Ocular Surgery News APAO Edition Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of Ocular Surgery News APAO Edition.

Table of Contents

• Eye health action plan focuses on improvement strategies, progress monitoring, effective cooperation
• From Vision 2020 to universal eye health Mingguang He, MD, PhD; Dennis S.C. Lam, MD, FRCOphth
• 27-gauge needle technique reduces sclerotomy size, eases haptic extraction
• APAO recognizes awardees at reception Rajvardhan Azad, MD, FRCS; Dennis S.C. Lam, MD, FRCOphth; Clement C.Y. Tham, BM, BCh, FCOphthHK, FRCS
• Chemical, biomechanical factors potential agents for phaco-reduced IOP
• Air bubble stops bleeding, avoids pressure spikes during phaco in glaucoma patients
• Anti-VEGFs worth the cost the government pays, SFO president says
• Asymmetry of pachymetry, keratometry values helps detect corneas at risk for refractive surgery
• Corneal stiffening after cross-linking questioned by deformation testing
• Deeper small-incision lenticule extraction allows for use of same technique in secondary surgery
• Home-based device maintained, strengthened effects of intense pulsed light treatment for dry eye
• New developments for OCT technology already in pipeline for clinical applications
• New-generation, pre-loaded MICS lens produces good FDA trial results
• SOE President receives SOI Honorary Award for research, clinical work on ocular tumors
• Specialist: Accelerated protocols, cross-linking with LASIK need proper evaluation in preclinical studies
• Surgeon highlights decline of LASIK, emergence of alternative techniques
• Surgeon offers pearls to transition from standard to femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery