WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Likening the SCORE2 trial to the CATT trial and the LEAVO trial to the IVAN trial, Michael S. Ip, MD, anticipates the retina community will have some guidance regarding which treatments to use for central retinal vein occlusion when the SCORE2 and LEAVO trials yield results.“I think the comparative effectiveness research trials SCORE and LEAVO will help guide us in the future with best first-line and second-line therapies [for CRVO],” Ip said at Retina 2016.
WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — A speaker here encouraged his colleagues to use intracameral dilation over eye drops for pupil dilation prior to cataract surgery. “We do want our patients’ pupils dilated for surgery,” Ian P. Conner, MD, PhD, said in a presentation here at Hawaiian Eye. “We do want stable, predictable pupillary dilation for anterior segment surgery, but yet our patients often feel overwhelmed by the flurry of activities occurring preoperatively.”
Intravitreal bevacizumab therapy for retinopathy of prematurity should be used with caution, as it might lead to hypotension in premature infants, a recent case study showed. Medscape Medical News
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Board of Directors of Presbia PLC (NASDAQ: LENS), an ophthalmic device company and leader in near-vision restoration, announced today that it has appointed Gerald Farrell, Ph.D. to serve on its Board of Directors and as a member of its Audit Committee. Dr. Farrell has been involved in the pharmaceutical industry for more than 25 years, and worked for Eli Lilly Company Limited in Ireland and the United Kingdom for the majority of his successful career. Dr. Farrell’s
WAIKOLOA, Hawaii – Venturi vacuum is not more likely than peristaltic vacuum to break the capsular bag during phacoemulsification, according to a study presented here.“Venturi vacuum does not increase the risk of capsular breakage with ultrasound,” Randall J. Olson, MD, said at Hawaiian Eye. “[Capsular breakage] comes from tip contact and not occlusion of the overall tip. You need ultrasound. And transversal [ultrasound] is significantly more likely to break the capsule.”
An overview of established and emerging knowledge on dry eye syndrome aims to give clinicians the tools for effectively managing this disruptive condition. Medscape Ophthalmology