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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the main causes of irreversible vision loss in ageing populations worldwide.1 In 2019, the US recorded 1.49 million people aged 40 years or older with late-stage AMD, reflecting a crude prevalence rate of 0.94%.2 Geographic atrophy (GA), the late stage of non-neovascular AMD, is characterized by gradual and progressive atrophy of […]

The explosion of Boston keratoprosthesis (KPro) surgery over the last 10 years has revolutionised the field of cornea and ocular surface disease. Options for patients with severe inflammation of the corneal and conjunctival surface were limited prior to the development of the KPro surgical technique by Dohlman et al.1 The Type 1 KPro, which is […]

Prof. Peter Stalmans (University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium) talked us through his presentation at EURETINA on first reported clinical results from end-stage retinitis pigmentosa patients implanted with an innovative 3D neural interface retinal prosthesis. Questions     Could you give us an overview of advances in retinal prosthesis approaches in the treatment of advanced retinitis pigmentosa […]

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a group of disorders whose main clinical features include diffuse photoreceptor dysfunction, diminished electroretinogram (ERG), and progressive visual field loss. The disorders affect approximately one in 5000 people worldwide.1 Clinical features often include peripheral retinal pigment epithelial atrophy, ‘bone spicule’ pigment clumping, waxy optic disk pallor and arteriolar attenuation. Patients often […]

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a group of disorders whose main clinical features include diffuse photoreceptor dysfunction, diminished electroretinogram (ERG), and progressive visual field loss. The disorders affect approximately one in 5000 people worldwide.1 Clinical features often include peripheral retinal pigment epithelial atrophy, ‘bone spicule’ pigment clumping, waxy optic disk pallor and arteriolar attenuation. Patients often […]

Choroidal melanoma (CM) is both the most common form of uveal melanoma and the most frequent primary intraocular malignancy. There is a reported yearly incidence of 4–6 per million per year in the US and Europe. Of interest, Queensland, Australia (beneath the ozone hole) has the highest reported incidence (10 per million per year) worldwide.1 […]

Chemical or thermal ocular burns represent about 10 % of ocular traumas.1,2 Generally, bilateral burns are found in young male subjects. Work-related, domestic or recreation accidents, as well as assaults, are the main sources of ocular burns. Epidemiology

An ongoing challenge in complex anterior segment surgery continues to be the safe and effective management of long-term intraocular lens (IOL) fixation in the absence of capsular support. Although anterior chamber IOLs are still an option, especially with improved lens designs and relative ease in placement, complications can still occur including corneal decompensation, iris chaffing, […]

Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., located in Sylmar, California, is a privately held company founded in 1998 by Mr. Alfred Mann, Dr. Sam Williams and Gunnar Bjorg with the goal of creating a retinal prosthesis to provide sight to subjects blinded from outer retinal degenerations, such as retinitis pigmentosa. Second Sight currently employs over 85 […]