This issue of ACTA, printed and electronic

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The illustration on the cover shows virtual reality cataract surgery, which is discussed by Selvander and Åsman in this issue of ACTA. Prokofyeva et al. in Germany and Belgium review the potential prevention of cataracts in Europe. Risk factors for cataract include smoking, diabetes, asthma and cardiovascular disease. Heijl et al. in Sweden, Germany and the UK find visual field progression in patients with glaucoma to be variable and frequently rapid enough to influence quality of life. Andersson et al. in Sweden tested an artificial neural network and found this to equal physicians in the assessment of visual fields in glaucoma. Kok et al. in the Netherlands show that cataracts influence the estimation of retinal nerve fibre layer thickness with OCT. Martinez-de-la-Casa et al. in Spain recommend tissue glue to close conjunctiva after trabeculectomy. Rii et al. in Japan discuss childhood-onset optic disc pit maculopathy following blunt ocular trauma. Hamoudi et al. in Denmark report a small change in refraction following pars plana vitrectomy. Burstedt et al. in Sweden describe genotype–phenotype in Bothnia-type retinitis pigmentosa. Gustavsson et al. in Sweden found signs of intraocular inflammation in proliferative diabetic retinopathy, but less so in patients with no or nonproliferative retinopathy. Immonen et al. in Finland conclude that telomere length is not associated with exudative AMD or high-risk drusen. Matsuba et al. in Japan used 3D-CT to localize intraocular foreign body. Molvær et al. in Denmark use computer models to localize stem cells in the corneal limbal region. Koranyi et al. in Sweden recommend cut and paste method for surgery of pterygium. Selvander and Åsman in Sweden recommend a virtual reality training system for cataract surgery. Cornut et al. in France found that initial visual acuity predicts outcome in post-traumatic endophthalmitis. Nangia et al. in India and Germany found undercorrected refractive errors to be a major cause of visual impairment in India. Sveinn Hakon Hardarsson in Iceland presents his PhD thesis on retinal oximetry, which is published as an electronic supplement to the journal. The following publications are published in the electronic portion of ACTA and are available on www.actaophtalmologica.com, as are all publications in ACTA Ophthalmologica. Scanlon et al. in the UK demonstrate that the risk of progression of diabetic retinopathy is significantly higher for patients with diabetic retinopathy in both eyes compared with those who have retinopathy in one or neither eye. Bezatis et al. in Germany found that Ozurdex improves vision and reduces macular oedema in retinal vein occlusion. Pemp et al. in Romania and Austria found increased vessel diameters in the retina of patients with type 1 diabetes and no or mild retinopathy. Nishi et al. in Japan suggest that contrast and functional visual acuity may detect early visual disturbance in patients with epiretinal membranes. Yang et al. in China and Germany report choroidal vascular engorgement in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy. Linke et al. in Germany report similar results in both eyes in 12500 patients undergoing refractive surgery. Ling et al. in China found that doxycycline reduced angiogenesis and inflammation in alkali-burned mouse corneas. Mansouri et al. in USA found only modest intragrader reproducibility in evaluating parapapillary atrophy. Häntzschel et al. in Germany examined the correlation between structural damage to optic nerve and visual field and found this to be less prominent in normal tension than high tension glaucoma. Mastropasqua et al. in Italy found increased density of conjunctival goblet cells in patients treated with preservative-free tafluprost. Kim et al. from Korea found the I-care tonometer to be reliable and give slightly higher IOP readings than Goldman tonometry. Dimitrova et al. in Macedonia and Japan comment on the paper by Stalmans et al. on blood flow and body posture. Rencová et al. in Czech Republic report that rheohemapheresis reduces drusenoid retinal pigment epithelium detachment. Comez et al. in Turkey recommend evisceration with cornea preservation. Yoshikawa et al. in Japan suggest that blocking vascular adhesion protein suppresses neovascularization. Mattila et al. in Finland used corneal cross-linking to treat pseudomonas keratitis. de Geus et al. in the Netherlands found little help in changing from bevacizumab to ranibizumab in unresponsive patients. Bailie et al. in the UK report significant visual and psychological morbidity in patients with optic atrophy. I wish you all a warm and happy summer.