Até cerca de 15 anos atrás, os pacientes com ceratocone tinham poucas opções de tratamento disponíveis para eles: lentes de contato permeáveis a gases, em uma ponta do espectro de tratamento, e a ceratoplastia penetrante, na outra. Felizmente, hoje temos acesso a uma infinidade de tratamentos, incluindo a interligação de colágeno da córnea e a PRK orientada pela topografia.Um dos tratamentos mais interessantes para o ceratocone é a utilização de segmentos de anel corneano intraestromal (ICRS), os quais ajudam a reduzir os erros de refração, melhoram a acuidade visual e (Read more...)
La técnica de bolsillo es similar a la de túnel para el implante de segmentos de anillo corneal intrastromal
Hasta hace unos 15 años, los pacientes con queratocono tenían pocas opciones de tratamiento disponibles, es decir, lentes de contacto permeables al gas en un extremo del espectro del tratamiento y la queratoplastia penetrante en el otro. Afortunadamente, ahora tenemos acceso a innumerables tratamientos, como el entrecruzamiento del colágeno corneal y PRK guiado por topografía.Uno de los tratamientos de queratocono más interesantes es el uso de segmentos de anillos corneales intrasomales (ICRS), que ayudan a reducir los errores refractivos, mejorar la agudeza visual y regularizar la superficie de la córnea. (Read more...)
Preceyes, Nightstar partner to develop drug delivery technology for ocular surgery
Preceyes B.V. (NL) and Nightstar (UK) have entered into a collaboration for the development of a high-precision drug delivery technology in the eye. Nightstar will use the Preceyes robotic device to further refine the delivery of gene therapy to the su…
Second Sight announces new distribution agreement
Second Sight Medical Products announced an exclusive agreement with Tecnosalud for the company to distribute its Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System in Argentina, according to a press release.Tecnosalud will be responsible for in-county sales, marketing, national reimbursement and surgical and technical support of the product. This distribution agreement is part of Second Sight’s plans to expand into South America.
DME Drugs Equally Effective at 2 Years
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VIDEO: Live surgery to broadcast implantation of phakic presbyopic lens
Pavel Stodulka, MD, PhD, relates an invitation to join the ZOF, Zlin Ophthalmology Festival, live surgery broadcast on Friday, March 4, at 10.30 a.m. CET. A variety of challenging cases will be addressed using laser-assisted cataract surgery and femtosecond laser LASIK, among other techniques. Implantation of the phakic presbyopic lens IPCL (Eyeol, U.K.) will be performed for the first time, according to Stodulka. The live surgery will be broadcast from the Gemini Eye Clinic, Zlin, Czech Republic, and anyone can join at Czech Live Surgery. No password is required. Online (Read more...)