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• STEROID IMPLANTS
  Methods for delivering steroids may have reduced side effects 01/05/2012 - Steroid implants currently under development show promise in the treatment of intraocular inflammation with an improved side-effect profile compared to implants currently in use, said Baruch D Kuppermann MD, PhD, University of California, Irvine, California, US at the 11the EURETINA Congress.
  
• TEAMWORK CRITICAL
  New approaches needed for reducing burden of childhood blindness in developing countries 01/05/2012 - Ophthalmologists and associated eye care professionals need to adopt a more flexible, district-based model with a strong emphasis on teamwork in order to address the changing epidemiology of childhood blindness in Africa and other developing regions, Paul Courtright PhD told delegates attending the World Ophthalmology Congress.
  
• PCO AND THE PREMIUM LENS
  Emerging designs may overcome this obstacle to presbyopia correction 01/05/2012 - Whenever it appears, posterior capsular opacification (PCO) that would be visually insignificant with monofocal lenses can wreak havoc with diffractive multifocal optics.
  
• OPTIMAL IMAGING
  Evolution of anterior segment imaging technology will optimise outcomes of femto-cataract surgical procedures 01/05/2012 - The role of anterior segment imaging in femtocataract surgery is vital but there is still a long way to go before the perfect imaging system is developed, Ioannis Pallikaris FRCS, FRCOphth, told a session of the XXXV United Kingdom & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (UKISCRS) Congress.
  
• PRESBYOPIC TREATMENTS
  Research is helping clarify the potential of presbyopic LASIK and corneal inlays 01/05/2012 - Presbyopic LASIK and intracorneal hydrogel implants are both viable options for providing some degree of near vision but both types of approach suffer from the same drawback of a reduction in distance vision in the treated eye, Günther Grabner MD, University Eye Clinic, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria, told a session of the XXIX Co
  
• EYE DROPS
  Poor vision, no insurance, language problems increase risk of running out 01/05/2012 - In addition to considering adherence, which is often poor for patients using topical glaucoma medications, ophthalmologists should also consider bottle exhaustion and refill rate when individualising therapy, Daniel B Moore MD told the 2011 annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.