DR. VU ANH TUAN AND HIS COLLABORATORS AT THE JAPAN INTERNATIONAL EYE HOSPITAL RECEIVED AWARDS AT THE 2024 VIETNAM OPHTHALMOLOGY CONFERENCE

The 2024 Vietnam Ophthalmology Conference is the largest annual event in the ophthalmology industry in Vietnam, gathering nearly 2,500 professors, doctors, nurses, and technicians from home and abroad with 16 diverse topics and nearly 200 high-quality scientific reports.

Dr. Dr. Vu Anh Tuan and experts at the 2024 Vietnam Ophthalmology Conference

At the conference held in November 2024, the scientific report "Evaluation of visual outcomes after Phaco surgery with Lucidis extended focus intraocular lens" by Dr. Vu Anh Tuan and his colleagues at the Japan International Eye Hospital received the Third Prize.

With solid professional knowledge and nearly 30 years of experience in the field of ophthalmology, Dr. Vu Anh Tuan shared a lot of valuable information in his scientific report and left a deep impression at the conference. Some of the outstanding contents in the research of Dr. Vu Anh Tuan and his colleagues include:

Lucidis artificial lens brings many outstanding advantages, including: minimizing halos and glare, ensuring images with contrast within normal limits. In addition, patients do not need to spend much time adapting to the intraocular lens, and the extended depth of focus (EDOF) feature of Lucidis helps patients achieve good vision in both distance and intermediate vision.
The Lucidis extended focus intraocular lens is manufactured by SWISS ADVANCED VISION (Switzerland), made from 1-piece hydrophilic acrylic and 26% water, with a square edge of over 360 degrees, a total diameter of 10.8 mm and 12.4 mm, and a small incision size of only 2.2 mm. The advantages of this type of artificial lens include instant focus technology, providing good vision in a variety of viewing ranges.
Clinical trial results in 66 eyes with extended focal phaco Lucidis at Japan International Eye Hospital from 6/2023 to 12/2023 showed that:

• 82% of eyes had correct vision (10/10 vision, no abnormalities in the optical system) after 6 months of surgery. Distance vision was very good, near vision was quite good, intermediate vision was relatively good.
• 84.6% of eyes did not need glasses at all distances.
• 0% of eyes experienced halos.
• The contrast sensation of the Lucidis lens was equal to that of a monofocal artificial lens.
• Most patients were satisfied with the cost and visual results after surgery.

Dr. Vu Anh Tuan reported at the 2024 Vietnam Ophthalmology Conference

Dr. Vu Anh Tuan is one of the leading experts in the treatment of cataracts and glaucoma in Vietnam, successfully performing more than 70,000 eye surgeries, including:

• More than 52,000 cataract surgeries,
• Nearly 11,000 glaucoma surgeries
• Nearly 10,000 refractive surgeries.

In terms of teaching, Dr. Vu Anh Tuan is not only the manager of ophthalmology graduate students, but also actively trains generations of Phaco and glaucoma surgeons, and refractive bachelors.

In particular, Dr. Vu Anh Tuan is currently undertaking many important roles such as:

• Standing member of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Ophthalmology Association,
• Vice President of the Vietnam Glaucoma Club,
• Member of the French Ophthalmology Association,
• Member of the World Glaucoma Association.
• In addition to treatment and teaching, the doctor also actively conducts scientific research topics published in prestigious global journals. The doctor is also the author and translator of many specialized documents such as "Ophthalmology lectures for general practitioner students", "Ophthalmology books for postgraduate training subjects", "Guidebook on Glaucoma in Vietnam", "Translation of Asia Pacific Glaucoma Guidelines (Guidelines on Glaucoma in Asia Pacific)".

Currently, Dr. Vu Anh Tuan is working at the Japan International Eye Hospital and holds the position of Professional Director, directly examining and performing cataract, glaucoma, refractive and posterior segment pathology surgeries.