Surgical salad training for budding ophthalmologists
A group of senior UK ophthalmologists have devised a series of home-based exercises for trainee surgeons, using fruit and vegetables as surrogate eye components.
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Embracing the rainbow led to unexpected returns
Eye Institute in Auckland is New Zealand’s first Rainbow Tick-certified eye surgery. Jess Ah Kuoi, Eye Institute’s head of people and culture, shares her insights into how it was achieved and some early, unexpected results.
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The silent thief of scent
Turkish researchers have found glaucoma patients, especially those with exfoliative glaucoma (XFG), have a diminished sense of smell.
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Drops suppress allergic eye disease
UK researchers have discovered that nomacopan drops (Akari Therapeutics) may be a potential treatment for allergic eye disease and an alternative to steroids for treating sight-threatening vernal keratoconjunctivitis in children.
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Toomac: the EyeStar 900
It’s been a long time coming, but it’s well worth the wait, said Toomac’s Mark Taylor presenting Haag-Streit’s EyeStar 900, a swept-source OCT for cataract and refractive surgery. “EyeStar was born with the class-leading strengths of the Lenstar 900 biometer, ie. hugely accurate and reproducible axi
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Quantel unveils the Capsulo
Launched in Europe, just a few days before the RANZCO NZ meeting, Quantel Medical’s new Capsulo Nd:YAG laser was a key talking point on Titan Optical’s stand. One of its unique features is the height-adaptable light tower, allowing ophthalmologists to adjust it for different procedures as needed, sa
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Zeiss’ connectivity comes of age
Zeiss’s scalable and flexible ophthalmic data management solution Forum, in combination with its latest suite of surgical and diagnostic products, now provides a fully integrated solution for any ophthalmologist in any discipline, said Zeiss product specialist Lahiru Gunasena. “The focus for this ye
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Techniques for living with low vision seminar
Macular Degeneration New Zealand is hosting an online seminar, ‘Living with Low Vision: Equipment and Useful Techniques for Daily Living’. Mick Shaw, rehabilitation instructor for Blind Low Vision New
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iPad visual field test
Glaucoma suspects using a self-administered iPad test for visual field defects took a third of the time of traditional in-clinic testing and achieved greater sensitivity, reported Australian researchers.
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ECPs’ location impacts sight
A US study of eyecare professionals’ (ECPs) geographical distribution found for every extra ECP per 100,000 residents, there was a statistically significant decrease of 3.90 people with visual impairment per 100,000 residents.
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Medix21 expands DED portfolio
Medix21 now offers a full suite of dry eye consumables following the introduction of the Eyestil Synfo dry eye disease (DED) drop.
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ARVO 2022 round-up
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting took place in Denver, Colorado from 1-4 May, and then virtually from 11-12 May. Researchers from around the world
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