WOC Highlights

Ramin Khoramnia (University Eye Clinic Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany) discusses imitations of current treatment options for neovascular age-related macular degeneration, gives an overview of faricimab, its dosing regimen and its mechanism of action and discusses the major efficacy and safety findings of the STAIRWAY study, which were presented at WOC 2020. 1. What are the limitations […]

Matteo Piovella (Italian Society of Ophthalmology, Roma, Italy) discusses the practical benefits the IC-8 small aperture intraocular lens and its mechanism of action, and the major findings of his study, which were presented at the World Ophthalmology Congress 2020. 1. What are the practical benefits of the IC-8 compared with other commercially available IOLs? (0:05) […]

Matteo Piovella (Italian Society of Ophthalmology, Roma, Italy) gives an overview of the IC-8 small aperture intraocular lens and its mechanism of action. 1. Please could you give us a brief overview of the design of the IC-8 small aperture intraocular lens (IOL) and its mechanism of action? (0:04) Disclosures: Matteo Piovella has no financial […]

Emilio Torres-Netto (CABMM, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland) discussed the outcomes of his 10-year study of corneal cross-linking for progressive keratoconus, adverse events and the impact of the findings on clinical practice. 1. What were the outcomes of your study of 10-year outcomes of corneal cross-linking for progressive keratoconus? (0:04) 2. What adverse effects were […]

Emilio Torres-Netto (CABMM, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland) shares his thoughts on the rationale of corneal cross-linking in progressive keratoconus and the reasons for the lack of long-term data on corneal cross-linking to date. 1. What is the rationale for corneal cross-linking in progressive keratoconus? (0:09) 2. Before your study, how much long-term data on […]

We met up with Editorial Board member Bennie Jeng, who updated us on the exciting recent developments in dry eye disease and several new therapies are in development in the US. Dr Jeng talked about his experience with scleral contact lenses, which have proved particularly useful for very severe dry eye patients with GVHD and […]

At WOC 2018, José Cunha-Vaz (University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal) discussed his experience with treating patients with DME. The most significant developments in the area of DME are OCT imaging and the availability of anti-VEGF agents, which completely revolutionised treatment. The major issue is individualising treatment to each patient, as response varies greatly between different […]

José L Güell (Instituto Microcirugía Ocular of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain) discusses the continuous development into IOLs, including EDOF and trifocal lenses, and lenses used to adjust different errors of refraction and special cases. The main limitation in the current treatment is the final placement of the lens, and current and future research into adjustable lenses […]

Dr Soham Basak talks with us about his recent study into corneal re-graft surgeries in patients, mostly with infectious keratoconus, and how the findings of this study in India compares with the rest of the world. Future work could look into preventing the need for corneal re-graft surgery by reducing the number of infections occurring. […]