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Femtosecond laser-assisted clear corneal incisions resulted in less tissue damage and better wound morphology than manual incisions, according to a study.The prospective study analyzed 60 eyes of 60 patients who underwent cataract surgery with clear co…

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Google recently announced an arrangement with Vision Service Plan (VSP) in which VSP would provide frames custom designed for Google Glass, Google’s not-yet-released wearable computer monitor.While this new device has all kinds of implications for texting while driving, secretly photographing others with its built-in camera and faking one’s way through cocktail party conversation as an expert in every subject, not all uses of Google Glass will be nefarious — or cheesy, for that matter.

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Rates of endophthalmitis after intravitreal injections were similarly low in operating room settings and office settings, according to a study. “Although many of these precautions make clinical sense, there is no direct evidence that precautions, such as use of a surgical drape, sterile gloves, face masks, preinjection antibiotics, nor postinjection antibiotics make a clinically significant difference to the rate of endophthalmitis,” the study authors said.

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With milder cataracts, techniques of phaco chop and femtosecond laser lens softening, phaco fluidics play more of a role in cataract removal than delivery of ultrasonic energy. A more accurate term for modern-day cataract surgery may be phaco-assisted …

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