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Cataract
 


Chemical treatment using capsule-sealing device may prevent PCO

Liquid injectable IOL may restore natural accommodation

Laser phaco and ultra-thin IOLs hold promise of atraumatic cataract surgery

Refractive
 


Care needed in LASIK flap creation to avoid epithelial abrasions

Viscodissection LASEK technique may provide smoother ablations and quicker visual recovery

Satisfaction high among patients with iris-fixated lens

Customised ablation system provides good results
in abnormal and previously treated eyes

Modern lenticular surgery may overcome the retinal
detachment barrier in high myopes

Iris registration eyetracker compensates for cyclotorsion

Wavefront-guided LASIK improves quality of vision in patients with myopic astigmatism

AAO debate: Are the most important aberrations in
the eye of the beholder, or in the brain?

Customised aspheric ablations effective in both
myopes and hyperopes

Retreatment with topography and wavefront-guided
ablation systems can reduce visual symptoms

Ocular Update
 

Smallpox vaccination programme raises spectre of potentially blinding ocular complications

Measurements with two non-contact pachymeters equally accurate but not interchangeable

PTK a useful treatment option for aniridic keratopathy

New German cost-cutting measures unpopular with both patients and physicians

UK parliament warned of keratitis risk from unregulated sale of cosmetic contact lenses

New UK research centre has unique focus on
ageing eye

Easy-peel drapes may improve comfort of cataract
patients

New collagen-firming therapy slows progression of
keratoconus

Microkeratome-assisted endokeratoplasty technique
provides self-sealing sutureless donor buttons

Cardio/cancer risk factor protein implicated in AMD

 
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