The Hoopes family has been involved in refractive surgery from the early days of RK to the current, most advanced vision correction procedures of LASIK and ICLs. Phil Sr. and Phil Jr. not only talk the talk, but they walk the walk.Phil Jr.’s myopia progressed after his early RK procedure. Although some surgeons are reluctant to perform LASIK over previous RK, many of us have had excellent results. Phil Jr. is a great example of this.
The eye care market is expected to comprise 10% of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International’s business in 2016, Howard Schiller, the company’s then interim CEO, reported at the 2016 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, with overall U.S. revenues expected to total $12.5 billion to $12.7 billion.“In U.S. ophthalmology, since we bought B+L, we’ve taken our contact lens market share from 6% to almost 10%. In a tough cataract surgery market, we gained share against tough competition. Once we get the glaucoma approval later this year, we’ll have another engine for growth,” Schiller said, (Read more...)
A 31-year-old man presented from an outside hospital with a 3-month history of headaches and 6 days of blurry vision in both eyes. He was previously found to have a dural venous sinus thrombosis on CT and MRI. He described the decline in vision to be “fairly sudden” and “a black cloud” in the center of his vision, greater in the right eye than the left eye. He was transferred to our hospital for complete work-up of his dural venous sinus thrombosis and acute decline in vision.His ocular history was (Read more...)
Endothelial keratoplasty, or EK, appears to be the epicenter of the corneal transplantation scene, and it has surpassed penetrating keratoplasty for the surgical correction of endothelial decompensation and corneal edema in the United States. This preferred choice of EK over PK is largely due to the superior quality of vision that returns relatively quickly after EK surgery and the lowest endothelial rejection rate as compared with other forms of corneal transplantation; in addition, the majority of the patient’s own cornea is retained without any full-thickness corneal wound, and the use (Read more...)
A modified injector reduces risks associated with the insertion of capsular tension rings in eyes with lax zonules, according to a report.“Inserting a CTR with two instruments is quite difficult, especially for a beginner surgeon,” corresponding author Anca Cristina Dogaroiu, MD, told Ocular Surgery News. “When a CTR is implanted using the classic maneuver, there is a very high risk of intraoperative complications including the implantation of the CTR into the sulcus or, worse, into the vitreous cavity.”
There I was on the podium at a small winter meeting, escaping the snow and once again keeping company with Sheri Rowan and Alan Crandall, talking about dry eye. A year ago, almost to the day, the “Great LipiFlow Ambush” took place in the same setting. The only thing missing this year was Patti Barkey. Last year, my three colleagues, all LipiFlow evangelicals in the Church of Chirillo, ganged up on me, the nonbeliever, in an effort to get me to see the light about the benefits of TearScience’s offering. (Read more...)