There are several surgical options available for the correction of aphakia, yet there is no clear winner in the competition for the best method: anterior chamber intraocular lenses (IOLs), suturing a posterior chamber IOL in the sulcus or using an iris claw lens. If an iris-claw lens, like the Verisyse IOL (AMO), is chosen, it will usually be fixated to the iris in the anterior chamber. Alternatively this IOL can also be fixated on the posterior surface of the iris (Figure 1).
Travel guide to Stockholm for the XXV ESCRS congress. Sponsored by Oertli.
Stockholm travel guide
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The ESCRS will be running a number of sightseeing excursions during the course of the meeting. The Panoramic Stockholm & Vasa Museum Tour will take you through the major districts of the city up to Jjällgatan for a panoramic view of Stockholm and from there onto the famous Vasa Museum. There will also be an opportunity to see Stockholm from the water and take tours of the City Hall and Drottningholm Palace.
Food and Drink Whatever style of food you have a craving for, Stockholm will be able to cater for it. We would like to recommend just a few restaurants where you are guaranteed to eat like a king.
AMO is voluntarily recalling its Complete MoisturePlus contact lens solutions after receiving data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) linking the solution with an increase in the occurrence of the eye infection, acanthamoeba keratitis.
Bausch & Lomb is suing Alcon, claiming that it made false advertising claims about Bausch & Lomb's contact lens solution, ReNu MultiPlus.
Alcon has announced its intention to acquire WaveLight AG by means of a friendly takeover, with both parties entering into a business combination agreement.
Insertion of a SmartPlug (Medennium) can be an effective management tool for severe dry eye syndrome.
Angle-supported phakic IOLs can no longer be sold or implanted in France because of their association with significant endothelial cell loss, which was discovered in patients two to three years after implantation.
Topcon Medical Systems has received FDA approval for its 3D OCT-1000. Meanwhile, the firm has also announced that it is to become the sole European distributor of OptiMedica's Pascal Photocoagulator.
Optos has launched a new version of its proprietary retinal imaging software, V2 Vantage.
Results from Phase II continuation studies of pegaptanib sodium (Macugen) for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO), found that the relative benefits of the treatment were maintained throughout the continuation period with no new safety signals to report.
Opko Health has entered into an agreement to acquire the Canadian company, Ophthalmic Technologies.
Advanced Medical Optics (AMO) has submitted a proposal to acquire Bausch & Lomb for $75 per share in cash and AMO stock.
The FDA has sent Allergan a warning letter relating to misleading information printed in a professional journal advertisement for its ophthalmic solution, Acular LS.
Ellex has launched a website that is to become the primary online resource for the company's selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) users.
AMO has received FDA approval for the Advanced CustomVue Monovision procedure, the first wavefront-guided procedure for the correction of myopic prebyopes, with or without astigmatism.
The FDA has approved an import license application for the iCare tonometer, produced by Finnish firm Tiolat Oy.
A unique nanoparticle has been developed that could prove to be an effective drug delivery device for the treatment of glaucoma.
A 3-D computer automated threshold Amsler grid test is able to identify abnormalities characteristic of glaucoma in glaucoma suspects whose achromatic Humphrey visual field test was normal.
A new gene has been discovered which, when mutated, causes Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA), a common form of inherited blindness in babies.
A potential new treatment approach for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) may be possible now that insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3) has been found to play an important role in promoting the development of retinal blood vessels.
Community optometrists trained in glaucoma can provide satisfactory decisions regarding diagnosis and initiation of treatment.
People who drink coffee are less likely to develop primary late onset blepharospasm.
Five of the largest European ophthalmic societies have founded a new supranational society — The Federation of European Ophthalmology.
High-tension open angle glaucoma (htOAG) is associated with high pulse pressure, increased carotid arterial stiffness and, in people treated for systemic hypertension, low diastolic perfusion pressure.
Researchers from University College London (UCL), Moorfields Eye Hospital and the University of Sheffield, UK are launching a pioneering project that plans to use stem cells to cure blindness resulting from age-related macular degeneration.
The European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE) celebrated its 50th anniversary at its 2007 Jubilee Congress, held in June, in partnership with the American Academy of Ophthalmology.