Cataracts develop more frequently and at an earlier age in patients with diabetes, according to clinical and epidemiological studies. With the rapid increase of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes worldwide, the number of cataract surgeries in diabetic pat…
The evolution of technology in microincision glaucoma surgery pushes ophthalmologists and developers to create new approaches to better control IOP. If we were to imagine the ideal glaucoma surgery, what would it include?The first issue is to decide be…
Switching from a brand-name prostaglandin analogue to generic latanoprost may improve patient adherence in the treatment of open-angle glaucoma, according to a study presented at the American Glaucoma Society annual meeting.“It is well known that medication adherence is a major challenge for many patients,” Joshua D. Stein, MD, MS, said at the meeting, delivering study results that were published in Ophthalmology. “There are a number of reasons why patients struggle with adherence, one of which is medication costs.”
The world of ocular surface disease has drawn great attention over the last few years, due mainly to the large expansion of diagnostic technologies to help decipher the dry eye code.Tear osmolarity (TearLab), MMP-9 detection (InflammaDry, RPS), Lipi-View and LipiView II with dynamic meibomian imaging (TearScience), in-office allergy skin testing (Doctors Allergy) and Sjö testing for early disease stage antibody detection (Bausch + Lomb) are just a few of the tools in the ever-expanding diagnostic armamentarium of dry eye disease. Nevertheless, our therapeutic approach to dry eye has been fairly (Read more...)
Diabetes and cataract are both age-related diseases. The median age that a patient undergoes cataract surgery in the United States is now approximately 69 years, having just recently dipped under 70 years. According to the most recent National Health a…
Fellow-eye postoperative anterior chamber depth measurements taken 1 month after cataract surgery predicted refractive outcomes better than measurements taken at 1 day, according to a study.Anterior chamber depth prediction error is the primary source …