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Ocular surface disease has various causes, and in-office testing is one means to define those causes. Red eye: There is a test for that. Meibomian gland dysfunction: There is a test for that. Allergy: There is a test for that. Dry eye: There is a test for that — more than one.Point-of-care testing (POCT) is a growing area in ophthalmology in which clinicians obtain immediate results that enhance the accuracy of a diagnosis or help rule one out during one clinic visit. The most common testing done in an ophthalmologist’s (Read more...)

A minimally invasive ab interno collagen stent may be a viable alternative to other glaucoma drainage methods, according to a review to be published in the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.In the review, author Richard A. Lewis, MD, explained that the XEN gel stent (Aquesys) — developed to avoid hypotony and optimize aqueous drainage to the subconjunctival space — has undergone extensive preclinical and animal testing, and clinical trials are now in progress.

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