Retina

TAMPA, Florida — At the Telling It Like It Is meeting here, John W. Kitchens, MD, shared factors to consider when adding a retina specialist to an ASC.

TAMPA, Fla. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Telling It Like It Is meeting, Jorge A. Fortun, MD, discusses the recent FDA NDA acceptance and PDUFA date for Iveric Bio’s avacincaptad pegol for the treatment of geographic atrophy.

Oxidative stress, amyloid beta formation, circadian rhythm, metabolic aging and cellular senescence are among risk factors linked to age-related macular degeneration, according to a review published in Ageing Research Reviews.

Four-year outcomes of the DRCR Retina Network Protocol W study showed that preventive aflibercept vs. sham treatment in eyes with moderate to severe NPDR leads to anatomic improvement but no gain in visual acuity.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Retina 2023, Lejla Vajzovic, MD, associate professor of ophthalmology at Duke University, discusses advances in gene therapy.

In a large Japanese population, a significant inverse association was found between saturated fatty acid intake and prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in men.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Retina 2023, Yoshihiro Yonekawa, MD, discusses nomenclature updates for retinopathy of prematurity and retinal surgery in pediatric patients.

KOLOA, Hawaii — Artificial intelligence has the potential to help ophthalmologists better perform clinical exams, as well as diagnose and classify disease, according to a speaker here.

KOLOA, Hawaii — Having a standard method of communication in place for staff helps prevent wrong intravitreous injections, according to a speaker here.

KOLOA, Hawaii — Reticular pseudodrusen in eyes with age-related macular degeneration is a more common phenotype than previously believed, according to a speaker here.