Ocular Surgery News Europe Edition Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Increasing evidence shows efficacy of PACK-CXL as potential first-line treatment for infectious keratitis
• PACK-CXL should be considered an option to treat corneal infections Jorge L. Alió del Barrio, MD, PhD
• Adherence may be most important factor for glaucoma treatment
• European Commission grants orphan drug designation to GenSight’s retinitis pigmentosa treatment
• Nicox reports €12.3 million loss in first half of 2016
• OSN Europe blog
• Eyes with macular retinoschisis respond poorly to early ranibizumab injections
• Penetrating keratoplasty in Jordan successful with local, imported donor tissue
• AcuFocus receives $66 million in funding from KKR
• Anti-VEGF effect on development of macular atrophy under study
• Capsular tension ring improves refractive outcomes in high myopes
• Corneal regeneration through adipose-derived stem cells may be option for patients with keratoconus
• Dry eye may heavily affect results and quality of life following cataract surgery
• ESCRS initiates Peter Barry Fellowship
• Euretina president: Present times pose great challenges but offer advanced solutions
• Hydroseparation allows for faster, easier and safer DMEK
• Increasing evidence demonstrates value, reliability and benefits of OCT angiography
• Intravitreal adalimumab may be successful when systemic therapy fails
• Kamra small aperture inlay used in broad spectrum of patients
• LUMINOUS study shows diversity in practice patterns, overall encouraging results
• MicroShunt similarly reduces IOP in phakic, pseudophakic eyes, and when combined with phaco
• Most foldable IOL explantations still caused by dislocation, decentration
• Neural network guides keratoconus treatment, predicts outcomes with intracorneal rings
• Novel cells, delivery procedure in development for retinal diseases
• Over long term, DSEK and PK have similar cumulative endothelial cell loss but different patterns of loss
• ‘Promising’ solutions for myopia control under study
• Pseudoexfoliation common reason for capsular tension ring insertion
• Revolution of digitally assisted surgery coming soon
• Study: Chronic inflammation of familial Mediterranean fever affects choroidal thickness
• VIDEO: Advantages abound for digitally assisted vitreoretinal surgery
• VIDEO: Astigmatism management an issue in all types of ocular surgery
• VIDEO: Continuous laser technology creates smooth-edged, well-centered capsulotomies
• VIDEO: Doubts cast on validity of regulations
• VIDEO: Endoscopic vitrectomy useful in some pediatric and adult cases
• VIDEO: Extended range of vision IOL compares favorably with trifocal IOLs
• VIDEO: Intraoperative OCT lends advantage in corneal procedures
• VIDEO: Isolated Bowman's layer transplantation used to treat advanced keratoconus
• VIDEO: José Cunha-Vaz, MD, PhD, gives Euretina lecture
• VIDEO: Lecturer focuses on iris claw IOLs
• VIDEO: Mazzo touts Zeiss' range of ophthalmic devices
• VIDEO: PACK cross-linking a novel treatment for infectious keratitis
• VIDEO: PiXL may be a new refractive option for low myopes
• VIDEO: Post hoc analysis of DRCR.net Protocol I
• VIDEO: Speaker reviews latest imaging advances
• VIDEO: Study shows Ozurdex real-world results outperform clinical trial results for DME
• VIDEO: Study shows patients prefer 'dropless injection' regimen to 'less drops'
• VIDEO: Surgeon focuses on breakthrough cataract surgery technologies
• VIDEO: Surgeon gives pearls for transitioning to glued IOL surgery
• VIDEO: Surgeon gives pearls for transitioning to PDEK
• VIDEO: Surgeon performs corneal 'tattooing' with femtosecond laser to change iris color
• VIDEO: Surgeon relates efforts to save eyes, rehabilitate patients after pellet gun injuries
• VIDEO: Surgeon shares pearls on CLASS procedure for IOP reduction
• VIDEO: Technology helps to optimize IOL outcomes
• VIDEO: Visual results maintained at 12 months in PiXL for low myopia
• Should PACK-CXL be used as a first-line procedure for or in addition to antimicrobial treatment?
• VIDEO: DMEK patient receives hydroseparation procedure
• VIDEO: Hydroseparation provides faster, easier way to deal with DMEK graft
• Emerging trends and hot topics in glaucoma from 2016 ARVO meeting Karl Mercieca, MD; Marcos Muñoz, MD