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Intraocular foreign bodies, or FB, are usually the result of penetrating traumatic wounds that may land the FB into either the anterior or posterior chamber, depending upon the type of injury. Isolated intralenticular foreign bodies are rarely seen, and they soon lead to cataract formation. Some cases have been reported in peer literature about asymptomatic foreign bodies lying in the normal crystalline lens. 

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Dextenza as a treatment for ocular itching did not meet its primary endpoint in patients with allergic conjunctivitis in a phase 3 clinical trial, Ocular Therapeutix announced in a press release. The primary endpoint was defined as “the difference in the mean scores in ocular itching between the treatment group and the placebo comparator group at three time points 7 days following insertion of the depots,” the release said.

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The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery has launched the Hill-RBF calculator, a device for calculating IOL power in cataract surgery, according to a press release from the organization. The calculator features radial basis function IOL power selection that “performs best where it has the most data. By this method, short, normal and long eyes are simply viewed as a pattern,” the release said. The radial basis function IOL power selection also uses a validating boundary model, which indicates to the user when the calculator is performing within a (Read more...)

An implantable IOP measurement device provides constant IOP monitoring in pseudophakic patients with glaucoma, according to a surgeon involved in its development.The Eyemate (Implandata Ophthalmic Products) is expected to be commercially available in E…

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