Half-dose and half-time fluorescein angiography-guided photodynamic therapy yielded similar visual and anatomic results in the treatment of central serous chorioretinopathy, a study found.The retrospective case series included 61 eyes with acute or chr…
Publication Exclusive: Intraocular antibiotic prophylaxis in best interests of patients
During my residency and fellowship training in the 1970s, the two most dreaded complications of cataract surgery were expulsive choroidal hemorrhage and endophthalmitis. In advanced countries, expulsive choroidal hemorrhage has been nearly eliminated a…
Novartis reports $12.5 billion in net sales in second quarter
Novartis reported $12.5 billion in net sales in the second quarter compared with $12.7 billion in the same quarter of 2015, according to a press release. Operating income was reported at $2.1 billion in the second quarter compared with $2.3 billion in …
VIDEO: OCT screening before cataract surgery eliminates postoperative visual surprises
At Kiawah Eye, Steve Charles, MD, encourages surgeons to perform OCT screening in patients before cataract surgery to avoid postoperative visual surprises.
Macular degeneration insight identifies promising drugs to prevent vision loss
In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a University of Wisconsin-Madison research team pinpoints how immune abnormalities beneath the retina result in macular…
Intraoperative spectral-domain OCT provides reliable imaging of IOL position
Intraoperative spectral-domain OCT was successful in imaging IOL position during standard phacoemulsification, a study found.The prospective study included 101 eyes of 74 patients who underwent standard phacoemulsification and IOL implantation.