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It is important with corneal angiography to remember that every patient is different so your technique might very slightly from patient to patient.

Angiography within anterior imaging

The European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for cenegermin eye drops (Oxervate, Dompé) for the treatment of moderate to severe neurotrophic keratitis.

Cenegermin receives European Commission marketing authorization

Adding objective point-of-care dry eye diagnostics to your practice has deep, measurable effects, including more accurate and consistent IOL power calculations.

Numbers transform dry eye treatment for symptomatic, asymptomatic patients

A committee of the European Medicines Agency has recommended approval of cenegermin (Oxervate, Dompé) eye drops for neurotrophic keratitis.

EMA committee recommends cenegermin for neurotrophic keratitis

Mooren’s ulcers completely healed in 5 patients treated with rituximab after conventional treatment failed, according to researchers.

Rituximab appears to cure Mooren’s ulcers in 5 patients

Failure to follow-up after ophthalmology appointments can damage patients’ health, a new study suggests. “In our view, national consideration should be given to create targets for reporting how well providers are managing follow-up patients,” reported A Davis and colleagues in the journal Eye.

Patients’ health jeopardized by failed ophthalmology follow-up

Preliminary studies suggest disulfiram could aid in the treatment of mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP). Used topically, the drug may inhibit aldehyde deydrogenase (ALDH), which plays a key role in fibrosis, wrote JK Dart, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London.

Aldehyde dehydrogenase implicated in mucous membrane pemphigoid

Chloramphenicol remains effective against Gram-positive bacteria, the most common agent in bacterial conjunctivitis, researchers say.

No sign of chloramphenicol resistance in bacterial conjunctivitis

It’s very hard to tell the difference between Fusarium and Aspergillus species with in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) of fungal keratitis, researchers say.

In vivo confocal microscopy ineffective for Fusarium and Aspergillus differentiation

Technique targets the main cause of vision degradation and a large clinical series finds positive results.

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