Optometry

A phacoemulsification software upgrade further enhances safety, efficiency, and control for surgeons performing torsional ultrasound with proprietary handpiece and phaco system.

An intraoperative wavefront aberrometer seems to be highly beneficial for patients and surgeons because it allows the surgeon to manage astigmatism effectively.

Combination therapy of an anti-platelet-derived growth factor aptamer plus an anti-vascular endothelial lesion regression in 91% of eyes with choroidal neovascularization compared with only 16% of eyes with anti-VEGF monotherapy.

A newly upgraded spectral-domain, optical coherence tomography (OCT) device with a non-mydriatic, color fundus camera enables clinicians to detect retinal abnormalities often missed during routine patient exams.

Making phone calls to remind patients about upcoming appointments may become a thing of the past.

There has been a new development in the way Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Category III codes, also known as T-codes, are viewed, reimbursed, and treated in the means of medical billing and coding.

My friends in practice tell me that the starting pay packages being offered to ophthalmologists right out of training are becoming more modest.

Visual performance is degraded by several optical phenomena including wavefront aberrations, light scattering, and diffraction.

Ophthalmic surgical instrument manufacturers and distributors work in a constantly evolving and increasingly global marketplace, and in late 2009, are meeting challenges posed by new procedures and changing government regulations.

Although heuristic factors will always be a part of the art of ophthalmomology, we are now in an era in which payments for medical treatments are going to be increasingly scrutinized for therapeutic effectiveness.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reversed a reimbursement decision that would have forced clinicians to switch treatment for patients with wet age-related macular degeneration from bevacizumab to ranibizumab.

Results of a second phase study showed patients with category 3 dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) can achieve increased and sustained visual acuity levels with administration of correct carotenoids, vitamins and minerals.

Practitioners seeking to minimize contrast sensitivity loss following panretinal photocoagulation in patients with diabetes may choose to consider performing PRP with a pattern scan laser system instead of a conventional argon laser.

Combination epimacular brachytherapy and anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy may help achieve and maintain optimal visual acuity outcomes over the long term in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

Data analyses collected in a phase III clinical trial show a strong benefit of intravitreal ranibizumab for clearing macular edema and rehabilitating vision in patients who have suffered a branch retinal vein occlusion.

Blue laser autofluorescence has important clinical applications in the study of geographic atrophy and other retinal diseases.

Safety and efficacy analyses based on 6-month data collected in CRUISE phase III trial indicate a promising role of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy with intravitreal ranibizumab in treatment of edema secondary to central retinal vein occlusion.

In this editorial, explore a discussion of meeting presentations on subjects rarely addressed by physicians in public.

A new device for at-home monitoring of age-related macular degeneration is a promising tool for early detection of choroidal neovascularization.

Data continue to support intravitreal bevacizumab injection for treatment of radiation maculopathy and radiation optic neuropathy.

A nationwide shortage of erythromycin ophthalmic ointment is causing some ophthalmologists to try alternative antibiotic therapies to treat superficial ocular infections.

Twice-daily dosing of bepostastine besilate ophthalmic solution 1.5% was found to be safe, with minimal adverse events, in a randomized, double-masked, 6-week safety study including two groups of healthy pediatric patients.

An interactive computer-based surgical teaching program is being developed as a training tool to provide users with the cognitive aspects of learning that are fundamental for developing expertise.

In today's economy, it is vital to understand the capabilities of your personal computer hardware so that you can make the most of your practice's technology capabilities without breaking the bank.

The National Institutes of Health allocated more than $183.8 million in ophthalmology-related research grants to more than 60 institutions in 2008, the most recent fiscal year for which data are available.

A new model for the integration of optic nerve structure and function data shows potential for distinguishing patients with glaucoma from those with suspected glaucoma.

The incidence of diabetes, which had been increasing by leaps and bounds along with complications of the disease, has been showing signs of stabilizing and decreasing as the result of intensive management of the disease.

There is a lot of talk about the sunglasses segment of the ophthalmic marketplace, enough to warrant your consideration as a dispensing ophthalmologist.

A dermatologic treatment for patients who have rosacea and other skin conditions increasingly will find use as an ophthalmologic treatment for patients who have dry eye as a result of meibomian gland dysfunction and blepharitis.

Sometimes in practice, we may see someone for whom we can offer no cure.