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Sundays free paper sessions covered lowering IOP in POAG, how sleep is affected by IOL selection, an angle-supported phakic IOL for high myopia and the latest results of the ASCRS/ESCRS foldable IOL survey.

Your Thoughts on day 2

We asked three random ESCRS attendees which lectures they found the most interesting so far at the ESCRS and here is what they said...

Investigating IOLs

On the first day, IOLs were the key focus at the ESCRS free paper sessions…

Your Thoughts on day 1

We asked three random ESCRS attendees which products they were excited to learn about at the ESCRS and here is what you said...

The AutoSert, launched by Alcon at the 2012 ESCRS in Milan, is an original automated lens insertion device that can be used through small incisions…

ICS use maintains RNFL rate

Intranasal corticosteroids (ICS) maintain retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness and optic nerve cup to disc ratio among patients with glaucoma or glaucoma suspect.

The Pentecam is reliable in measuring superior and inferior anterior chamber angle (ACA) temporal and nasal ACA, anterior chamber volume (ACV) and anterior chamber depth (ACD).

Baerveldt shunts effectively lower IOP in eyes with anterior uveal melanoma (AUM) undergoing anterior segment irradiation.

Consuming one cup of caffeinated coffee statistically increases IOP and ocular perfusion pressure (OPP) in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) patients.