Nearly ten percent of cases of Staphylococcus aureus infections of the blood spread to the eyeball, according to a team of Korean clinical investigators.
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Trifocal IOL shows good vision at all distances at 1 year
One year of follow-up with the At Lisa tri 839MP IOL showed that vision at all distances was maintained, allowing complete spectacle independence.“Only [posterior capsule opacification] formation decreased the performance of the lens in some patients, as it may be expected with multifocal optics,” David P. Piñero, PhD, said in an interview with Ocular Surgery News.
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Second Sight Files S-1 Registration Statement for Rights Offering to Shareholders
SYLMAR, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:EYES) (“Second Sight” or “the Company”), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of implantable visual prosthetics to provide some useful vision to blind patients, today announ…
Ranibizumab Treat-and-Extend Regimen May Be Better for Neovascular AMD
A ranibizumab treat-and-extend regimen appears to be better than a pro re nata (PRN) regimen for treating neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to researchers from Switzerland. Reuters Health Information
Refractive Outcomes Stable at Five Years After SMILE Procedure for Myopia
Refractive outcomes remain stable at five years in the first eyes treated with small incision lenticule extraction (ReLEx SMILE, Zeiss) for myopia, report ophthalmologists from Germany. Reuters Health Information
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OCT enables early detection of glaucoma progression
WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — OCT can detect changes in retinal nerve fiber layer thickness before visual field abnormalities in glaucoma become apparent, a speaker told colleagues here.At Hawaiian Eye 2016, Joel S. Schuman, MD, discussed the use of OCT in the early detection and management of glaucoma.