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Largest retrospective review of patients with vitreomacular adhesion (VMA) and vitreomacular traction (VMT) confirms that early treatment initiation may stop disease progression and lead to better visual function outcome.

Review of the fifth day of ESCRS 2013

KalVista Pharmaceuticals is joining a group of academic and industry researchers to undertake a project known as “Drug Discovery and Development of Novel Eye Therapeutics†(3D-NET).

In its final appraisal determination, the United Kingdom's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended funding for Iluvien for the treatment of pseudophakic eyes in chronic diabetic macular edema (DME) patients that are insufficiently responsive to available therapies.

Food and drink recommendations for day 4 of ESCRS 2013.

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Review of the fourth day of ESCRS 2013.

Moria, in partnership with Prof. Marc Muraine, has developed a single-use donor vacuum for corneal surgeons.

The new Keratograph 5M is the perfect tool for topography and advanced external imaging for dry eye screening.

Recommendations for food and drink from day 3 of ESCRS 2013

Review of the third day of ESCRS 2013.

Oertli is going to launch its new phaco machine CataRhex 3 on the occasion of this year?s ESCRS in Amsterdam. Never before has such cutting-edge technology been so readily and reliably available for anterior segment surgery, nor has it ever been wrapped in such compact and tempting packaging.

Review of the second day of ESCRS 2013.

Recommendations for food and drink on day 2 of ESCRS 2013.

The TearLab Osmolarity System is the Gold Standard for diagnosing and managing Dry Eye Disease with a quantitative, objective endpoint.

The flexible and expandable SPECTRALIS OCT is the right investment decision for every practitioner and clinician.

Food and drink recommendations from day 1 of ESCRS 2013.

Review of the first day of ESCRS 2013

The CENTURION Vision System sets a new standard of performance in cataract surgery by combining multiple, intelligent technologies and key features to provide surgeons control and improved efficiency during the cataract phaco procedure.

A partial coherence interferometry (PCI) device has been found to be a valid tool for calculating toric intraocular lenses (IOL) in a recently published study.

In a recently published systematic review and meta-analysis the associations of myopia with prevalent nuclear and posterior subcapsular (PSC) cataract have been confirmed.

A novel surgical technique using two lasers has been introduced offering several potential advantages for cataract surgery, according to recently published data in the journal Clinical Ophthalmology.

Recurrent retinal detachments in children can develop months to years after the initial corrective surgery, making careful monitoring of patients imperative to identifying late re-detachments.

In this article, the authors discuss preventative efforts related to retinal diseases that are made by ophthalmologists to avoid infections and how mounting data seems to be pointing at the discontinuation of peri-injection topical antibiotic drops.

In this article, Dr Cummings describes his patients involved in the RT-guided LASIK trial, revealing the safety, efficacy and predictability of the procedure to treat moderate to high myopia.

This article provides a brief overview of the outcomes of a webex meeting hosted by Novartis at SOE 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

In this article, Dr Vryghem weighs up the pros and cons of visual revalidation techniques and compares the currently available techniques in a clinical setting.

Cataract surgery not only can result in a reduction of IOP, it also provides benefits for future management of glaucoma, according to this article.

PPV has been a major advancement in the treatment of retinal diseases, however, little is known about its effect on oxygen metabolism in retinal vessels. In this article, Dr Sin reveals the results of his pilot study examining the effect of PPV on the oxygen saturations in retinal vessels.