Topography-guided treatments for irregular corneas can improve patients’ best corrected visual acuity. The technique is easy to plan and perform, supported by software to do the calculations.
A new amblyopia screening system that can be used on Android devices has performed better than some of the ‘gold standard’ stereotests in recent Hungarian studies.
Drug delivery solutions to manage pain after cataract surgery improves adherence.
Many genes and polymorphisms have been identified as being associated with glaucoma, predicting progression, identifying those at increased risk and allowing treatment to be optimised.
Incoming ARVO president SriniVas R. Sadda, MD, discussed major challenges in vision science research and how annual meetings inspire innovation in ophthalmology
Marjorie Rah, OD, PhD, FAAO, discussed the in-home use test of BioTrue Hydration Plus multipurpose contact lens solution (Bausch + Lomb) on patients who are considering lens dropout.
The threshold limit value is increased for virus and bacterial eradication.
Until we have a vaccine and see a reduction of COVID-19 cases down to zero, we must adjust and take every precaution possibly to protect our staff, as well as our patients.
The one-piece, small-aperture IOL IC-8 was found in a retrospective comparative review of studies to enhance vision at all distances, with improved visual acuities and a broad range of continuous functional vision.
Comparisons of deep sclerectomy and trabeculectomy show the former to have better outcomes and fewer complications in cases where it is indicated.
With NASA’s sights set on Mars, continued research into further understanding and mitigating spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome is of the utmost importance for astronaut health and space exploration.
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.
The technology provides effective, efficient evaluations when paired with the right patients
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.