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At this year's ASCRS meeting Rom Kandavel, MD, of Colvard-Kandavel Eye Center in Los Angeles, California discussed the paper he presented at the meeting, which focused on IOP lowering and medication burden for patients who received the iStent inject.

Adam Muzychuk, MD, BSc, FRCSC discusses his presentation, "Outcomes of an ultra-low cylinder powered (0.90) toric versus non-toric in low astigmatic patients undergoing cataract surgery."

At the 2024 ASCRS Greg Kunst, CEO of Aurion Biotech relayed the latest news from Aurion and the company's work in cell therapies for corneal endothelial disease.

At this year's ASCRS meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, Ophthalmology Times Europe caught up with Eris Jordan, OD talked about the big plans the Boston-based startup has for the year ahead. Watch the full video to find out what's in store for the company and its novel cell therapy in Japan, Canada and the United States in 2024.

At this year's ASCRS meeting, J. Morgan Micheletti, MD talked about myriad research projects he discussed at the meeting and also emphasized the importance of the Young Eye Surgeons (YES).

At this year's ASCRS meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, Pete England gave an update on ViaLase's development on the first femtosecond laser for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma.

At this year's ASCRS meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, Leonard Borrmann, CEO at Centricity Vision, about the company's new product ZEPTOLink, including first-in-human data.

Neda Nikpoor, MD, shares highlights from her presentation on the Light Adjustable Lens during an ASCRS symposia on IOL calculations.

Elizabeth Yeu, MD, discusses a case report for how the triple procedure can be beneficial for different patient populations in her ASCRS presentation, 'Human corneal endothelial cell transplantation combined with cataract extraction and PCIOL in subject with corneal edema.'

William F. Wiley, MD, shares some key takeaways from his ASCRS presentation on binocularity and aperture optics.

Dan Tran, MD, shares key takeaways from his presentation, including a grading scale for incisions created with femtosecond laser.

OCS-01 positive results in the first Phase 3 OPTIMIZE-1 trial were presented at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, while topline readout from the second Phase 3 OPTIMIZE-2 is anticipated later this year to support an NDA submission.

Rahul S Tonk, MD, MBA, sat down to discuss a roundtable discussion he had on DMEK and DSEK surgery at this year's ASCRS meeting held in Boston, Massachusetts, from Friday, April 5, to Monday, April 8, 2024.

Alejandro Espaillat, MD, sat down to discuss his presentation on pearls for the anterior segment surgeon at this year's ASCRS meeting held in Boston, Massachusetts.

Results of the study indicated that systemic treatment led to elevations in liver function test results, with some patients experiencing values twice as high as normal.

Contrary to the traditional understanding that this disorder remains stable, long-term structural changes were observed through spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) imaging.

Investigators wanted to determine why patients who have retinal diseases such as diabetic retinopathy (DR) or age-related macular degeneration (AMD) can undergo cataract surgeries without experiencing a worsening of their retinal disease, while some patients do.

Mark J. Gallardo, MD, highlighted the results from a phase 2 clinical trial of a travoprost intracameral implant in open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.

Researchers conducted a retrospective chart review spanning from January 2015 to January 2021 to compare the incidence rates of infectious keratitis before and during the pandemic among PRK patients.

According to the companies, the tool is affordable, portable, scalable, and intentionally designed to train surgeons in low- and middle-income countries, home to 9 out of 10 people with vision loss due to the difficulty of accessing eye care. The VR tool is being unveiled at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting in Boston.

The investigators conducted a multicenter, prospective, open-label, phase 4 study in which they evaluated the patients’ and investigators’ impressions of the drug.

Authors looked at 6 unexpected cases of endophthalmitis after cataract extraction during 1 day of cataract surgeries.

George O. Waring IV, MD, FACS, provides an overview of his presentation at ASCRS 2024, highlighting outcomes for the safety and effectiveness of LASIK performed using an updated laser ablation algorithm for the correction of myopia and myopic astigmatism.

A recent study showed that adjunctive fragmentation pre-treatment of the crystalline lens using the miLoop showed improved lensectomy time and fluidic efficiency

Neda Nikpoor, MD, sat down to discuss her presentation on the single-site study on the effectiveness of a sterile model with two ALLYs, in two operating rooms against a model with only one laser for two rooms at this year's ASCRS meeting held in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sean Hanlon, CEO of CoFi, a payment software company, talks about the company's recent integration with CareCredit.

Rich Small, CEO of Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, provides an update on the months ahead for NT-501 encapsulated cell therapy

Ula Jurkunas, MD, sat down to discuss her presentation on the management of anterior corneal disease at this year's ASCRS meeting held in Boston, Massachusetts.