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Ophthalmic Gene Therapy Subretinal Injection

Case study on the use of intraoperative OCT for Leber congenital amaurosis macular repair and ophthalmic gene therapy subretinal injection.

Clinical Symposium on OCT-Guided Retina Surgery

In this recording Prof. Tan from Singapore National Eye Centre and Dr. Català from Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Children’s Hospital share their expertise on retinal surgery with intraoperative OCT from…

Intraoperative OCT in Retinal Procedures

The surgical team at Retina Clinic in São Paulo, Brazil, has been using microscope-integrated intraoperative OCT for the past year. In their white paper “Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography:…

Intraoperative OCT as a Tool to Treat Diabetic Patients

In this interview, Asheesh Tewari, MD, details his experience with Proveo 8 with EnFocus Intraoperative OCT from Leica Microsystems. He finds it a powerful tool in treating his diabetic patients.…

Intraoperative OCT-Assisted Surgical Management of Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy

Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) is a plague to patients and their surgeons after recent rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD). Despite excellent initial surgical outcomes, it is the most common…