We interrupt our regularly scheduled blog post on the physician’s role in diagnosing dry eye to report some fantastic news: Merck has announced that it will continue to make and sell Azasite. If you take care of patients with dry eye, especially those who could be characterized as having some sort of meibomian gland disease (MGD) resulting in a dysfunctional tear syndrome, you were worried about this issue.
Panretinal photocoagulation had an insignificant effect on corneal sub-basal nerve density and corneal sensitivity in diabetic patients, a study found.“The current study suggests that [panretinal photocoagulation] does not compromise the integrity of the corneal [sub-basal nerve plexus] and purely from the corneal perspective remains a relatively safe treatment modality in the treatment of [diabetic retinopathy],” the study authors said.
Newly-reported findings by researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) provide the first phenotypic evidence that a mutated gene causes one form of progressive retinal atrophy in papillon dogs. Progressive retinal atrophy is analogous to one of the …
This new study examines the effectiveness of pars plana vitrectomy in combination with bimanual microincisional cataract surgery in the treatment of combined cataract and vitreoretinal disease. What are the results? Eye
How is the newly recognized phenomenon of age-related enophthalmos best diagnosed and treated? Current Opinion in Ophthalmology
NEW YORK — The 2013 Waring Medal was awarded to Jesper Ø. Hjortdal, MD, DrMedSci, PhD, for his new refractive surgical technique for myopia patients. “LASIK is very successful, but you can run into problems with epithelial ingrowth, flap striae or flap dislocation,” Hjortdal said at OSN New York 2013. “Instead of replacing the corneal tissue [in this procedure], you remove it.”