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The long-term use of intravitreous bevacizumab can be used to treat patients with persistant clinically significant macula oedema (CSME).

Gold weights inserted using a high pretarsal placement can treat lagophthalmos.

French pharmaceutical company NicOx has announced its decision to invest £2million into UK firm Altacor in order to create an international ophthalmic firm.

Using 0.1% fluorometholone after penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) significantly reduces the chances of endothelial rejection.

Toric phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) intraoperative fixation angle should be kept to a minimum to avoid postoperative rotation.

Corneal confocal microscopy is useful for studying in vivo pathologic corneal changes in vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC).

The use of cosmetic iris implants could result in ocular complaints such as uveitis, glaucoma, corneal oedema and decreased visual acuity.

Airsoft guns can cause ocular damage that requires operative intervention.

It has been announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is currently reviewing Ocriplasmin as the first pharmacological treatment for vitreomacular adhesion (VMA).

The future of small incision cataract surgery

Offering a different experience for patients

Using SLO/OCT to image the temporal changes of BRS

Icare device reliability will mean better diagnosis and disease management

Reductions in incision size lower than 1.8mm may not be beneficial

23-gauge instrument provides video, imaging, laser modes during retinal procedures

Technique has great potential but further development is required

Ophthalmic drops for presbyopes to be introduced

Femtosecond laser lens surgery expands into sub-1 mm realm

Preservative-free travoprost shows equivocal IOP lowering at 1 year after changing therapy

Femtosecond platform

The Classical option, monovision, is still required in the treatment of presbyopia

Case study report

Diagnosis based on clinical findings, duration and progression, inflammation, retina

Using the intrastromal femtosecond laser procedure to correct presbyopia has been shown to be successful.

History of congenital cataract does not affect quality of life or educational achievements in adolescents and young adults.

An investigation in the journal Eye has disclosed an increase in the use of oral and intravitreal antivirals for the treatment of acute retinal necrosis (ARN) in the UK.

Conducting a modified dark room provocative test (DRPT) is better for the diagnosis of primary angle closure, compared to gonioscopic angle assessment.

Circumferential trabeculotomy performed with an illuminated microcatheter causes a significant reduction in IOP in glaucoma patients.

Patients presenting with age-related macula degeneration (AMD) signs at cataract surgery have a longitudinally worse visual outcome compared to patients without AMD signs.

Corneal flaps created with a 200 kHz femtosecond laser are safe, reliable and precise in LASIK procedures.