospective analysis was carried out to investigate various risk factors for endophthalmitis as well as the effect of using a hydrogel sealant.

Classification of new EDOF lenses allows surgeons to make an informed choice for the patient undergoing cataract surgery, to improve their quality of life without spectacles.

Cataract surgery in children is challenging because of the likelihood of posterior capsule opacification. This can be overcome with primary posterior laser capsulotomy coupled with bag-in-the-lens technology.

A very-high-frequency ultrasound device provides a range of detailed intraocular measurements that enable highly accurate ICL sizing and placement.

The healthcare sector has high greenhouse gas emissions, to which ophthalmology is a significant contributor. Reducing waste, reusing instruments and medication and increasing our use of telemedicine can all contribute to reducing the carbon footprint of our specialty.

Researchers compared two novel lens designs using data obtained from 19 investigational sites in Australia, Canada, Spain and the UK.

The Malyugin Ring 2.0 simplifies challenging cases of small pupils with zonulopathy by both stabilising the capsular bag and dilating the pupil.

Corneal aberrations may occur more frequently than is generally appreciated, and they affect the visual outcomes following cataract surgery. Small-aperture optics provide a solution for a large category of patients who are otherwise not well served by complex IOLs.