ESCRS Winter Meeting

MARRAKECH, Morocco — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Winter Meeting, Pavel Stodulka, MD, PhD, speaks about a new extended depth of focus lens manufactured by PhysIOL that provides excellent computer vision with minimal dysphotopsia.

MARRAKECH, Morocco — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Winter Meeting, Mohamed Shafik Shaheen, MD, speaks about the “High Tech Eye Tech” symposium and how new technologies are integrating in North African health care systems.

MARRAKECH, Morocco — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Winter Meeting, Marie-José Tassignon, MD, PhD, speaks about her recent discoveries concerning the anterior vitreolenticular interface, an entity described in the 19th century but only recently resumed as a topic for research. She discusses the implications of these discoveries for cataract surgery.

MARRAKECH, Morocco — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Winter Meeting, Mohamed Hosny, MD, PhD, speaks about advances in excimer corneal refractive surgery, in particular premium ablation profiles using ray-tracing technology.

MARRAKECH, Morocco — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Winter Meeting, Simonetta Morselli, MD, shares her experience with the Xen gel stent (Allergan). She is one of the investigators in a European study evaluating the safety and efficacy of the new Xen 63 and explains what differentiates this option from the previous Xen 45.

MARRAKECH, Morocco — Implantation of an anterior chamber iris-claw phakic IOL effectively improves vision in patients with keratoconus and pellucid marginal degeneration, according to one surgeon.

MARRAKECH, Morocco — The preliminary results of a study comparing individualized topography-guided corneal cross-linking with epithelium-on high-oxygen protocol vs. epithelium-off room-air protocol show that the epi-on procedure might be a valid alternative, with comparable results but less pain.

MARRAKECH, Morocco — A drop of a patient’s own blood can be an easy, affordable and effective option for treating corneal ulcers, according to Sihem Lazreg, MD, PhD. At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Winter Meeting, she speaks about this method, which is particularly helpful in the North African environment.

MARRAKECH, Morocco — A variation of Bowman layer transplantation, in which the graft is implanted on the surface of the eye after removal of the epithelium, might be an alternative for keratoconus patients with thin corneas.

MARRAKECH, Morocco — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Winter Meeting, Michael Amon, MD, speaks about a new instrument that he designed for scleral fixation of IOLs. The instrument combines perforation and grasping functions and can also be used for other intraocular suturing maneuvers.