American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting

NEW ORLEANS — Patient- and surgery-related parameters had a minimal effect on the safety, efficacy and predictability of small-incision lenticule extraction for myopia, according to a study presented here.

NEW ORLEANS — A long-term open-label extension of the RIDE and RISE trials showed sustained gains in visual acuity in patients receiving ranibizumab for diabetic macular edema, according to a poster presented here.

NEW ORLEANS — There was significantly less capsular bag shrinkage up to 12 weeks after femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery compared with standard cataract surgery, according to a poster presentation here.

NEW ORLEANS — A speaker here said that the ORA System can measure the true total of astigmatic error in the eye in guiding toric IOL placement.

NEW ORLEANS — Corneal cross-linking yielded early changes in children, but the changes were shorter lived than in adults, according to a study presented here.

NEW ORLEANS — Ab interno trabeculotomy is preferable to other procedures in eyes with concurrent cataract and open-angle glaucoma, a speaker told colleagues here.

NEW ORLEANS — A physician here discussed the precedence for billing at the ORA System Symposium, sponsored by WaveTec Vision.

NEW ORLEANS — A greater proportion of patients receiving ocriplasmin achieved vitreomacular adhesion resolution at day 28, the primary endpoint of the MIVI-005 study, compared with patients receiving sham injections, a presenter said here.

NEW ORLEANS — Laser treatment demonstrated a high unfavorable outcome rate in eyes with posterior zone 1 retinopathy of prematurity, a poster presentation said here.

NEW ORLEANS — Femtosecond laser pretreatment significantly reduced the need for ultrasound in lens fragmentation before phacoemulsification, a speaker told colleagues here.