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Hashem  Abu Serhan, Abdullah Ahmed, Barbara Parolini

Ophthalmologists, like all medical professionals, strive to base their practice on solid evidence. However, even in our field, certain beliefs have taken root more through tradition and repetition than through rigorous scientific scrutiny. Margolis and Galor published their editorial in which they debunked six myths related to the anterior segment.1 Their work motivated our critical thinking, […]

David Pelayes, EURETINA 2019 – Treatment approaches to DME

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Published Online: Sep 16th 2019

David Pelayes (Professor of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany) discusses the current limitations with treatment approaches to DME and the evolving use of OCT-A to predict the response a patient have to DEM treatment.

Questions:
1. What recent advances in ophthalmology have had the biggest impact on your practice?
2. What are the major limitations of current treatment approaches to DME?
3. What factors are associated with a good response to anti-VEGF treatment?
4. How can OCT-A findings be used to predict the response to DME treatment?

Support: No funding was received in the production of this video.
Disclosures: Consultant to Topcon and VitrcQ

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