Patients with advanced glaucoma should be offered trabeculectomy as their primary intervention, according to a study presented at the American Glaucoma Society meeting.Anthony King, MD, presented data from the Treatment of Advanced Glaucoma Study in th…
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What are the benefits and challenges of AI for glaucoma detection in the developing world?
Click here to read the Cover Story, “MIGS breaks through barriers in developing world.”Glaucoma is a major blinding disease. The onset is hidden, and early diagnosis is difficult. Cost-effective screening tools are lacking, and often we diagnose the di…
Twelve habits of highly effective ophthalmologists
“Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.” – Peter Drucker“The most effective way to do it is to do it.” – Amelia EarhartThis month, let’s discuss what distinguishes exceptional ophthalmologists from the merely average…
To the editor
In the Dec. 10, 2023, issue of Healio | OSN, Binotti and Alwreikat present an interesting trauma case: a man falling and hitting his face.The pseudophakic left eye had reduced vision (20/50) with no major findings except subconjunctival hemorrhage, hyp…
Three-year-old girl presents with vomiting, vision changes
A previously healthy 3-year-old girl was transferred to Tufts Medical Center from an outside hospital for persistent vomiting, mild gait abnormality and newly reported subjective vision changes in the left eye.Five days prior, she had three episodes of…
Need for skilled glaucoma surgeons a worldwide issue
The global population in 2024 is just more than 8 billion. One-half of the world’s population, or at least 4 billion people, reside in emerging countries with less well-developed economies and health care systems.The incidence of glaucoma is similar in…
MIGS breaks through barriers in developing world
Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery could potentially offer an effective alternative to lifelong use of medications at a global level.MIGS may also be useful for overcoming many of the issues related to medication availability, side effects, cost and c…
Case report: Amblyopia reversal in an adult
The term amblyopia literally means “dullness of vision.”It is defined as “a decrease of visual acuity in one eye when caused by abnormal binocular interaction or occurring in one or both eyes as a result of pattern vision deprivation … for which no c…
VIDEO: Ab interno canaloplasty shows efficacy in reducing medication burden at 6 years
FRANKFURT, Germany — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS winter meeting, Norbert Koerber, MD, PhD, summarizes the 6-year data of ab interno canaloplasty with the iTrack microcatheter from Nova Eye Medical.A key point of his lecture at the m…
No spondyloarthritis screening tools generalizable to all at-risk patients
Screening patients with psoriasis, uveitis or inflammatory bowel disease for spondyloarthritis could improve early diagnosis, but no existing screening tools are generalizable to all who are at risk, according to a scoping review.“The extra-articular m…
Ophthalmologists must find solutions for overdiagnosis, overtreatment in glaucoma
Overdiagnosis and overtreatment are growing problems in glaucoma, and ophthalmologists must work toward finding solutions, according to a lecturer at the American Glaucoma Society meeting.“We are all taking care of a growing cohort of the ‘worried well…
VIDEO: Iyuzeh reduces risk of inducing dry eye when treating glaucoma
WAILEA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2024, Renee Bovelle, MD, discusses the benefits of using Iyuzeh to treat glaucoma while not inducing dry eye.Iyuzeh (Thea Pharma) is a preservative-free formulation of latanoprost to r…
VIDEO: Additive strategies are the future of refractive surgery
FRANKFURT, Germany — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS winter meeting, Aylin Kiliç, MD, predicts that customized additive strategies will be the future of refractive surgery.Laser procedures work well but shave tissue and weaken the corne…
Travoprost implant shows ‘robust’ IOP reduction at 3 months
The travoprost intraocular implant demonstrated a reduction in IOP in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension 3 months after a single administration, according to a study published in Ophthalmology.“The iDose is safe and effective in p…
Clobetasol propionate ophthalmic suspension 0.05% approved for postop inflammation, pain
The FDA approved clobetasol propionate ophthalmic suspension 0.05% for the treatment of inflammation and pain after ocular surgery, according to a press release from Formosa Pharmaceuticals and AimMax Therapeutics.“We believe ophthalmologists will be e…
VIDEO: Early results ‘superb’ with new PureSee IOL
FRANKFURT, Germany — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS winter meeting, Gerd Auffarth, MD, PhD, presents his early results with the new Tecnis PureSee IOL, which was recently launched by Johnson & Johnson.PureSee is a new nondiffractive ex…
Glaucoma care remains patient-focused
Modern glaucoma care is all about the patient, according to a speaker at the American Glaucoma Society meeting.Andrew G. Iwach, MD, said specialists look at metrics such as IOP, number of medications and visual field change to determine the success of …
Sandoz completes acquisition of ranibizumab biosimilar
Sandoz has completed the acquisition of Cimerli, a ranibizumab biosimilar, from Coherus BioSciences, according to a press release.The acquisition includes a biologics license application, product inventory, ophthalmology sales and field reimbursement t…
VIDEO: Oxygen does not play a role in cross-linking for infectious keratitis
FRANKFURT, Germany — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS winter meeting, Farhad Hafezi, MD, PhD, speaks about cross-linking in the treatment of infectious keratitis.Recent research showed that no oxygen is needed in the molecules to kill ba…
VIDEO: Performing refraction makes surgeons more accountable
In part two of Healio’s Lost Art of Refraction miniseries, Cynthia Matossian, MD, FACS, and Arun C. Gulani, MD, discuss the role of refraction in a busy ophthalmology practice.Gulani explains why he believes in refracting every patient he treats himsel…