May 20th 2024
Recent sessions cast spotlight on emerging technologies and therapies.
(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connection™: Paradigm Shifts in Presbyopia – Understanding Advances in Topical Treatment Innovations
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(CME Credit) Learning About the Lid – Optimizing Recognition, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Demodex Blepharitis & Blepharoptosis
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2nd Annual IKA Keratoconus Symposium: Front to Back and Everything in Between
May 18-19, 2024
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(COPE Credit) Learning About the Lid – Optimizing Recognition, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Demodex Blepharitis & Blepharoptosis
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(COPE Credit) Clinical Crossroads: Navigating Neurotrophic Keratitis – The Importance of Avoiding Pitfalls and Ensuring Early Intervention
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(CME Credit) Virtual Case Studies™ in Cataract Surgery: Selecting Surgical Techniques and Preventing Intra-Operative Complications
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Neurotrophic Keratitis Management: How Early Intervention Can Make a Difference
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(CME Credit) Clinical Crossroads: Navigating Neurotrophic Keratitis – The Importance of Avoiding Pitfalls and Ensuring Early Intervention
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17th Annual Controversies in Modern Eye Care
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Thyroid Eye Disease: The Masquerading Eye Disorder—A Guide to Collaborative Care and Accurate Diagnosis
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Advances in Geographic Atrophy – Optimizing Diagnosis, Monitoring Progression, and Increasing Communication with Transformative Treatment on the Horizon
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Saving Sight—The Expanding Role of the Optometrist in Retinal Disease Care
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Advances in Geographic Atrophy – Optimizing Diagnosis, Monitoring Progression, and Increasing Communication with Transformative Treatment on the Horizon
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Keeping an Eye on Evolving Management Strategies for nAMD and DME
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Saving Sight—The Expanding Role of the Optometrist in Retinal Disease Care
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Keeping an Eye on Evolving Management Strategies for nAMD and DME
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The Ins and Outs of Lubricating Eye Drops
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What’s New in MGD Beyond Heating and Squeezing?
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Addressing Healthcare Inequities™ in Glaucoma Management – Understanding Challenges in Segmented Patient Populations (CME Track)
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Community Practice Connections™: Expert Perspectives in Diabetic Macular Edema – Considering Pathogenesis & Inflammation in Treatment Selection
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Community Practice Connections™: Novel Treatment Strategies in the Management of nAMD & DME - Lessons from Clinical Trial and Real-World Data
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Medical Crossfire®: Considerations for the Use of Biosimilars in Retinal Disease - Are You Prepared for a New Paradigm? (CME Credit)
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Medical Crossfire®: Expert Insights in Anti-VEGF Dosing for nAMD and DME – Optimizing Reduction in Treatment Burden
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Medical Crossfire®: Considerations for the Use of Biosimilars in Retinal Disease - Are You Prepared for a New Paradigm? (COPE Credit)
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EyeCon 2024
September 27-28, 2024
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(CME) Community Practice Connections™: A Closer Look at Neurotrophic Keratitis—Ensuring Timely Diagnosis and Taking Early Action
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Community Practice Connections™: Mastering the Multidisciplinary Management of Glaucoma—Understanding Advances in the Spectrum of Treatment Innovation (CME/CNE Credit)
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(COPE) Community Practice Connections™: A Closer Look at Neurotrophic Keratitis—Ensuring Timely Diagnosis and Taking Early Action
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Community Practice Connections™: Mastering the Multidisciplinary Management of Glaucoma—Understanding Advances in the Spectrum of Treatment Innovation (COPE Credit)
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Nidek MC-300 photocoagulator, YC-1800 YAG laser systems available
April 17th 2005Washington, DC — Nidek Inc. has received FDA marketing clearance for commercial release of its new MC-300 multicolor laser photocoagulator system. The company also announced that its new state-of-the-art YC-1800 ophthalmic YAG laser system is available for sale to the U.S. market.
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Risk factors for retinal detachment after clear lens replacement outlined
April 17th 2005Washington, DC — Clear lens replacement is considered a good option for patients who are well-educated about the risk factors pertaining to retinal detachment, explained J. Pitzer Gills III, MD, who spoke during a cataract/refractive symposium on refractive lens exchange, bioptics, and intracorneal lenses during the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery annual meeting.
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Consider volume augmentation in PESS
April 15th 2005Austin, TX—Volume loss is an important aspect of post-enucleation socket syndrome (PESS), resulting from the inability of the prosthetic orbital implant to replace all of the volume lost from an enucleated or eviscerated socket. Fortunately, there are a number of effective techniques for volume augmentation in PESS, said John Shore, MD, FACS, who is in practice with Texas Oculoplastic Consultants, Austin, TX.
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Contrast sensitivity testing comes of age
April 15th 2005Contrast sensitivity testing has long been a technology that clinicians know has value, but the interpretation and implementation of the results were not clear. A number of recent scientific publications and new FDA standards have paved the way for contrast sensitivity to be more easily incorporated into routine clinical practice. This article traces the background of contrast sensitivity testing and some of the exciting developments related to its use in FDA clinical trials, for the management of "quality of vision," and for the monitoring and treatment of disease.
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Silicone hydrogel contact lenses likely accociated with fewer complications
April 15th 2005New Orleans—Silicone hydrogel contact lenses may produce fewer complications for patients because of their high oxygen permeability, although their extended wearability could negate that advantage, suggested Peter R. Kastl, MD, PhD, professor of ophthalmology and adjunct professor of biochemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans.
