This review has lessons for when to use actual keratometry values and when to use standard keratometry values in the refractive correction of eyes with keratoconus. Medscape Ophthalmology
Drug Improves Vision in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
This is the first strong evidence that acetazolamide works in this condition, lead author of the NORDIC IIH study says. Medscape Medical News
BLOG: Unilateral spherophakic wandering lens
A unilateral spherophakic crystalline lens that randomly and uninhibitedly moves across the anterior and posterior chambers in a pediatric patient is a rare entity. I came across a 5-year-old girl who had this clinical condition in her left eye. A deta…
Device for photorefractive intrastromal cross-linking approved in Canada
The KXL II system, used to perform photorefractive intrastromal cross-linking, received regulatory approval in Canada, according to a press release from Avedro. The cross-linking procedure, called PiXL, has the potential to deliver nonsurgical correcti…
Kala Pharmaceuticals completes $22.5 million Series B financing
Kala Pharmaceuticals completed a $22.5 million Series B financing, according to a press release. The funding was led by Ysios Capital and also included Crown Venture Fund, Lux Capital, Polaris Partners and Third Rock Ventures.
COPERNICUS study: Loss of visual, anatomic improvements seen after long-term anti-VEGF use
Patients who received intravitreal aflibercept injections as needed for macular edema due to central retinal vein occlusion showed loss of visual and anatomic improvements at 100 weeks, according to the COPERNICUS study. The study is an ongoing investi…