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MICS: Bigger is better…for now Neil J. Friedman, M.D.
Ophthalmologists seem to love acronyms: our literature, discussions, and patient charts are filled with them. Each subspecialty even has its own jargon. As cataract surgeons, we know ICCE, ECCE, IOL, PCO, RLE, etc., and more recently MICS (microincision cataract surgery). While I enjoy using acronyms as much as anyone else, and have sometimes created entire sentences without a real word, I’m not quite sure how necessary this one is. Even the continued debate over which microincisional technique is best seems to be unnecessary. more… |
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Cataract Surgery May Be Best Glaucoma Surgery, Expert Says NAPLES, Italy — Cataract extraction alone may be the best and most appropriate procedure for patients with controlled or moderately uncontrolled glaucoma, according to one more…
MicroRNAs Appear Essential For Retinal Health Retinas in newborn mice appear perfectly fine without any help from tiny bits of genetic material called microRNAs except for one thing — the retinas do not more…
Pilot Study To Assess Safety And Efficacy Of Medidur(TM) FA In AMD Patients Treated With Lucentis(R) Alimera Sciences Inc., a privately held ophthalmic pharmaceutical company announced today that enrollment has begun for a pilot study to assess the safety and efficacy of Medidur FA in conjunction more…
Toric IOL Has Good Preliminary Results NAPLES, Italy — Preliminary results with the toric Artiflex IOL from Ophtec seem to indicate that this lens is ideal for correcting both sphere and cylinder, according to one speaker more…
Advanced Medical Optics Receives FDA Clearance For IFS(TM) Advanced Femtosecond Laser Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. (AMO) (NYSE: EYE), a global leader in ophthalmic surgical devices and eye care products, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the more…
Electronic Retinal Device May Help Blind People See Surgeons at Moorfields Eye Hospital, UK recently carried out two successful operations to implant an artificial electronic retinal device into the eyes of two blind patients. They claim this is the more…
High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol May Be Associated With Retinal Vascular Disease High blood pressure and high cholesterol levels appear to be risk factors for retinal vein occlusion, a condition that causes vision loss, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of more…
Bayer And Regeneron Dose First Patient In Second Phase 3 Study For VEGF Trap-Eye In Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration Bayer HealthCare AG and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) today announced that the first patient has been dosed in the VIEW 2 trial, a second Phase 3 clinical study in a development more…
Statins Linked With Neuroprotection Statin drugs could act as a neuroprotective agent for glaucoma suspect patients, preventing progression of optic nerve head parameters, a study found. Shan C. Lin, MD, and colleagues conducted more…
Vitamin E Offers No Protection From Cataracts BOSTON, May 1 -- Ten years of vitamin E supplements were associated with no effect on cataract development among middle-age and older women, researchers here found. Among 37,675 participants in the more…
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New Products |
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John Weiss 20, 23 and 25 Gauge Vitreoretinal Instruments Opto Global
John Weiss has launched an extensive range of vitreoretinal micro forceps and scissors in a wide variety of tip styles and sizes. Each instrument is handcrafted by expert instrument makers from the highest grade materials, resulting in consistent accuracy, outstanding precision, exquisite feel and movement. more… |
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UTAS Visual Testing System with SunBurst Ganzfeld LKC Technologies, Inc.
The UTAS Visual Testing System with SunBurst Ganzfeld will provide you with everything you need for any type of electroretinogram, visual evoked potential, or electro-oculogram. The ultra-bright ganzfeld – capable of over 15,000,000 different colors – will allow you to perform ERGs you never imagined possible including on-off, double flash, photopic negative response, scotopic threshold response, and s-cone ERGs. Amplification with our digital biomedical amplifiers allows faithful reproduction of every nuance of your recordings. more… |
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Prime Patient® Personal Health Records - Greenway Medical Technologies more…
optomap® Retinal Examination - Optos North America more…
One Step 23 Gauge Cannula System - Dutch Ophthalmic, USA more…
Spectralis™ HRA + OCT - Heidelberg Engineering, Inc. more…
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Journal Updates |
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Pilot Study on the Influence of Corneal Biomechanical Properties Over the Short Term in Response to Corneal Refractive Therapy for Myopia more…
Comparison of Corneal Deposits After LASIK and PRK in Eyes With Granular Corneal Dystrophy Type II more…
Intravitreal Bevacizumab (Avastin) Treatment of Retinal Angiomatous Proliferation more…
Role of Ultrasound Biomicroscopy in Diagnosis and Treatment of Terrien Disease more…
Combination Intravitreal Bevacizumab/Panretinal Photocoagulation versus Panretinal Photocoagulation Alone in the Treatment of Neovascular Glaucoma more…
Use of an Anterior Chamber Maintainer in the Surgical Management of Traumatic Hyphaemas more…
Photorefractive Keratectomy with Mitomycin C after Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty for Keratoconus more…
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Events |
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World Ophthalmology Congress 2008 June 28 - July 2, 2008
Hong Kong
This will be the 31st International Congress of Ophthalmology, the 23rd Congress of Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, the 13th Congress of Chinese Ophthalmological Society and the 20th Hong Kong Ophthalmological Symposium.
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