VIDEO: Advantages abound for digitally assisted vitreoretinal surgery
COPENHAGEN — At Euretina 2016, Christopher Riemann, MD, talks about the many advantages of 3-D heads-up or digitally assisted vitreoretinal surgery.
Intravitreal adalimumab may be successful when systemic therapy fails
COPENHAGEN — Intravitreal adalimumab may be an “attractive” off-label option for treating breakthrough uveitis in patients on systemic adalimumab therapy, according to Rola Hamam, MD.
Revolution of digitally assisted surgery coming soon
COPENHAGEN — Technology and informatics are going to change the future of the operating room, leading to precise, efficient digitally assisted surgery. The revolution is already underway, Pravin U. Dugel, MD, said at the Euretina meeting here.
Increasing evidence demonstrates value, reliability and benefits of OCT angiography
COPENHAGEN — OCT angiography is establishing itself as a reliable, easy to perform, noninvasive tool for the evaluation of disease progression and treatment-related improvement in retinal diseases such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion.
Study: Chronic inflammation of familial Mediterranean fever affects choroidal thickness
COPENHAGEN — Chronic inflammation might have an effect on thinning of the choroid, according to a speaker here.
Study pioneers implantation of Argus II in patients with advanced dry AMD
COPENHAGEN — The Argus II retinal prosthesis system implanted in patients with dry age-related macular degeneration proved effective in re-establishing visual function in the area of geographic atrophy, blending well with the residual peripheral vision, according to a study.