Should Schirmer testing alone be the standard of care in oculoplastic surgery cases? The immediate answer is no. But it can be helpful, as ocular surface disorders can lead to an unsatisfactory outcome.Ophthalmic literature has been inundated with arti…
Veterans with blast-induced traumatic brain injury report poorer vision quality
Veterans with blast-induced traumatic brain injury (TBI) reported poorer vision quality on questionnaires, according to a report by Sonne Lemke, Ph.D., of the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, Calif., and colleagues. TBI is an important he…
FDA’s Hamburg on Clearing the Hurdles to Drug Approvals
FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, MD, talks with Medscape at the National Health Research Forum in Washington, DC. Medscape Internal Medicine
Gene Therapy in Ophthalmology Update 20: Oxford BioMedica Clinical Trials Resume
Cataract Laser Surgery Effective, but Expensive
FLACS offers many benefits over the conventional surgery, including increased precision, improved effective lens positioning, and less damage to surrounding tissue but remains costly. Medscape Medical News
Performance of the Moorfields Motion Displacement Test for Identifying Eyes with Glaucoma – Corrected Proof
Purpose: The Moorfields Motion Displacement Test (MMDT; Enhanced Standard Threshold Algorithm [ESTA] version 1, London, UK) is a new 31-point suprathreshold test for visual field assessment using moving line stimuli displayed on a standard laptop compu…