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2025 ESCRS Congress Boasts Strong Attendance and Multiple Product Launches
More than 15 thousand people registered for the 2025 congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS), held Sept. 12-16 at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark. Sixty...
ESCRS Roundtable Grapples with Impact of Cataract Surgery Waste
The state of sustainability in cataract surgery was the focus of a roundtable of regulatory professionals and leading surgeons at the 2025 meeting of the Euro-pean Society of Cataract and Refractiv...
Attendees in Copenhagen Debate Whether Lasers Will Replace MIGS Stents
Panel sessions at the 2025 Ophthalmology Futures Forum and ESCRS Glaucoma Subspecialty Day brought together leading experts to debate the future of MIGS stents and whether lasers could emerge as a ...
Digital Slit Lamp Technology Gains High Praise in Copenhagen
Slit lamps have remained largely unchanged for decades as optical-only devices that rely on physician drawings or written notes for documentation. Three innovations stood out at the 2025 Ophthalmol...
ESCRS Celebrates 30 Years of Femtosecond Lasers in Ophthalmology
The European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons paid tribute at its 2025 congress to the 30th anniversary of the first use of femtosecond lasers in ophthalmic surgery. Meeting organizers c...
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...
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