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| Geuder discusses new products
| | July 21, 2008 | Geuder Group discussed several new products, including Brilliant Peel vitreoretinal fluid dye and Siluron 2000, during a posterior segment symposium at this year's Euretina meeting. |
| | Glaucoma Foundation launches annual innovation award
| | July 21, 2008 | | The Glaucoma Foundation in the US has created an award scheme for innovation and excellence in glaucoma, recognizing the contribution of individuals who have "played a unique and significant role in promoting the medicine and science of glaucoma". |
| | Drainage device implantation riskier than trabeculectomy
| | July 21, 2008 | | The risk of adverse events following implantation of a glaucoma drainage device (GDD) is higher than the risk following either primary trabeculectomy (PT) or trabeculectomy with scarring (TS), according to results of a study published in the July 2008 issue of Ophthalmology. |
| | Survey assesses life quality for adults with strabismus
| | July 21, 2008 | | A 20-item questionnaire is expected to be useful for evaluating the health-related quality of life of adults with strabismus and practical application in a clinical setting. The patient-derived questionnaire assesses both psychosocial and functional aspects of strabismus. |
| | Is the US looking for alternatives to LASIK?
| | July 21, 2008 | | Sales of the Visian ICL (Implantable Collamer Lens; STAAR Surgical Company) grew 38% in the US over the previous year, while the rate of LASIK procedures declined by approximately 40% in the second quarter of last year. |
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| | Glaucoma
World Glaucoma Day 2008
By:
Jennifer A. Webb
| Europe burdened by glaucoma but situation can be changed
By:
Fedra Pavlou
| Can a dosing aid affect patient compliance?
By:
Jonathan S. Myers, MD,
L. Jay Katz, MD,
Robert E. Fintelmann, MD
| SLT vs ALT at five years
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Amy M. Bovell, COMT,
Karim F. Damji, MD, FRCSC, MBA
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The epidemiology of dry eye disease
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Debra A. Schaumberg, ScD, OD, MPH,
Gerd Geerling, MD, PhD
| Dry eye: have we found the perfect diagnostic?
By:
Alan Tomlinson PhD, DSc, FCOptom,
Michael A. Lemp, MD
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