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We were delighted to catch up with Sarah Van Tassel (Weill Cornell Medicine, NY, USA), who shared her observations on the challenges and benefits of drug delivery devices in glaucoma, the intraocular devices currently on the market and what to watch out for in future. What are the challenges and benefits of drug delivery […]
It was a pleasure to speak with Sarah Van Tassel (Weill Cornell Medicine, NY, USA) on her thoughts about the new therapeutic options for glaucoma management and the promising new combinations on the horizon. How has the pharmaceutical landscape for glaucoma developed in the last year? (00:12) Where do rho-kinase inhibitors sit in the treatment […]
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 […]
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