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UPDATE 17 Festival Awards honor the best film- makers in ophthalmology. Each year awards are given in 10 categories including Cataract Complications, Cataract/Implant Surgery, Glaucoma Surgery, In-House Production, In- struments & Devices, New Producer/ Young Physician, New Techniques, Quality Teaching, Refractive/Cornea Surgery, and Special Interest. The world-class Exhibit Hall will once again feature more than 300 industry exhibitors representing a variety of products and services. Housing and registration Those who are interested in attend- ing the 2018 ASCRS•ASOA Annual Meeting can take advantage of early registration and book housing now. Tier I registration and registration for the subspecialty days, ASOA workshops, and Skills Transfer ses- sions opens on Monday, Nov. 6. More information about the 2018 ASCRS•ASOA Annual Meeting can be found at annualmeeting. ascrs.org. Be sure to check the web- site for the most up-to-date meeting information. EW Contact information Monasterio: dmonasterio@ascrs.org ASCRS Glaucoma Day, spon- sored by the ASCRS Glaucoma Clinical Committee, provides cutting-edge guidance to improve patient outcomes and change the treatment of glaucoma. Real-world case studies, acclaimed speakers, debates on the latest surgical tech- niques, and discussion of clinical advances make this a unique and valuable event. Cornea Day, sponsored by the ASCRS Cornea Clinical Committee and the Cornea Society, is a premier 1-day interactive program on cornea and cataract surgery. Panel discus- sions, case studies, debates, and sur- gical video reviews cover pertinent topics and the latest innovations and techniques in this specialty. Special events and Exhibit Hall For the second year in a row, ASCRS will be hosting the Industry Spot- light Theater in the Exhibit Hall. The Industry Spotlight Theater features a series of product-focused educational sessions that provide attendees with overviews and comparisons across several different ophthalmic product categories. In 2018, ASCRS will also cele- brate the 36th anniversary of the ASCRS Film Festival Awards. Es- tablished in 1982, the ASCRS Film In the journal Femtosecond laser implantation of a 340-degree intrastromal corneal ring segment in keratoconus: Short-term outcomes Mohammad Mehdi Sadoughi, MD, Bahram Einollahi, MD, Amir Reza Veisi, MD, Mohammad Zare, MD, Mohammad Reza Sedaghat, MD, Danial Rosahndel, MD, Neda Einollahi, MD, Javad Rezaei, MD In this prospective case series of 17 patients with keratoconus, the aim was to see how patients fared with a 340-degree intracorneal ring segment (ICRS) implant- ed using a femtosecond laser. Included here were 18 eyes that were followed for a mean of 4.33 months. Investigators determined that both uncorrected and corrected distance visual acuity improved, with uncorrected acuity going from 0.95 logMAR to 0.53 logMAR and corrected distance acuity going from 0.39 to 0.26 logMAR. Likewise, there was a 3.41 D decrease in mean sphere and a 3.11 D decrease in mean cylinder. There was a 4.01 D decrease in mean K reading. Investigators concluded that for keratoconus patients, visual, refractive, and topographic parameters all improved with implantation of a 340-degree ICRS. However, findings indicated that if a patient has more than a mean K of 55.0 D, this type of ICRS should be avoided. Combined transepithelial phototherapeutic keratectomy and conventional photorefractive keratectomy followed simultaneously by corneal crosslinking for keratoconus: Cretan protocol plus Michael Grentzelos, MD, George Kounis, MD, Vasilios Diakonis, MD, Charalambos Siganos, MD, Miltiadis Tsilimbaris, MD, Ioannis Pallikaris, MD, George Kymionis, MD Can combining transepithelial phototherapeutic keratectomy with conventional PRK in conjunction with crosslinking improve outcomes for keratoconus pa- tients? In this prospective case series, patients underwent this procedure, known as the Cretan protocol plus. Included were 55 eyes that were followed for up to 12 months postoperatively. Investigators determined that at the 1-year postop- erative mark the mean uncorrected distance visual acuity significantly improved from 0.98 logMAR to 0.39 logMAR, with corrected distance visual acuity likewise significantly improving from 0.20 logMAR to 0.08 logMAR. There was a 2.43 D improvement in mean spherical equivalent, which was also significant, as was the reduction in mean steep and flat keratometry. Steep keratometry decreased from a mean of 50.30 D to 46.27 D, while flat keratometry went from a mean of 45.62 D to 43.46 D during this period. Investigators saw no changes in endotheli- al cell density. They concluded that for keratoconus patients the Cretan protocol plus is effective in improving vision and stabilizing the cornea. Comparison of visual outcomes, alignment accuracy, and surgical time between two methods of corneal marking for toric intraocular lens implantation Wolfgang Mayer, MD, Thomas Kreutzer, MD, Martin Dirisamer, MD, Christoph Kern, MD, Karsten Kortuem, MD, Efstathios Vounotrypidis, MD, Siegfried Priglinger, MD, Daniel Kook, MD When it comes to marking the cornea for implanting toric intraocular lenses, investigators set out to determine whether it's preferable to use a computer-as- sisted marking system or traditional manual marking. This prospective case series included 57 eyes undergoing cataract surgery with implantation of a toric IOL. Patients had more than 1.25 D of astigmatism. One group of 28 eyes underwent manual marking while the other 29 eyes underwent digital. Postoperatively investigators determined that in the digital group at just 2 degrees, there was significantly lower toric IOL misalignment than those who underwent manual marking, which was at 3.4 degrees. For those in the digital group the time of the procedure was a mean of 382.8 seconds shorter. Investigators concluded that when it comes to toric IOL alignment, the digital approach improves outcomes, while safely expediting the surgery. In refractive cataract surgery this image- guided approach improved workflow. October 2017 ASCRS•ASOA HIT Committee releases best practice guide on securing patient data and preventing cyberattacks I n response to the rise of data breaches and ransomware attacks in the healthcare industry, the ASCRS•ASOA Health Information and Technology (HIT) Committee developed a guide, "How to Protect Your Practice from Cybersecurity Threats," to inform the ophthalmic community of best practices to secure patient data and prevent cyber- attacks. ASCRS•ASOA members have exclusive access to this guide, designed to draw attention to the importance of taking steps to secure practice and patient data. In conjunction with the new guide, the HIT Committee is working on preparing a webinar to educate ASCRS•ASOA members on best practices to prevent cybersecurity threats. If you have questions, please contact Jillian Winans, regulatory affairs specialist, at jwinans@ascrs.org. EW

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