At the OSN New York 2015 meeting, Elizabeth Yeu, MD, gives surgical pearls for managing postoperative refractive surprises that occur in patients implanted with toric IOLS.
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ICON Eyecare Selects Compulink’s Ophthalmology Advantage EHR to Streamline Physician Workflow
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ICON Eyecare selects Compulink’s Ophthalmology Advantage EHR to streamline physician workflow and increase efficiencies.
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Bilateral laser refractive surgery more frequent among young women in UK
Bilateral laser refractive surgery was most frequent among young, active and affluent women, according to a study conducted in the United Kingdom.The study included 2,441 patients who reported undergoing laser refractive surgery; 1,892 patients had bil…
Network to Make More Regional Health Data Available
(MedPage Today) — NRHI seeking to standardize public reporting of physician, hospital performance
Making the Most of Military Medics’ Field Experience
(MedPage Today) — Military veterans recruited for new physician assistant program
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Publication Exclusive: Dry eye needs to be evaluated, managed before ocular surgery
Dry eye is a multifactorial disease of the tear film and ocular surface resulting in symptoms of discomfort, visual disturbance and tear film instability with potential ocular surface damage. It is accompanied by increased tear film osmolarity and ocular surface inflammation. This definition, given by the Dry Eye WorkShop in 2007, forms the basis of our understanding of dry eye. It also gives guidelines regarding grading of dry eye and treatment strategies for each grade of severity.When it comes to ocular surgeries, managing dry eye in the perioperative period plays an important role in having a good outcome and a happy patient. Most of the patients that we operate for cataract are elderly with pre-existing minimal dry eye or a component of conjunctivochalasis, both of which can get worse after surgery. Apart from the routine use of a dry eye questionnaire and clinical evaluation with Schirmer’s test, corneal staining and tear breakup assessment to diagnose dry eye, newer modalities of investigations are now being used.