RIVER BLINDNESS
End in sight for onchocerciasis after one billion donated doses of ivermectin
28/05/2013 - Since 1987, millions of people with onchocerciasis (river blindness) in 35 countries have received more than one billion doses of Merck's Mectizan (ivermectin) free of charge.

RETINA DETACHMENT REPAIR
At the Rotterdam Eye Hospital, doctors are taking a systematic approach to innovation in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment surgery
28/05/2013 - Pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) has become such a popular approach to the repair of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment that surgery trainees today are often not even taught the alternative of scleral buckling.

GLAUCOMA AND CATARACT
Combined and sequential procedures both have their indications
28/05/2013 - Combined and sequential phacoemulsification and trabeculectomy both have their advantages and disadvantages, but there is a growing consensus that there are specific indications for both approaches

EYE ON DESIGN
Form follows function as close collaboration with architects yields efficient office design
28/05/2013 - There are no doors on the alcoves housing the topographers and other corneal diagnostics at Matthias Maus MD's sehkraft laser eye surgery centre in Cologne, Germany.

ELIMINATING TRACHOMA
After 5,000 years, end of ‘Egyptian Ophthalmia' may be in sight
28/05/2013 - Trachoma is endemic in about 50 countries, including much of Africa, parts of India and southeast Asia, and even in remote regions of China and Australia.

CORNEAL INLAY
Hydrogel inlay reshapes corneal surface to deliver gains in near and intermediate vision
28/05/2013 - Unilateral implantation of an aspheric corneal inlay (Raindrop Near Vision Inlay [formerly Vue+ and PresbyLens], ReVision Optics) in the non-dominant eye of emmetropic presbyopes provides rapid, marked improvement in near vision along with very high patient satisfaction

UNSTABLE CAPSULE
Glued posterior chamber IOLs and anterior chamber IOLs emerge as alternatives to sutured IOLs 29/04/2013 - Fibrin glue-fixated posterior chamber lenses and, in limited cases, anterior chamber IOLs, may be viable alternatives for treatment of conditions such as pseudoexfoliation and Marfan's syndrome that leave the lens capsule so unstable it will not support an intraocular lens (IOL)

POWER TO THE PUPIL
Launched officially in 2011, the iLearn e-learning platform is pushing ophthalmic education into new territory, with ESCRS members the direct beneficiaries
29/04/2013 - "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire," – William Butler Yeats.

PAEDIATRIC CATARACTS
When to operate and how to operate for best vision in the long-term
29/04/2013 - Paediatric cataracts present the ophthalmic surgeon with many compromises and dilemmas, but evidence has accumulated over the years that support certain strategies in the treatment of such eyes

MICROBEADS
Opportunity to control levels of therapeutic drug delivery will spur continued research
29/04/2013 - A key component for developing successful retinal degeneration drug treatments is the availability of efficient drug delivery systems.

GLAUCOMA SURGERY
Study examines filtration architecture, suprachoroidal outflow 10+ years after deep sclerectomy
29/04/2013 - Eight to 10 years after deep sclerectomy, patent decompression chambers in intrascleral space were maintained in most cases, and suprachoroidal aqueous flow was frequently detected on ultrasound examination

COMBINED PROCEDURE
Treating cataracts and corneal dystrophy in one procedure best reserved for eyes with more advanced corneal disease
29/04/2013 - Combining cataract surgery with endothelial keratoplasty may have a role in treating patients with advanced corneal pathology, but so long as the cornea is clear, cataract surgery is enough on its own.