A 60-year-old Hispanic man presented to the emergency department for evaluation of worsening chronic headaches and vision loss in the right eye more than the left eye. He had headaches for many years and had been managed with oral steroids by an outsid…
To the Editor:In the Dec. 10, 2015, issue of Ocular Surgery News, Dr. Matossian describes a “flip-and-slice supracapsular cataract disassembly technique.” This technique has many advantages, including a lower incidence of capsular rupture and the ability to avoid floppy iris issues because phacoemulsification is performed in a relatively safe zone. By prolapsing the nucleus and rotating it into a position that is more or less perpendicular to the capsule, small pupil phacoemulsification is also not an issue because the lens is held in place during phacoemulsification by the “fish-mouthed” pupillary (Read more...)
We agree with Dr. Ferguson (Letter to the Editor, Ocular Surgery News, Feb. 25, 2016) about the importance of controlling surgical costs; however, many of the statements regarding Omidria (phenylephrine/ketorolac 1%/0.3%) in his letter are incorrect. The erroneous statements on pricing and reimbursement were addressed by Dr. Gustafson in his response to Dr. Ferguson’s letter, and other inaccuracies were clarified by Dr. Lindstrom in the editor’s response. We focus here on Dr. Ferguson’s significant misstatements not addressed by Drs. Gustafson or Lindstrom. For each, a factual correction follows. “Preventing intraoperative (Read more...)
As one of the most common eye disorders across the world, myopia’s prevalence has alarmingly increased over the years, starting at younger ages than ever before.Understanding myopic progression is important, but the condition also needs to be recognized as an epidemic, according to OSN Contact Lenses Section Editor Penny A. Asbell, MD, FACS, MBA.
Immediate vitrectomy with endolaser may reduce the amount of time a patient has low vision in eyes treated for vitreous hemorrhage associated with proliferative diabetic retinopathy, according to a study.Overall, vitrectomy significantly reduced the ne…
The ocular surface is severely affected in diseases such as Sjögren’s syndrome, persistent epithelial defect, recurrent corneal erosion, neurotrophic keratopathy, post-LASIK dry eye syndrome, graft-versus-host disease and ocular cicatricial pemphigoid. The treatment of ocular surface disorders is difficult, and conventional therapy is often not enough to solve the problem. Scientists and clinicians have been searching for a long time for a substance that would be similar to tears in composition and may stimulate the healing process of the tissues affected in ocular surface disorders.Blood-derived products have demonstrated their capacity to (Read more...)