Increased vertical spacing of laser pulses and shallow incision depth reduced the rate of femtosecond anterior capsulotomy irregularities, according to a study.At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting in San Diego, Wendell Sco…
The cover story in this issue of Ocular Surgery News is a round table chaired by our section leader in pediatric ophthalmology, Robert S. Gold, MD. The round table took place at the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus meeting in New Orleans in March. All of the round table participants are members of AAPOS.When I finished my training in 1978, I first joined a group in Dallas whose senior partner, William S. Harris, MD, was primarily an anterior segment surgeon. I was told by my senior partner that (Read more...)
The major culprit causing a corneal ulcer is an infection associated with bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites, according to the National Institutes of Health, and treatment should be prompt, comprehensive, and aggressive to prevent scarring of the cornea.“Important variables in this paradigm are the type and virulence of the organism, corneal infection location, patient immune status and the use of an appropriate antimicrobial agent,” OSN Cornea/External Disease Board Member Thomas John, MD, said.
Every day when a premium surgeon enters the operating room to perform ophthalmic surgery, pupillary dilation — the portal to the operative field — will inevitably have a major stake in the success and outcome of the surgery. As a cataract surgeon, I am amazed how often intraoperative miosis and/or small pupils at the outset of a case can wreak havoc for even the most experienced anterior segment surgeons.As we know, intraoperative miosis is frequently unpredictable or may be associated with conditions such as intraoperative floppy iris syndrome associated with (Read more...)
Corneal cross-linking has been popularly used to prevent progression of keratoconus and corneal ectasia. The procedure is based on using riboflavin as a photosensitizer, which generates reactive oxygen species when activated by ultraviolet A at 365 nm….
An aspheric, bifocal, diffractive multifocal IOL with a +3.25 D near addition yielded monocular corrected distance and near visual acuity of 20/25 or better in all eyes, according to a study.The authors described results obtained with the diffractive b…