Ophthalmology Times Europe November 2023

A person holds a phone in their hand. Above the phone, icons such as a cross, a pill, a wheelchair and a syringe indicate they are looking at health information. Image credit: ©Monster Ztudio – stock.adobe.com

Harnessing digital media for enhanced patient engagement and outcomes

ByBela Parekh, BA, BS; Imane Tarib, MD; and Richard Awdeh, MD

November 27th 2023

Patients who received digital education demonstrated a better understanding of their disease and its management

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Disease activity criteria shapes dosing interval outcomes in clinical trials

ByHattie Hayes

November 22nd 2023

Dr Marco Zarbin emphasises the importance of defining “active disease”

The next frontier in cell therapy: An ethically responsible management model

ByHattie Hayes

November 20th 2023

Infrastructure across Europe needs a major overhaul to optimise education and patient access in groundbreaking treatments

An illustration of a punctal plug. A caption says the tapered tip is 0.25 mm wide and the bulk of the plug is 0.6 mm wide, which results in the ability to insert the plug into most punctal openings.

New shape for an old device: A punctal plug that better fits into the punctum

ByLynda Charters; Reviewed by Robert Latkany, MD

November 17th 2023

Larger 0.6-mm temporary plug features a tapered edge

Intraoperative fluorescein angiography with fluorescein mode, patient with pars planitis with peripheral leakage.

The future is now: Innovations in vitreoretinal surgery 3D viewing systems and robotics

ByBy Lynda Charters; Reviewed by Maria H. Berrocal, MD

November 16th 2023

Developing technology may offer marked improvements in surgical precision

Successful treatment of bilateral diffuse uveal melanocytic proliferation with plasmapheresis

ByOscar Chen, MD, MS; Fred Crawford, MD; and Veena R. Raiji, MD, MPH

November 10th 2023

In this case study, a patient with recently diagnosed cancer demonstrated significant improvement for ocular symptoms of BDUMP following plasmapheresis

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Capsulotomy creation equally safe using the manual or energy-based method

ByBy Lynda Charters; Reviewed by Mark C. Vital, MD

November 8th 2023

A study demonstrates corneal endothelial cell density measured postoperatively does not differ whether the capsulotomy was performed using continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC) or precision pulse capsulotomy (PPC)