Smart Vision Labs has received CE mark approval for SVOne in Europe, according to a press release. SVOne, an FDA class 1 exempt device, is a hand-held Shack-Hartmann wavefront aberrometer that measures objective refractive error in children and adults.
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EyeGate acquires Jade Therapeutics
EyeGate Pharmaceuticals has acquired Jade Therapeutics, according to a press release. “The integration of Jade into EyeGate significantly strengthens our market position through the addition of a robust preclinical pipeline that complements EyeGate’s ongoing efforts to develop novel treatments for diseases of the eye,” Stephen From, president and CEO of EyeGate, said in the release.
FDA grants marketing approval for Triggerfish IOP monitoring device
The FDA approved the marketing of the Triggerfish device, a soft silicone lens with an embedded sensor that detects tiny changes or fluctuations in the eye’s volume, according to an agency press release. The Triggerfish (Sensimed AG) allows data from the contact lens to be transferred via Bluetooth to the clinician’s computer, which shows the clinician when there is an increase in IOP.
La incisión de la esclerótica en forma de L puede ser ideal para la inserción y explantación del LIO
En la cirugía intraocular, la colocación de una incisión tiene mucha relevancia referente a la cantidad de astigmatismo inducido con la cirugía y la arquitectura de la herida. Al considerar la ubicación anatómica, entre los varios tipos de incisiones, las incisiones de la esclerótica jugaron un papel importante en la facoemulsificación y en cirugías de cataratas de incisiones pequeñas. Una incisión en “forma de J”, una en “forma de J inversa” y una en “forma de L” han sido descritas por cirujanos en publicaciones revisadas entre pares y no pares, (Read more...)
Incisão escleral em forma de L pode ser ideal para explantação e inserção da LIO
Na cirurgia intraocular, o posicionamento de uma incisão tem muito significado em relação à quantidade de astigmatismo induzido pela cirurgia e na arquitetura do ferimento. Levando em consideração a localização anatômica, entre os vários tipos de incisão, as incisões esclerais têm tido um papel importante na facoemulsificação e na cirurgia de catarata com incisão pequena. A incisão em forma de “J”, a incisão em forma de “J invertido” e a incisão em forma de “L” já foram descritas por cirurgiões tanto na literatura sem revisão pelos pares como naquela revista (Read more...)
iStent yields greatest IOP reduction in eyes with highest baseline pressure
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — IOP reduction correlated strongly with preoperative IOP in patients who underwent cataract surgery with iStent implantation, according to a scientific poster presented at the American Glaucoma Society meeting here.“The increased efficacy of the iStent among glaucoma patients with higher pressures means that those who need IOP reduction the most will experience the greatest benefit,” Reay H. Brown, MD, and colleagues wrote. “Longer follow-up shows that patients with IOP greater than 21 mm Hg have a substantial IOP reduction that persisted to almost 2 years. Patients with (Read more...)
VIDEO: Surgeon shares pearls on IOL explantation
ATHENS, Greece — At the European Society of Refractive Surgeons winter meeting, Boris Malyugin, MD, PhD, gives pearls on how to handle explantation of IOLs, as well as suggestions for IOL replacement and management of possible complications.
Spark acquires Genable Technologies
Spark Therapeutics has acquired Genable Technologies, a gene therapy company based in Dublin, Ireland, according to a press release. Under the acquisition, Spark paid $6 million in cash and 265,000 shares of Spark common stock to Genable shareholders. …
Long-term follow-up shows good results of iris claw lens with posterior iris fixation
ATHENS, Greece — Long-term results of an iris claw lens with posterior iris fixation show that this method leads to good visual outcomes and a lower complication rate compared with anterior iris fixation. This technique has been used for about 15 years as an option for patients with missing capsule support.
OCT angiography provides noninvasive close-up viewing of retinal vasculature
Over the past 20 years, OCT has developed rapidly as a noninvasive method of retinal imaging. OCT angiography, or OCTA, is the latest evolution of this technology, allowing extreme close-up imaging of the retinal vasculature for assessing retinal vascu…
Scrutinize use of perioperative medications to help eliminate dry eye after surgery
Dry eye has always been a big nuisance for surgeons. Most of the time we are dealing with fast, straightforward decisions and with procedures that lead to an immediate result, usually positive. Complications may eventually develop, but most of them are…
VIDEO: Surgeon discusses new toric IOL for cataract patients
ATHENS, Greece — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons winter meeting, Magda Rau, MDE, discusses results of the Lentis Comfort toric IOL from Oculentis, which she rates highly in terms of range of vision, image quality and cost.
VIDEO: Presbyopia-correcting IOL technology advances
ATHENS, Greece — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons winter meeting, Matteo Piovella, MD, talks about the advances of trifocal and extended depth of focus IOLs.
Stepwise approach ideal for pre-Descemet’s endothelial keratoplasty
Endothelial keratoplasty has revolutionized the surgical approach for corneal endothelial disorders that are normally not well managed with a medical line of treatment and often necessitate a surgical approach.Pre-Descemet’s endothelial keratoplasty (PDEK) is a newer option among the variants of endothelial keratoplasty; it essentially requires the transplantation of the pre-Descemet’s layer in association with the Descemet’s membrane-endothelium complex. OCT studies have demonstrated the thickness of the PDEK donor graft to be approximately 30 µm to 35 µm with both adult and infant donor tissue. The addition of the pre-Descemet’s layer (Read more...)
Speaker: Advantages of same-day bilateral cataract surgery outweigh disadvantages
Immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery delivers patient satisfaction, is efficient, lowers society costs and reduces risk to the second eye, according to a presentation at OSN New York 2015.“I do believe at some point in the future if you do not offer same-day surgery to your patients, you will be at a competitive disadvantage,” Richard K. Stiverson, MD, told colleagues while outlining the advantages and disadvantages of the procedure.
More financial, human capital needs to be invested to reduce burden of high myopia
In the early 1980s, I became interested in the surgical treatment of myopia as a surgeon in the Prospective Evaluation of Radial Keratotomy study. In this study, we were treating patients with low to moderate myopia. While there is room for disagreement, I categorize –0.125 D to –3 D as low myopia, –3.125 D to –6 D as moderate myopia and over –6 D as high myopia. Going all the way back to Sir Stewart Duke-Elder, myopia over –6 D has been considered “pathologic myopia,” and these are the patients (Read more...)
OSN New York round table: Management of a patient presenting with persistent allergic irritation
In this edited excerpt from the Cornea Health round table at OSN New York 2015, OSN Cornea/External Disease Board Member Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, uses case-based examples to lead a group of experts through thoughtful discussion on diagnosis and manageme…
Tenonplasty with oral buccal mucosal graft repairs sclerocorneal melt after chemical burn
A new method of tenonplasty combined with free oral buccal mucosa autografts can be used to surgically repair an intractable sclerocorneal melt caused by a serious chemical burn, according to a study.Although various methods exist to treat chemical bur…
Questions, questions: What you should ask a prospective employer
“The wise man doesn’t give the right answers, he poses the right questions.”– Claude Levi-Strauss
Second-stage operation of Mooren’s ulcer
Mooren’s ulcer is a clinical entity that results in peripheral ulcerative keratitis and corneal ulceration. A subset of these patients requires surgical intervention to stabilize the cornea and maintain ocular integrity. Although both cell-mediated and humoral immune mechanisms have been implicated in the possible pathogenic pathway leading to peripheral corneal melt and corneal ulceration, the exact etiology is yet to be fully understood.The clinical signs and symptoms and the types of Mooren’s ulcer were described in a previous Ocular Surgery News article about the first stage of surgery in this (Read more...)