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A multimedia campaign may be the best way to raise glaucoma awareness in the UK, according to study results published in the December issue of the British Journal of Ophthalmology.

Dynamic stimulation of accommodation

It is possible to administer verteporfin and ranibizumab on the same day without adverse events, according to study results published in the December issue of the British Journal of Ophthalmology.

Changes in wavefront aberrations in MICS

Highlights from the 2008 meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)

I do not believe that safe and effective SBK can be performed with a microkeratome.

STAAR Surgical has created the Collamer Accommodating Study Team (CAST), a group of seven ophthalmologists who will investigate the accommodative properties of STAAR's Collamer intraocular lens (IOL).

It is up to our refractive surgery colleagues to publish their results on such patients to allow us to put some, or all, of our questions to rest.

All the latest product news and developments, December 2008

Although 25 G sutureless vitrectomy has increased in popularity, it is associated with postoperative complications including hypotony, choroidal detachment, and endophthalmitis. Richard Kaiser, MD, from the Retina Service of Wills Eye Institute, Philadelphia, noted that the 25 G procedure has a 12.4 times greater risk of endophthalmitis when compared with the 20 G procedure.

Three-year results from the Tube versus Trabeculectomy Study showed that tube-shunt surgery was more likely than trabeculectomy with mitomycin C to maintain IOP control and avoid persistent hypotony, loss of light perception vision, or re-operation for glaucoma.

Until I see research to convince me otherwise, steroid therapy will continue to be my drug of choice.

We should not be adding another drug to the therapeutic mix without having established the efficacy and side effect profile of a single therapy.

Despite the higher rate of prevalence in women, it is men who are more likely to suffer severe vision loss as a result of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), according to study results published online ahead of print by Neurology.

25 G surgery offers enhanced patient comfort as well as faster postoperative recovery.

There are those who say that blue or violet light actually benefits the eye. If this is true, we must have evolved really badly.

Administering fixed combinations as first-line treatment allows us to understand quickly whether our patients are non-responders or insufficient responders.

All the latest news and industry developments in focus, December 2008

Problems with night vision correlate to an increase in the risk of symptoms of both the wet and dry forms of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to study results published in the November issue of Ophthalmology.

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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is valuable in managing diabetic macular oedema (DME), more so than fluorescein angiography, in which the degree of leakage is not correlated with visual acuity and outcomes, according to Peter Kaiser, MD.

The most recent featured discussion on the European Ophthalmology forum was on the topic of patient numbers

Claiming that blue light is harmful and should be blocked is nothing more than a marketing ploy backed by absurd arguments.

There is no evidence to suggest that there is rapid glaucoma progression following refractive surgery.

An antioxidant eye drop (OT-551, Othera) is being investigated to treat geographic atrophy in dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Professor Gerd U. Auffarth petitions the European Parliament for the introduction of co-pay schemes for cataract patients in the EU

Novagali Pharma SA has withdrawn the EMEA centralized marketing authorization application for Vekacia (cyclosporin) 0.05% eye drops, which had been intended for the treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC).

OTE's Victoria Farrell interviews Cambodian paediatric ophthalmologist Phara Khauv to find out how an ORBIS initiative has impacted his practice in a vastly underserved country.

Whether the stromal flap is thin or thick is irrelevant; it will never heal fully.

The high incidence of side effects associated with steroids makes them a less favourable treatment option.