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The cover photograph shows the effect of eye drops on diabetic macular oedema. The dexamethasone cyclodextrin nanoparticle eye drops are described by Ohira et al. in this issue of Acta. Kessel et al. review the literature and conclude that cataract surgery does not increase the risk of progression of AMD to the exudative stage. Jellema et al. in the Netherlands and Switzerland review strabismus surgery in patients with Graves' disease and find the field to be poorly standardized. They propose new criteria for measuring surgical success. Ohira et al. in Japan, Sweden and Iceland describe novel eye drops containing dexamethasone in cyclodextrin nanoparticles. The eye drops improve visual acuity and decrease retinal thickness in patients with diabetic macular oedema. Rassmussen et al. in Copenhagen found that delay in diagnosis and treatment of exudative AMD results in poorer visual outcome. Vottonen et al. in Finland associate increased amplitude of visually evoked potential with improved visual acuity and decreased retinal thickness following anti-VEGF treatment in wet AMD. Ceynowa et al. in Sweden found morning glory anomaly in 3/100 000 children. This was frequently associated with macular oedema, cerebral abnormalities and cutaneous vascular abnormalities. Raffa et al. in Sweden and Saudi Arabia found increased ocular morbidity in moderate to late preterm infants. They found a correlation between gestational age and visual acuity. van Leeuwen et al. in the Netherlands examined rehabilitation needs of visually impaired young adults. Need for employment was most prevalent, followed by peer interaction and social and civic life. Thomseth et al. in Denmark found no association between ocular use of chloramphenicol in first trimester of pregnancy and congenital malformations. Stenwall et al. in Uppsala point out that cytokine content of serum influences the anti-inflammatory effect of serum eye drops. Nielsen et al. in Aarhus used mass spectroscopy to characterize proteins that adhere to contact lenses. Ramberg et al. in Copenhagen find squamous cell dysplasia of the conjunctiva to be relatively rare and mostly in old men. It tends to recur and may progress to carcinoma. Van Bergen et al. in Belgium recommend bevacizumab to complement mitomycin-C in glaucoma filtering surgery. Sundelin and Dafgård Kopp in Stockholm found high complication rates in secondary orbital implants and 28% needed reoperation. Uusitalo et al. in Finland describe an infected tarsal cyst. The following articles and letters are published electronically only and are accessible on www.actaophthalmologica.com as all are articles published in ACTA from the beginning. Jonas et al. in China and Germany correlate high cerebrospinal pressure with retinal vein occlusions. Lopez Torres et al. in Switzerland associate reduced retinal vessel diameter in the peripapillary area with reduced responses on multifocal ERG. Debellemanière et al. in France used adaptive optics imaging to observe cone loss related to subclinical hydroxychloroquine toxicity. Pastor-Idoate et al. in Spain, Portugal, UK and the Netherlands describe possible genetic biomarkers that predict proliferative vitreoretinopathy. Ji et al. in China describe increasing macular pigment density with age in healthy people. Lens opacities affect the one-wavelength reflectometry. Chen et al. in China measured vascular endothelial growth factor and placenta growth factor and aqueous humour of patients with neovascular glaucoma. Munk et al. in USA, Austria and Switzerland found vitreoretinal adhesion to slow resolution of cystoid macular oedema in uveitis, but not affect visual outcomes. Jiang et al. in China study pterygium surgery and recommend a sutureless limbal conjunctival autograft using tissue glue. Yuksel et al. in Turkey compared two methods to obtain corneal donor buttons. ‘Morgue trephination technique’ resulted in less donor disfigurement than ‘classic sclerocorneal removal technique’, while transplant quality and outcome was similar. Bittersohl et al. in Germany found retinal nerve fibre thickness not to be a reliable diagnostic tool for Parkinson's disease. Gupta et al. in Singapore report thin choroid in high myopia. Chihaia et al. in Germany comment on the recent paper by Jarventauata et al. on peripheral hypertrophic subepithelial corneal degeneration. They add their experience and dispute the nomenclature. Yoo et al. in Korea and USA suggest that sleeping position may influence asymmetrical glaucoma damage. Shiraya et al. in Japan report greater burn expansion with endolaser compared to transpupillary retinal photocoagulation. Sugihara et al. in Japan describe pseudoexfoliation material on intraocular lenses. Jouve et al. in France used intravitreal anti-VEGF treatment in a pregnant woman and discuss pros and cons. Pratyusha and Votruba in the United Kingdom describe retinal changes in acquired lipodystrophy. Cinar et al. in Turkey found myelinated nerve fibres on fundus photographs in 0.3% of people. Clemens et al. in Germany describe microrips in retinal pigment epithelium that may precede RPE tears. Mittal et al. in India and United Kingdom show histopathology of lymphoma with crystal storing histiocytosis. Stoyanova et al. in the Netherlands recommend bandage and scleral contact lenses for ocular graft-versus-host disease. I hope you enjoy this issue of Acta.