Status: Enrolling by invitation,
Condition Summary: Cataract; Lens Diseases; Eye Diseases
Local conjunctival metastases ‘may be under-recognized’
Local conjunctival metastases may represent under-recognized lesions arising from the dissemination of primary conjunctival melanoma via local vessels, suggest findings published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
NICE final draft guidance supports use of ranibizumab for diabetic macular oedema
Source: NICE
Area: News
In its Final Appraisal Determination, NICE is supporting the use of ranibizumab as an option for treating visual impairment caused by diabetic macular oedema (DMO). NICE conducted a rapid review of the original guidance, publis…
Corneal Cross-Linking as a Treatment for Keratoconus: Four-Year Morphologic and Clinical Outcomes with Respect to Patient Age
Purpose:
To report the 4-year outcomes of corneal cross-linking (CXL) for progressive keratoconus in a population of different age groups.
Design:
Retrospective, single-center, nonrandomized clinical study.
Participants:
Four hundred consecutive …
UK backs ranibizumab (Lucentis) for new use after Novartis cuts price
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s healthcare cost watchdog has given its backing to ranibizumab (Lucentis)
to treat diabetic macular edema after Swiss drugmaker Novartis offered it at a discount to the National Health
Service.
Software-generated, surgeon-controlled procedure plans
The LensAR Laser System software creates a procedure plan, using patient-specific
parameters.