European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Meeting

Clinical research, new technologies and evolving treatments were among the most discussed topics at the 2016 European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting in Copenhagen. New cataract surgery techniques and promising treatments for myopia and presbyopia were discussed, and many leaders in the field offered video perspectives on these topics.

COPENHAGEN – Béatrice Cochener, MD, PhD, president elect of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, talks about management of astigmatism, a key topic in all branches of eye surgery and particularly in cataract surgery. The latest advances in techniques and technology offer unique opportunities to deal effectively with this challenging component of the refractive error. 

COPENHAGEN – At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Richard Packard, MD, talks about femto and non-femto capsulotomy. He also introduces the newcomer, CAPSULaser (Excel-Lens) and the new lenses that are specifically manufactured to match the accuracy of laser-performed capsulotomies.

COPENHAGEN — Dislocation and decentration remained the most common reason for IOL explantation among all lens designs studied, while glare and aberrations were the second most common, according to an annual survey.

COPENHAGEN – At the Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery DMEK meeting preceding the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting here, Gerrit Melles, MD, summarizes the latest advances in endothelial transplantation and talks about the early results of isolated Bowman’s layer transplantation in patients with advanced keratoconus.

COPENHAGEN — The Kamra inlay treats a broad spectrum of patients and is effective in both natural and post-laser vision correction presbyopes, according to Shamik Bafna, MD, who related his center’s experience with the inlay from AcuFocus.

COPENHAGEN — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Lim Wee Kiak, MD, discussed results of his study in Singapore with “epithelium on” photorefractive intrastromal crosslinking, or PiXL, for the correction of low myopia.

COPENHAGEN — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Pavel Stodulka, MD, PhD, was awarded first prize in the video competition for innovative cataract surgery. The video highlighted two breakthrough technologies: CAPSULaser and the Femtis laser lens (Oculentis).

COPENHAGEN — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting here, Shamira Perera, MD, shares surgical pearls he has learned performing the IOPtima CLASS CO₂ laser-assisted sclerectomy surgical procedure for the reduction of IOP.

COPENHAGEN — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Oliver Findl, MD, presents a novel technology that uses swept source OCT for biometry and promises to be a breakthrough in IOL selection and optimization of outcomes.