On a recent trip to Togo, West Africa, my colleagues and I taught local ophthalmologists to perform selective laser trabeculoplasty in a model that we hope to see replicated throughout the region.
While operating on a patient with chronic uveitis presents some challenges, there are a few pearls that may increase success.
This affordable device allows the view through a slit lamp to be shared in real time or recorded, for teaching purposes and for reference.
The rates of postoperative myopic progression are the lowest with the SMILE procedure compared with PRK and LASIK, regardless of the degree of myopia.
In response to a previously published article, three ophthalmologists present their views on intravitreal pharmacotherapy injections.
En-face OCT has advantages that make it very useful for characterising macular anatomy and pathologic features of various macular disorders.
The possibility of taking precise measurements of total corneal astigmatism enable more patients to be spectacle-free following cataract surgery.
Symptoms of acute optic neuritis resulting from the disease can resolve in treated rapidly.
An interdisciplinary team at Duke University has developed a proof-of-concept machine learning model capable of detecting symptomatic Alzheimer disease using multimodal retinal imaging data.
Dr David Almeida shares two cases of neovascular AMD from his practice, one treatment-naïve and one previously treated, and presents his findings after switching them to faricimab.
Photobiomodulation has been demonstrated to improve quality of vision in several patients suffering from dry AMD.
It is widely accepted that patient selection is the key to success with premium IOLs. However, with care, premium IOLs can be implemented in challenging cases.
Axial length growth is a sensitive means of assessing myopia progression in children. Drops and special lenses are options for inhibiting excessive axial length growth.
CAM encourages corneal healing in patients with ocular surface disease.
Partial topography-guided surface ablation, combined with corneal collagen crosslinking when visual acuity is still quite good, optimises prognosis for the patient with keratoconus.
Dislocation, decentration remain common issues; Accurate measurements, solid techniques can help
The first human clinical trial to preliminarily evaluate the safety and efficacy of cellular therapy with mesenchymal stem cells for the corneal stroma has shown promise.
The first human clinical trial to preliminarily evaluate the safety and efficacy of cellular therapy with mesenchymal stem cells for the corneal stroma has shown promise.
According to the latest data by the World Health Organization, there are approximately 36 million blind people in the world, and the numbers keep growing due to increasing population sizes in developing countries and rising life expectancies in developed nations.
Evidence shows that higher corneal sensitivity may be associated with pain phenotypes, such as the presence of chronic pain involving the trigeminal system.
With the start of each new year also comes the hope for many innovations and advances. On top of that, I hope we can still make progress for our patients in our beloved field of ophthalmology.
The IC-8 IOL (AcuFocus) is one of the new class of extended-depth-of-focus (EDOF) IOLs that is definitively altering the landscape of cataract surgery in Europe and around the world. Whereas monofocal and multifocal lenses have one or two distinct focal points, an EDOF-IOL creates one elongated focal point, though each lens does so in a different way.
Most ocular structures become luminescent for a short time when exposed to a light source of appropriate wavelength; this phenomenon is known as autofluorescence (AF). AF is due to the presence of fluorescent substances called fluorophores.
Most ocular structures become luminescent for a short time when exposed to a light source of appropriate wavelength; this phenomenon is known as autofluorescence (AF). AF is due to the presence of fluorescent substances called fluorophores.