Optometry

A proprietary surgery system brings to laser vision correction surgeons the benefits of expertise in both femtosecond and excimer laser technology.

Oral fenretinide slowed the growth of geographic atrophy and reduced the incidence of choroidal neovascularization in patients who were treated over a 2-year period with a daily dose of the drug.

Use of a commercially available artificial tear product containing propylene glycol as a demulcent and phospholipids in a proprietary emulsion technology reduces tear evaporation for at least 60 minutes post-instillations in patients with aqueous deficient dry eye disease associated with a MGD.

A lubricating eye drop product seems to provide ocular relief for an extended period to patients with mild to moderate dry eye.

If we can help our patients understand the wisdom of leaving a written record of their desires should they suffer severe medical setbacks, they might avoid the problems that can occur from having their health care guided by presumably well-meaning family members who might be educationally or emotionally ill-equipped to make sound decisions.

Preoperative cone location appears to affect topographic and visual acuity outcomes of CXL, according to study results.

Pterygium recurrence rates may be significantly higher in Hispanic patients compared with Caucasian patients.

Patients with moderate to serve dry eye disease are dissatisfied with various dry eye therapies because they do not provide complete symptom relief.

A novel ocular surface interferometer may help physicians more accurately diagnose and monitor lipid-deficient evaporative dry eye.

Results of a study using optical coherence tomography to quantify the tear meniscus provide objective evidence that punctal plugs provide rapid and durable benefits when used from treatment of dry eye.

Findings from analyses of a dataset including more than 250,000 patients provide new information on refractive stability in unoperated eyes and are being applied to establish refractive targets after laser vision correction with the aim of achieving better long-term satisfaction.

Results of a randomized, clinical trial provide evidence to support use of a proprietary oral supplement containing omega-3 fatty acids as a mainstay in the management of dry eye disease.

Implantation of a synthetic intracorneal inlay has been associated with a history of failure when explored as a refractive surgical procedure.

State-of-the-art evaluation and emerging therapies for retinal degenerations are currently the focus of significant research.

Dry eye syndrome has been estimated to affect more than 5 million Americans, yet there is only one FDA-approved eye drop, cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion 0.05%, for its treatment.

The association between cataract surgery and progression of age-related macular degeneration still is unclear.

Although PRK and LASIK caused visual disturbances and dry eye symptoms early after the procedures in a comparison, PRK produced more visual distrubances than LASIK.

Organizations representing ophthalmologists and other physicians' groups are urging Congress to find a solution this year to the flawed payment formula that requires physicians to take a 29.5% pay cut in January 2012.

For many vision researchers, traveling to Fort Lauderdale for the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology is a tradition of spring.

Should anticoagulants be discontinued before oculofacial surgery?

A procedure that uses meibomian gland intraductal probing seems to be helpful in patients with severely obstructed meibomian glands.

Despite recent advances in understanding of dry eye disease, diagnosis of this common disorder still depends on a multipronged evaluation combination findings from patient history and clinical examination.

In our field, there can't be bad days.

Dramatic changes are coming to the way Medicare will pay physicians for their services, but savvy practices that voluntarily adopt the reporting procedures can financially benefit from incentives offered now.

Ophthalmologists are reacting with shock and anger after a bill giving optometrists authority to perform certain laser surgical procedures was through the Kentucky state legislature and signed into law in just 3 weeks.