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Genetics and Markers of Degenerative and Inflammatory Eye Diseases
Status: Recruiting,
Condition Summary: Diabetic Retinopathy; Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD); Uveitis
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Prospective trial compares treatments in matched DME eyes of poor anti-VEGF responders
FLORENCE, Italy — A small prospective trial comparing the effect of two drugs showed better results with a dexamethasone implant than monthly ranibizumab when the same patient with diabetic macular edema previously did not respond well to ranibizumab.Eleven patients were included. They were stable, chronic patients with well-controlled diabetes, equal diabetic retinopathy and macular edema in both eyes, and a symmetric history of consistent anti-VEGF treatment every 4 to 6 weeks with suboptimal success and persistent DME, Tarek Hassan, MD, said at the FLOREtina meeting.
Eye Implant for Producing Tears to Fight Dry Eye Syndrome
Dry eye syndrome may soon be treated with a new implant developed by a team led by researchers at Stanford University. The team identified the afferent neural pathway as being an excellent target for stimulation in order to activate tear production. They built a device that has platinum foil electrodes implanted under the inferior lacrimal [&hellip (Read more...)
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VIDEO: Surgeon discusses IOL selection for presbyopia correction in challenging case
MIAMI — At the inaugural CEDARS/ASPENS meeting here, Quentin B. Allen, MD, reviews a panel discussion of the complex decision making that goes into IOL selection in challenging cases. In this case, a 75-year-old woman with cataracts was seeking a combination of multifocal lens and laser vision correction. She presented with hyperopia, pseudoexfoliation and a traumatically dilated pupil.
‘Dry eye’ linked to chronic pain syndromes
Physician-researchers with Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, part of UHealth – the University of Miami Health System, have found a link between “dry eye” and chronic pain syndromes – a finding that…