Early pars plana vitrectomy intervention of optic disc pits and serous macular detachments may increase the success of postoperative reattachment, according to a study.As pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) has become the treatment option of choice, the necess…
Lower best corrected visual acuity, younger age and smaller total area of choroidal neovascularization at baseline may be significant predictors for visual acuity outcomes when treating wet age-related macular degeneration patients with ranibizumab, ac…
In intraocular surgery, the placement of an incision has a lot of significance pertaining to the amount of surgically induced astigmatism and the wound architecture. Taking into consideration the anatomical location, among the various types of incisions, scleral incisions have played a significant role in phacoemulsification and in small-incision cataract surgery. A “J-shaped” incision, an “inverse J-shaped” incision and an “L-shaped” incision have been described previously by surgeons in both peer- and non-peer-reviewed literature, and they have been employed for performing phacoemulsification and also for introducing an IOL.The length and (Read more...)
Although cornea specialists primarily treat epithelial downgrowth, glaucoma specialists may encounter this condition in patients who have undergone implantation of glaucoma drainage devices and, as a result, experienced the proliferation of conjunctiva…
Strathspey Crown Holdings LLC announced today the acquisition of the portfolio companies of Novus Via LP, a Nevada-based venture capital investment firm focused on end-stage development and commercialization of advanced electromagnetic and electrochemi…
Pretreatment with NSAIDs reduced prostaglandin release in patients undergoing femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery, according to a study.“Therefore, it has potential to limit intraoperative laser-induced miosis,” the study authors said. “Previous studies detected elevated prostaglandin levels after femtosecond laser treatment and identified them as a potential mediator for laser-induced miosis.”