14.4.2014
The new Katana LaserSoft laser system is intended for use in ophthalmic refractive surgery so that people do not need to wear glasses or contact lenses. The new technology of the laser, whose wave length differs from all currently used ophthalmic lasers, increases the precision of the laser. "We are speaking about a so called solid state laser and thus its reliability is higher than in other currently used gas lasers and the operating costs should be lower," explains dr. Stodůlka.
9.4.2014
During the WOC 2014 in Tokyo, Japan dr. Stodůlka, who actively presented several conference contributions, met the icon of ophthalmology - professor John Marshall. Professor Marshall is a world-renowned expert in laser eye surgery and the founder of laser refractive surgery. After the encounter, prof. Marshall sent dr. Stodůlka a brief e-mail message in which he gives his recognition to dr. Stodůlka`s work:
4.4.2014
Dr. Stodůlka was attending the prestigious World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC 2014) held in Tokyo, Japan during 2nd - 6th April. During the congress he presented on his clinical and surgical experience to the ophthalmologists from all over the world.
24.3.2014
Dr. Stodůlka has been invited for an active participation in prestigious 38th UKISCRS Meeting (meeting of the United Kingdom & Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons) to present his contribution on the past ten years of femtosecond laser treatments in ophthalmology. The meeting will be held on 12th September 2014 in London.
18.3.2014
For the seventh time, eye specialists from the Czech Repubic and abroad met in Zlin on 14th March 2014 at an annual event of Zlin Eye Festival, also known as ZOF. The conference was held under the auspices of dr. Stodulka and GEMINI Eye Clinic and other important guests from among the ophthalmologists as well as politically known persons.
Traditionally, a sc. live surgery section is rather an attractive part of the Zlin Eye Festival program. This year the live surgeries were broadcast live from two eye care facilities - from Gemini in Zlin and Belgium. The live surgery from Belgium was performed by dr. Erik Mertens.
The award for Lifetime Achievment in the field of Eye Medicine was given to well-known Czech ophthalmologist doc. MUDr. Karel Kuběna, CSc.
28.2.2014
Dr. Stodůlka and his patient, Hana Charvátová, were guests of a favorite morning show on TV NOVA (called Snídaně s Novou). Mrs. Charvátová was the first patient in the Czech Republic to be treated for blindness by implantation of BOSTON type atificial cornea.
This year, Mrs. Charvátová and dr. Stodůlka celebrate a 5th anniversary since the successful surgery before which Hana Charvátová had been blind for 16 years. Today, she reads and manages to do everyday activities without wearing or needing glasses.
You can watch the show (23rd and 40th minute) here (note, the show is in the Czech language): http://novaplus.nova.cz/porad/snidane-s-novou/video/304-snidane-s-novou-27-2-2014
24.2.2014
During the weekend of 1-2 March 2014, dr. Stodůlka was presenting on VICTUS femtosecond laser eye surgeries in Saudi Arabia at one of the most significant and prestigious eye care hospitals in the Near East at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital in Riyadh. Dr. Stodůlka performed the first laser surgery with the new generation VICTUS femtosecond laser in the world in February 2014.
17.2.2014
Safety, speed, precision - those are the attributes of the latest and most universal VICTUS femtosecond laser platform for a wide scale of eye surgeries..
Dr. Stodůlka from GEMINI Eye Clinic in Zlin performed the worldwide first eye surgeries with the latest VICTUS femtosecond laser platform. The laser platform is equipped with automatic intraocular structures recognition. The first six patients underwent the surgery on Thursday 13th February. "The surgery procedure is shorter and more gentle than before", explained Dr. Stodůlka.
13.1.2014
At the end of 2013, the JP Medical Publishers published one of the first monographs in the world on laser cataract surgeries and laser lens surgeries named Femtolaser Cataract Surgery. The monograph was written by a collective of world-known specialists and dr. Stodůlka contributed with a chapter on selected complicated cases during laser cataract surgeries with the VICTUS femtosecond laser platform.
