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Dry eye and cataract
Tuesday, June 1, 2021Treating dry eye disease before cataract surgery and minimising trauma to the ocular surface will optimise outcomes. Roibeard Ó hÉineacháin reports
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What is dry eye disease?
Tuesday, June 1, 2021Research bringing greater clarity to dry eye disease definition and classification. Roibeard O’hEineachain reports
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Limbal stem cell graft technique
Tuesday, June 1, 2021New transplant approach may reduce risk of conjunctivalisation.Roibeard Ó hÉineacháin reports
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Endothelial keratoplasty
Tuesday, June 1, 2021Good long- to medium-term graft survival and visual outcomes with DSEK and DMEK. Roibeard Ó hÉineacháin reports
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Bowman’s layer grafting
Saturday, May 1, 2021Bowman’s technique offers potential to avoid DALK or PK
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Genetic testing for inherited diseases
Saturday, May 1, 2021Tracking the role of genetic analysis in diagnosing corneal disease
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Stem cells and lenticules
Saturday, May 1, 2021Intrastromal implantation of donor lenticules that are decellularised or recellularised with autologous adipose-derived autologous stem cells (ADASc) results in improvements in keratoconus parameters without loss of corneal transparency
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CXL vs antimicrobials
Saturday, May 1, 2021Photo-activated chromophore for infectious keratitis-corneal cross-linking (PACK-CXL) appears to be as effective as antimicrobial agents as a standalone treatment for infectious corneal infiltrates and early corneal ulcers,
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Corneal transplantation
Saturday, May 1, 2021The COVID-19 pandemic created logistical challenges for maintaining corneal transplantation activity and raised questions about the risk of transmitting the SARS-CoV-2 virus to graft recipients.
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AI and corneal diseases
Saturday, May 1, 2021While retinal disease has led the way in the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in ophthalmology, there are also many opportunities for using AI technology to improve the evaluation and management of anterior segment diseases