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Continuing vital care during the pandemic
Thursday, December 3, 2020ESCRS-supported charity working to eliminate avoidable blindness in under-developed countries
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Cataracts in refugees
Thursday, October 1, 2020Czech surgical mission helps displaced Syrians improve sight and lives
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Winning the race against preventable blindness
Saturday, September 1, 2018Join a charity race to fight blindness while the ESCRS visits Vienna
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Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting 2018
Monday, June 11, 2018The theme of the meeting was “Advocating for Evidence-Based Eye Health”
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ESCRS in Durban
Wednesday, November 1, 2017ESCRS participates in meeting of Southern African Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.
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EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT PHACO FLUIDICS
Thursday, January 29, 2015Fluidics play an important part in phacoemulsification and should be understood clearly by the beginner surgeon. Flow and vacuum both attract pieces towards the probe whereas phaco power repels pieces. FLUID INFLOW: Fluid enters the anterior chamber (AC) from the infusion bottle. This flow may be regulated by adjusting the bottle height when it […]
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LASIK IN JAPAN
Thursday, January 29, 2015Japan’s sometimes troubled relationship with refractive surgery suffered another complication following the release of a government report critical of LASIK. The report, issued by Japan’s Consumer Protection Agency in late 2013, was based on an internet survey of 1,200 people in Japan, 600 of whom had undergone LASIK and another 600 who were considering having […]
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GLAUCOMA AND KPRO
Monday, January 19, 2015Because glaucoma is the most significant vision-threatening complication following Boston Keratoprosthesis Type 1 (B-KPro) surgery, it requires careful preoperative evaluation and postoperative follow-up, said Elena Arrondo MD at the 5th EuCornea Congress in London, UK. Data from various series show glaucoma is present in as many as 75 per cent of patients who present for […]
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INTRAOPERATIVE OCT SYSTEM
Wednesday, December 17, 2014Haag-Streit Surgical says that new technical features will enhance the intraoperative OCT system.“A number of recent innovations have made handling easier and simplified the surgical workflow,” said a Haag-Streit spokesman. “The intraoperative optical coherence tomography (or iOCTTM) allows the surgeon to directly assess structures within the tissue while performing the surgical operation.
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A NEW ERA FOR RETINAL DIAGNOSTICS
Thursday, December 11, 2014The recently published EURETINA guidelines (Schmidt-Erfurth et al, BJO 2014; 98: 1144-1167) provide comprehensive recommendations for the diagnosis and management of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). This includes a comprehensive discussion of diagnostic procedures, including fluorescein angiography, autofluorescence imaging and optical coherence tomography (OCT). “Retinology and vitreoretinal surgery are some of the most exciting fields in medicine. The progress in these sub-specialties in the last few years has been immense, particularly […]
