EyeWorld Asia-Pacific September 2021 Issue

GLAUCOMA 50 EWAP SEPTEMBER 2021 FLACS in these patients, and he noted concern of transient IOP elevation from FLACS potentially damaging ganglion cells in advanced patients. He said FLACS could be useful in cases with weak zonules and/or a shallow anterior chamber, such as pseudoexfoliation glaucoma, angle closure glaucoma, and traumatic glaucoma. When it comes to offering premium cataract surgery technology to glaucoma patients, Dr. Brown said, “they deserve the very best we have to offer to help them achieve the best possible uncorrected vision.” Dr. Harasymowycz said there are advancements coming in the field that could eÛen help patients regain some lost vision. “As technology is evolving at a rapid pace and we may be reversing ganglion cell and optic nerve damage, it is important to treat them as if they may eventually regain some of their vision,” he said. EWAP References 1. Brown RH, et al. Toric intraocular lens outcomes in patients with glaucoma. J Refract Surg . 2015;31:366–372. Editors’ note: Dr. Brown practices at Atlanta Ophthalmology Associates, Atlanta, Georgia, and disclosed n relevant financial interests. r. Harasymowycz is Associate Professor, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and has interests with Alcon, Bausch Health, and Johnson & Johnson Vision. Dr. Hsia is Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, an` `isclse` n relevant financial interests. Winners of the 2021 APACRS Film Festival Congratulation ! Grand Prize Simplifying the Simple – Feasibility of a modified 4-flange scleral fixation technique with a new design of foldable IOL Sheetal BRAR , India Category 1: Cataract / Implant Surgery Winner Runner-Up In Despair Claudio TRINDADE Brazil Minimally Invasive IOL Extraction Sachiko FUKUOKA Japan Category 2: Cataract Complications / Challenging Cases Winner Runner-Up Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography Guided Management of Intumescent White Cataract Jeewan TITIYA L India Multifocal IOL Late Centration Manuel DOMINGUES Portugal Category 3: Refractive / Corneal Surgery Winner Runner-Up T.R.E.K. Topography Guided Removal of Epithelium in Keratoconus Followed by CXL: A novel tissue sparing customized ablation Sneha GUPTA India The CorNeat KPro – A novel, completely synthetic keratoprosthesis Gilad LITVIN Israel Category 4: General Interest Winner Runner-Up Hydrogen Will Change the World of Ophthalmology Hisaharu SUZUK I Japan The Serendipitous Use of Topical Moxilfoxacin Myoung Joon KIM South Korea FF.indd 1 30/08/2021 5:28 PM