Ophthalmology Lecture – Pediatric Eye Exam
This video lecture demonstrates some of the difficulties we have examining children in the optometry or ophthalmology clinic. Kids can be challenging, and different exam techniques for vision checking, pres…
A tool, widely regarded as the “gold standard,” but often deemed to be too expensive, cuts needless referrals for suspected glaucoma, preliminary research indicates.
This video review discuses tips for examing children in the eye doctors office.Cast: Root Atlas
In children, about 1 in 7 penetrating corneal grafts fail, mainly because of irreversible rejection, but the underlying condition is also influential, Australian researchers report in an October 7th online paper in Ophthalmology. Reuters Health Infor…
By Dr. Ari WeitznerIn Canada, they are doing simultaneous cataract surgery in both eyes. The advantages are obvious- less cost and less downtime for both patient and doctor. Downside? If there is an infection, it may affect both eyes, and the patient is in big trouble, and both the surgeon and patient may never forgive […]
Trendy new contact lenses promised to make his brown eyes blue and huge. But when Lucas Dixon tried a pair of $20 contact lenses from an urban clothing store, he got far more. Within days, the 20-year-old Oklahoma City man awoke to swollen eyes and p…