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Consultation on artificial iris implants guidance: have your say

Draft guidance about using artificial iris implants in England is open for consultation. This follows a review evidence on the efficacy and safety of artificial iris implants for people with aniridia. The recommendation is that, for the moment, surgery to … Continue reading

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Review of 2013 Make a Miracle Conference and Social

By Veronica van Heyningen The 2013 meeting of Aniridia Foundation International (AFI) was held in Charlottesville Virginia, USA, at the beginning of August.  Many of you may be beginning to take for granted the format of these meetings with patients and … Continue reading

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Dr Agarwal describes using a glued iris prosthesis

Ophthalmic surgeons have described various techniques to fix iris deficiencies. For the most part, these improve the patient’s visual quality. In this column, Dr Agarwal describes a surgical technique of using a glued iris prosthesis, namely a PMMA aniridia intraocular … Continue reading

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