About one in 100 patients could develop acute anterior uveitis (AAU) in the week after receiving intravenous zoledronate, researchers from New Zealand report. "The study was the first to quantify the incidence of AAU following zoledronate infusion," Dr. Dipika V. Patel from New Zealand National Eye Center at the University of Auckland told Reuters Health by email. "This has enabled us to improve patient consent, and we now routinely inform our patients that the risk of developing AAU following t...

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WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — The need for a biopsy specimen in a patient with uveitis is an indication for diagnostic vitrectomy, a somewhat technique-based but mostly disease-based procedure, according to a speaker.“Figuring out the disease and what you need to do to control it is an essential part of the surgery, because the disease, in many cases, is going to be ongoing even after the surgical procedure,” Janet L. Davis, MD, told colleagues at Retina 2013.

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In children with chronic uveitis, adalimumab appears to be more effective than infliximab in maintaining remission, according to a small cohort study by Italian investigators. Should these results hold up in randomized controlled trials, Dr. Gabriele...

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