EyeWorld Asia-Pacific December 2016 Issue

6 December 2016 EWAP CONTENTS P U B L I S H I N G S TA F F Publisher APACRS Charity Wai apacrs@snec.com.sg Donald R. Long don@eyeworld.org APACRS Editorial Kathy Chen kathy.chen@apacrs.org Javian Teh Huang Weitian Charlene Chew ewap@apacrs.org Christine Shimmon Senior Staff Writer Chiles Aedam R. Samaniego ASCRS Editorial Editor Amy Goldenberg Managing Editor Stacy Jobionski Senior Staff Writer/Digital Editor Ellen Stodola Staff Writer Liz Hillman Production Graphic Designer Julio Guerrero Graphic Design Assistant Susan Steury Production Manager Cathy Stern Production Assistant Carly Peterson S e p t e m b e r December 2016 Volume 12 • No.4 Contributing Writers Vanessa Caceres – Bradenton, Fla. Stefanie Petrou Binder, MD - Berlin, Germany Michelle Dalton – Reading, Pennsylvania Rich Daly – Arlington, Va. 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EyeWorld Asia-Pacific Chinese Edition (ISSN 1521-7566) is jointly published quarterly by the Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (APACRS), c/o Singapore National Eye Centre, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751, telephone (65) 6322-7469, fax (65) 6327-8630, email apacrs@snec.com.sg; and the Chinese Ophthalmological Society (COS), c/o Chinese Medical Association, 42 Dongsi Xidajie, Beijing 100710, PR China, telephone (86-10) 6524-9989 ext 2456, fax (86-10) 6512-3754. Printed in Beijing, PR China. Editorial Offices : EyeWorld Asia-Pacific Edition: Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (APACRS), c/o Singapore National Eye Centre, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751, telephone (65) 6322-7469, fax (65) 6327-8630, email apacrs@snec.com.sg. 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KDN number: PPS1766/07/2013(022955) MCI (P) 021/02/2016 APACRS Secretariat 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751 Fax: (65) 6327 8630 Email: apacrs@apacrs.org Website: www.apacrs.org 52 57 61 ‘Real world’ outcomes better than clinical trial data, LASIK reviews show 47 Patient surveys indicate a higher satisfaction rate with better visual outcomes than studies have shown by Michelle Dalton CORNEA Practice makes perfect 50 Going lamellar means overcoming a steep learning curve by Stefanie Petrou Binder, MD Intracorneal ring segment use remains controversial 52 After 20 years, ICRS use is gaining more ground in the U.S. in conjunction with newer technologies, but controversies remain by Michelle Dalton Finessing Fuchs’ 54 A novel procedure may reduce the need for transplants by Maxine Lipner Comparison of methods for performing DSAEK 55 Exploring the methods practicing ophthalmologists use when performing DSAEK by Mitchell Gossman, MD GLAUCOMA Getting a feel for MicroPulse laser treatment 57 Surgeons see a role for the newer technology, but for now its reach appears limited by Rich Daly New tool for surgical IOP reduction 58 Physicians shared their early experiences with the XEN Gel Stent at the 2016 European Glaucoma Society meeting by Tony Realini, MD, MPH DEVICES Today’s corneal topographers 60 Some skeptics claim tomography has more benefits than topography, but both are needed in anterior segment surgery by Michelle Dalton NEWS & OPINION MEETING REPORTER Reporting from the ESCRS Contress 61 Reporting from the 2016 ESCRS Congress, September 10–14, Copenhagen, Denmark by EyeWorld staff New plan to reduce global visual impairment by 25% within 5 years 65 Global action plan targets avoidable blindness in Europe and around the world by Stefanie Petrou Binder, MD