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Cataract surgery produces excellent visual outcomes, with 61.3% of patients achieving a corrected distance visual acuity of 20/20 or better, according to a database study in the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

Ranibizumab has been recommended for use within the NHS in England and Wales to treat macular oedema (ME) secondary to retinal vein occlusion (RVO).

According to recently published data, POAG patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) undergoing primary trabeculectomy with MMC do not achieve the same long-term IOP control compared to patients without DM.

Bausch + Lomb have signed a global agreement for the rights to distribute Leica's ophthalmic surgical microscopes.

Unoprostone will begin patient enrolment for the Phase III clinical study for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), claims the latest press release.

Undersized big-bubbles for DALK can safely be increased using blunt dissection for white-margin bubbles and ophthalmic viscosurgical device injection for clear-margin bubbles.

Low-fluence photodynamic therapy (PDT) decreases subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) in central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC), states a paper in the journal Eye.

Oral drug fenretinide has potential for the treatment of geographic atrophy (GA), but further studies are required.