MIAMI — At the CEDARS/ASPENS meeting, Alice Epitropoulos, MD, discusses the importance of diagnosing and treating ocular surface disease before cataract surgery.
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VIDEO: Advances in low-add multifocal IOLs allow refractive patients to see better
MIAMI — At the CEDARS/ASPENS meeting, Rajesh K. Rajpal, MD, discusses how ophthalmologists can incorporate low-add multifocal IOLs into their practices to result in better outcomes and happier patients.
Update: Will Republicans Up the Ante on ACA Repeal in 2016?
(MedPage Today) — Rollback of the employer mandate may still be on the table
2015 Recap: Court Saves Obamacare’s Bacon
(MedPage Today) — Court votes 6-3 to save all subsidies and coins a new buzzword: SCOTUScare
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Ophthalmic community grieves Albert Galand, pioneer in intracapsular IOL implantation
Albert Galand MD, PhD, pioneer in IOL design and intracapsular implantation, passed away on December 22 in his hometown, Liége, Belgium. Born in 1938, Galand was graduated from the University of Liége in 1964 with a diploma in medicine and pursued a career in ophthalmology under the tutelage of Roger Weekers. Cataract surgery with IOL implantation was an early and lifelong passion for Galand: On this topic he wrote the dissertation that gained him the position of chair of the department of ophthalmology at the same university, succeeding Emile Prijot.
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Infant cornea may be potential source for donor tissue in PDEK
Infant donor corneas may be a feasible alternative tissue to use in pre-Descemet’s endothelial keratoplasty in order to restore optical clarity and achieve good visual outcomes, according to a study.Three eyes with pseudophakic bullous keratopathy underwent PDEK with infant donor tissue to evaluate visual outcomes, graft survival and endothelial cell loss.