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Intravitreal steriod implant helps control posterior uveitis
April 1st 2005Baltimore—Fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implant (Retisert, Bausch & Lomb) is an effective treatment for non-infectious posterior uveitis, but may have potential side effects, according to the interim results of a multicenter trial that Quan Dong Nguyen, MD, MSc, described during the Current Concepts in Ophthalmology meeting.
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Calcified silicone lenses may be associated with asteroid hyalosis
April 1st 2005Salt Lake City—A few cases of dystrophic calcification have been reported that required explantation of the patients' silicone IOLs because of the opacified posterior surface of the IOLs. The phenomenon seems to be associated with asteroid hyalosis, according to Liliana Werner, MD, PhD.
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Foldable iris-claw phakic IOL provides good visual outcomes
April 1st 2005Mainz, Germany—The first clinical results from the European Multicenter Trial of the Artiflex foldable iris-claw phakic IOL (Ophtec, Groningen, the Netherlands) indicated that the implant is safe and effective for treating myopia after a 6-month follow-up period.
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Phakic IOL offers excellent outcomes for FDA cohort
March 15th 2005Atlanta—Up-to-date results from participants in the FDA clinical trial of the recently approved Verisyse phakic myopic IOL (Advanced Medical Optics) demonstrate that implant provides excellent refractive outcomes with a good safety profile, according to R. Doyle Stulting, MD, PhD.
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Modified prolate anterior surface IOL improves acuity
March 15th 2005New Orleans—The modified prolate anterior surface IOL (Tecnis, AMO) is creating a new standard for visual performance after cataract surgery, according to Robert M. Kershner, MD, MS, FACS, at the Spotlight on Cataracts 2004: Cataract Controversies Symposium, held during the joint meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and European Society of Ophthalmology.
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Aspheric IOL brings benefits of being aberration-free
March 15th 2005Brookville, PA—The new aberration-free aspheric IOL (SofPort Advanced Optics, Bausch & Lomb) is an exciting advance in implant technology because of its potential to offer better quality of vision to all patients, said Louis D. "Skip" Nichamin, MD.
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Disclose retina risks of of intraocular refractive surgery
March 15th 2005New Orleans—Patients undergoing intraocular refractive surgery with either refractive lens exchange (RLE) or phakic intraocular lens implantation need to be informed that there is a lifelong risk of retinal detachment, said Kirk H. Packo, MD, at the refractive surgery subspecialty day at the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting.
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Late-onset bleb leakage needs immediate attention
February 15th 2005New Orleans—Late-onset bleb leakage needs to be controlled to avoid such complications as blebitis or bleb-related endophthalmitis, which can result in poor visual outcome, reported Philip P. Chen, MD, during the glaucoma subspecialty day meeting at the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting.
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Cyclophotocoagulation helpful for refractory glaucoma
February 15th 2005New Orleans—Patients with refractory glaucoma may be candidates for transscleral or endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation (CPC) to lower IOP (Figure 1), although there is no direct evidence comparing the two approaches, explained Neeru Gupta, MD, PhD.
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How to rescue failing blebs successfully
February 1st 2005New Orleans—Bleb needling may be a good approach for early bleb failure if medication, digital massage, and suture lysis or removal are not effective. In the case of late bleb failure, YAG laser lysis of the sclerotomy, bleb needling, and bleb revision are favored, according to glaucoma specialist Jon M. Ruderman, MD.
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Improvements seen with laser photolysis system
January 15th 2005Nuremberg, Germany—The latest refinements in the Dodick laser photolysis system (A.R.C. Laser GmbH)—a new handpiece design, shorter pulse laser, and power VAC tubing system and improved laser hardware—have resulted in what investigators believe is a procedure that is superior to conventional ultrasound phacoemulsification.
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Allergan cuts jobs in Ireland as AMO assumes operations
December 15th 2004Dublin, Ireland-Allergan Inc. will cut more than 300 jobs this spring at its Westport plant in western Ireland as it transfers its contact lens solutions operations there to Advanced Medical Optics Inc. (AMO) of Santa Clara, CA.
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Implant benefits non-infectious posterior segment uveitis
November 15th 2004Baltimore-Intraocular implantation of fluocinolone acetonide (Retisert, Bausch & Lomb) has resulted in significant decreases in the recurrence rate of non-infectious posterior segment uveitis and improvements in visual acuity (VA), it was an-nounced at the annual meeting of the Retina Society here.
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Anterior chamber IOLs have evolved over time
November 15th 2004There are many locations within the eye that an IOL can be placed. Most often, lenses are placed in the bag, but they may be placed in the sulcus, sewn into the posterior chamber, or sewn into or clipped onto the iris. Another location can be in the anterior chamber. Let's look at the evolution of anterior chamber IOLs (AC IOLs) in this month's column.
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Aqueous misdirection is complication of intraocular surgery
November 1st 2004New York-Aqueous misdirection is "a rare, but serious complication of intraocular surgery" that requires immediate attention to prevent lasting damage, Celso Tello, MD, told participants at the Glaucoma 2004 meeting here.
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Dermis fat graft: neglected in management of socket problems?
October 24th 2004Dermis fat grafts have become "overlooked" as orbital implants in favor of newer alternatives but deserve to maintain a role in primary and secondary socket implant procedures, and more complex socket problems, said James A. Katowitz, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
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