BARCELONA — Quantitative imaging is a beneficial tool in glaucoma management and may be more useful than expert reading of photographs when diagnosing glaucoma, according to a speaker.“Quantitative imaging provides at least as good evidence of the progression status of patients as experts assessing monoscopic photographs,” David F. Garway-Heath, MD, FRCOphth, said at Glaucoma Day preceding the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting.
BARCELONA — Optovue has expanded its optical coherence tomography angiography technology with the introduction of AngioAnalytics here at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting.This added capability provides clinicians with the ability to measure the density of blood flow in the retina, which may lead to the improved clinical management of diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration, according to a company press release.
BARCELONA — Femtosecond laser technology will lend itself to IOL technology and drive innovation in IOL technology in a virtual cycle, according to Boris Malyugin, MD, PhD, who chaired a panel symposium on the topic at the Ophthalmology Futures European Forum. “The panel agreed that femtosecond technology has the potential to stimulate the development of new IOLs as it adds optical and biomechanical benefits to the cataract procedure. We can potentially achieve a better centration of the lens, and therefore a better refractive stability, as well as prevent rotation, which is crucial for toric IOLs. The increased biomechanical stability is also linked to refractive results because a more stable lens leads to better refractive outcomes,” Malyugin said.
BARCELONA — Imaging is a key factor in the application of femtosecond laser in cataract surgery. At the Ophthalmology European Futures Forum, a panel of clinician and industry managers shared the perception that imaging technology and laser are reciprocally stimulating improvement and advancing synergistically. “Additional technology for preoperative and intraoperative use is stepping in, and there is a lot of potential in it, especially with premium lenses. Companies are working hard to integrate imaging technologies in the femtosecond laser premium cataract procedure,” Gerd Auffarth, MD, PhD, said.
BARCELONA — At the Ophthalmology Futures European Forum, Ronen Castro, CEO of iOPtima Ltd, discusses the why he believes CO2 laser-assisted sclerectomy surgery should be the gold standard in glaucoma surgery.
BARCELONA — Kuldev Singh, MD, co-founder and co-chair of Ophthalmology Futures European Forum, discusses how he developed the idea the OFEF meeting in Europe with Keith Barton, MD, and why Europe seemed like the appropriate place for it to be held.