Educational interventions, disease-management strategies and monitoring of glaucoma patients during the first year they take newly prescribed medications may improve adherence in the long term, according to a study.Systematic reviews estimate that nona…
Endothelial keratoplasty has gained prominence over penetrating keratoplasty as the preferred corneal transplantation technique for numerous indications. Proponents say the newer technique improves vision with lower complication rates and faster visual recovery than full-thickness transplantation.Currently, surgeons primarily perform two endothelial keratoplasty techniques: Descemet’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty and Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty.
Citing onerous reporting requirements, the American Medical Association, American Academy of Ophthalmology and other medical societies urged the House of Representatives and Senate to revise stage 3 of the Meaningful Use program for electronic health r…
A 32-year-old pregnant woman at 31 weeks’ gestational age was referred to the New England Eye Center for a 1-week history of floaters and decreased vision in the left eye. She complained of 1 day of photophobia and left eye pain.Ocular history was unremarkable. Medical history included prior cesarean section, hepatitis C and spinal desmoid tumors resected and treated with doxorubicin. She had a history of intravenous drug use and stated the last episode was 8 months before presentation. She lived in a rural area with exposure to many animals including cats, dogs and horses and had removed ticks from her skin over the past year.
Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a joint society of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery specialists, here to discuss some of the latest hot topics in ophthalmology.As more surgeons have access to femtosecond las…
Cataract surgery is usually safe and relatively easy to perform, especially for the experienced eye surgeon. However, the degree of surgical difficulty when performing phacoemulsification often parallels the degree of cataract density that the surgeon …