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A 22-year-old otherwise healthy man was referred to the New England Eye Center by his primary care physician for 1 to 2 months of intermittent binocular diplopia. He described that his vision had “not felt right” for the last few months. The doubling seemed to occur mostly at night and when he was tired. Subjectively he also felt the acuity was mildly worse in the right eye. His last eye exam was 10 years prior without any reported significant findings. He denied any headaches, flashes or floaters. He had no (Read more...)

In a study that was just published, we applied a vigorous, automated statistical matching method, called coarsened exact matching, or CEM, to create a highly balanced comparison. This allowed us to delineate any effect of phacoemulsification on the IOP…

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Glued intrascleral fixation of an IOL is an established procedure for IOL fixation in eyes with a deficient posterior capsule. The additional advantage with a glued IOL is the absence of pseudophakodonesis as detected on a high frame-per-second recordi…

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Faster capsulotomy, less nuclear manipulation and less energy expenditure in femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery are all features that enhance surgical results when faced with challenging cataracts, according to a speaker.In a presentation at OSN New York 2015, Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS, demonstrated the use of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery in a variety of demanding cases. In white cataracts, for example, the procedure “can really be of great utility,” she said. A fast capsulotomy — between 0.7 seconds and 1.5 seconds with the Catalys laser (Abbott Medical Optics) — can (Read more...)

“Social media is the ultimate equalizer. It gives a voice and a platform to anyone willing to engage.”– Amy Jo Martin

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