Mohamed Kamel Soliman

Sign in and save to read later Print this article Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Get a link Page url Request Reprint Permissions Few countries feared Egypt’s postrevolutionary future more than Israel. Ever since Egypt became the first Arab country to sign a peace deal with Israel, in 1979, the two have enjoyed a functional, if cool, relationship.

Internal limiting membrane (ILM) grafting provides a useful option for repair of large and refractory macular holes that fail to close following prior ILM removal. However, current ILM graft techniques are associated with several challenges that may result in failure, most notably the difficulty in maintaining the graft in situ. In this video, the authors describe their modified technique for ILM grafting using a double layer of viscoelastic for stabilization in situ during the procedure.

It has been six decades since Gamal Abdel Nasser, the former president of Egypt, nationalized the Suez Canal. His message, though, still resonates: Egypt is geopolitically indispensable, and it knows it. Through the Suez Canal, the country lies at the nexus of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Since 1859, when Egyptians first began digging the Suez under French supervision, the canal has complicated ties between Cairo and the rest of the world.