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It was a pleasure to catch up with Karolinne M Rocha (Medical University of South Carolina, SC, USA) about advances in corneal epithelial thickness mapping technology in the past year. How has corneal epithelial thickness mapping helped in the detection of subclinical early-stage keratoconus? (00:19) What have been the major advances in corneal epithelial thickness […]
We were delighted to speak with Karolinne M Rocha (Medical University of South Carolina, SC, USA) about the role of the corneal epithelium in the refractive system of the eye, and the usefulness of knowledge of the corneal epithelial thickness profile in cataract surgery. What is the role of the corneal epithelium in the refractive […]
It was a pleasure to speak with Lloyd Clark (Palmetto Retina Center, West Columbia, SC, USA) about injection protocols demonstrating improvements in the long-term management of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular oedema, and his views on current treatment trends. Questions What injection protocols have demonstrated improvements in the long-term management of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic […]
Lloyd Clark (Palmetto Retina Center, West Columbia, SC, USA) shared with us his views on unresolved challenges in the treatment of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular oedema. Questions What are the unresolved challenges in the treatment of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular oedema? (00:22) How are dosing strategies evolving to maintain initial visual acuity gains, […]
It was a pleasure to speak with Raymond Douglas (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA) about his work on brow ptosis, and the pros and cons of the surgical techniques for brow ptosis. Questions What are the causes of brow ptosis? (00:20) What are the challenges of the surgical correction of brow ptosis? (01:08) […]
It was a pleasure to catch up with Carl Regillo (Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA), who talked us through the therapeutic approaches currently in clinical trial investigation for the treatment of geographic atrophy, and his views on exciting future prospects for treatment. Questions Could you give us a brief overview of the therapeutic approaches […]
We enjoyed speaking to Carl Regillo (Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA) about incidence and prognosis of geographic atrophy, and advances in understanding of genetics and pathophysiology of dry AMD. Questions Could you give us a brief overview of geographic atrophy, its incidence and prognosis? (00:17) Why have we failed to achieve the same breakthroughs […]
It was a pleasure to catch up with Felix Datlinger (Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria) about his study on functional and morphological long-term outcomes of indocyanine green angiography-guided laser therapy of teleangiectatic capillaries. Questions What was previously known about the functional and morphological long-term outcomes of indocyanine green angiography-guided laser therapy of teleangiectatic capillaries? […]
We were pleased to speak with Felix Datlinger (Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria) about teleangiectatic capillaries in diabetic macular oedema and their clinical significance. Questions How common are teleangiectatic capillaries in diabetic macular edema and what is their clinical significance? (00:25) How are teleangiectatic capillaries diagnosed and treated? (01:04) What are the limitations in […]
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