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ESCRS Congress Boasts Record Attendance in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain, hosted the ESCRS congress for the third time in the 42-year history of the meeting and set a record for the highest attendance to date. Nearly 17 thousand people registered, 60 pe...
ESCRS iNovation Day Looks at MDR Roadblocks, Global Care Issues
The impact of Europe’s new Medical Device Regulation (MDR) on innovation sparked considerable discussion during the ESCRS iNovation Day. The meeting was held Sept. 6 in Barcelona, Spain, ahead of t...
ISOP Meeting Examines Importance of Patient Education and Predictable Outcomes
Patient selection, education, and communication were emphasized throughout the International Society of Presbyopia’s 16th annual conference. The meeting, held Sept. 5 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in ...
Sustainability: Walking the Walk or Talking the Talk?
Sustainability was a theme for multiple sessions at this year’s ESCRS congress, including one called “Sustainability Without Borders,” hosted by the ESCRS’ Young Ophthalmologists for Sustainability...
Investors Take Temperature of Ophthalmic Market at European Futures Forum
The 2024 Ophthalmology Futures European Forum reviewed the decline in ophthalmic deals in 2024 before offering presenting companies some guidance on how to advance their technology in such an envir...
Hyperopia Treatment Using Lenticule Extraction Showcased to Eager European Ophthalmologists
Dan Reinstein, MD (UK), shared during an overly full symposium at the 2024 ESCRS congress his experience using Zeiss’ SMILE lenticule extraction procedure to treat hyperopic patients. Zeiss is the ...
Cornea Surgeons Examine New Crosslinking Options and Old Debates
Farhad Hafezi, MD, PhD, FARVO (Switzerland), discussed at the 2024 ESCRS congress the goals of the second global consensus on keratoconus, being drafted in 2024. This consensus encompasses feedback...
ESCRS Congress Celebrates 75th Anniversary of First IOL Implantation
The 2024 ESCRS congress celebrated the 75th anniversary of Sir Harold Ridley, MD, implanting the first intraocular lens by telling his story and describing the developments that have occurred since...
2024 ESCRS Congress Puts Spotlight on Latest IOL Designs
New and recently launched IOLs took the spotlight in presentations and on the exhibit floor at the 2024 ESCRS congress. These lenses included the Rayner RayOne Galaxy trifocal, the BVI Serenity Mon...
ViaLase Releases Latest Glaucoma Laser Data at ESCRS Congress
Rick Lewis, MD, chief medical officer at ViaLase, provided an update at the 2024 ESCRS congress on the ViaLuxe glaucoma laser, including the system’s most recent clinical trial results. The ViaLuxe...
Bausch + Lomb Launches Octavius Topo-Guided Treatment at ESCRS Congress
Bausch + Lomb showcased its CE marked Octavius at the 2024 ESCRS Congress. Octavius is a new treatment mode on the Teneo excimer laser that uses data from multiple diagnostic platforms to provide a...
Rayner to Roll Out First Spiral IOL at 2024 ESCRS Congress
UK-based Rayner reported Aug. 26 that it was set to launch the first spiral intraocular lens models—the RayOne Galaxy and Galaxy Toric—at the 2024 ESCRS Congress, set for Sept. 6-10 in Barcelona, S...
Five New PC-IOLs Push Total to Nearly 100 in Europe
European cataract surgeons now have access to nearly 100 presbyopia-correcting IOLs, after five new lenses made their debut at the 2023 congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive S...
Eye Surgeons Prioritize Device and Data Needs for Companies at 2023 ESCRS iNovation Day
Ophthalmologists told companies at the second annual ESCRS iNovation Day that they were looking for integrated devices and easy access to data at an affordable price. The forum, held Sept. 8 in Vie...
ESCRS Breaks Attendance Record for Annual Congress
Nearly 16 thousand people attended the 2023 congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, according to Oliver Findl, MD (Austria), president of the ESCRS, who announced the ...
Buzzworthy Topics at the 2023 ESCRS Congress
Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS): The ESCRS highlighted the growing importance of MIGS this year by holding the meeting’s first MIGS master class. Several speakers in other sessions extol...
Lenticule Extraction Procedures Poised for Boost as Fourth Platform Enters Market at ESCRS
Johnson & Johnson Vision announced the launch of the Elita platform’s lenticule extraction (LE) procedure during the 2023 congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. The s...
New Cornea Therapies Aim to Mitigate Unacceptable Outcomes
Cornea Subspecialty Day has become the most popular pre-meeting event at the annual congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, with 629 attendees this year. Cornea specia...
Ukrainian Ophthalmologists Endure Complex Surgical Cases Amid War
Ukrainian ophthalmologists are struggling to restore sight to soldiers and confronting complex surgical cases, even as the Russian offensive continues in their country. A large contingent of 825 Uk...
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