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Study patients with a near vision inlay implanted under a femtosecond flap achieved extended depth of focus that ranged from +1 to +3 D, said John A. Hovanesian, MD.

Patients with evaporative dry eye produce an abnormal meibum that is more viscous than patients with normal meibum, said Gargi K. Vora, MD.

In the first study to directly compare two femtosecond lasers for cataract surgery, both were considered safe and efficacious-but surgeons should be alert to eyes that move while under the docking station, said Seth M. Pantanelli, MD, MS.

With the influx of numerous endothelial keratoplasty procedures, only 15% of corneal transplants last year were penetrating keratoplasty (PK), said Donald T.H. Tan, MD, Singapore.

Phakic IOL implantation is as potentially viable a means to correct myopia as LASIK/PRK or refractive lens exchange, said Sonia H. Yoo, MD.

Bean-shaped rings can be useful devices for implantation of “bag-in-the-lens in eyes with loose or no capsular support,” said Marie José B. Tassignon, MD, PhD.

Treatments for InnFocus Inc.’s FDA phase I clinical trial of the InnFocus MicroShunt glaucoma drainage implant have now reached the required 75 patients.

Fixating a posterior chamber IOL using fibrin glue is a “viable option in patients with deficient capsular support,” said Mahipal S. Sachdev, MBBS, MD.

Beaver Visitec International (BVI) introduces its new Visitec I-Ring Pupil Expander,a single-use iris retraction device for intraoperative small pupil management.

When military personnel are injured in combat situations, the primary concern of saving lives supersedes saving sight, said Col. Anthony J. Johnson, MD, Fort Sam Houston, Antonio, TX.

A number of emerging infectious diseases have made recent headlines-most prominently, the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa-prompting higher levels of vigilance, Paul Tambyah, MD, PhD, Singapore.

The FDA has approved AcuFocus’ corneal inlay product (KAMRA inlay.) The device is indicated to improve near vision by extending depth of focus in patients with presbyopia who have emmetropic refractions (+0.50 to –0.75 D).

Optos’ next-generation, ultra-widefield (UWF) imaging platform (California) provides greater imaging functionality and introduces the company’s newest imaging modality-indocyanine green angiography (ICG) while maintaining all current color imaging modalities, autofluorescence (AF) and fluorescein angiography (FA).

Alcon Laboratories has received FDA approval for its AcrySof IQ ReSTOR +2.5 D IOL for patients undergoing cataract eye surgery who choose to address near, intermediate, and distance vision needs at the same time.

The present method of lowering IOP as a means of preventing optic neuropathy is expanding beyond prostaglandin analogues and beta blockers to include novel therapeutics, such as Rho kinase (ROCK) inhibitors, the adenosine class of drugs, and nitric oxide added to prostaglandins, said John R. Samples, MD.

Glaucoma surgeons are constantly clamoring for better surgical techniques. Traditional, incisional glaucoma surgery shunts fluid to the subconjunctival space and provides a route for aqueous to leave the eye by bypassing the normal outflow system and avoiding sources of resistance to outflow, said Barbara Smit, MD, PhD.

In his latest blog, Arun Gulani, MD, discusses deciding whether or not a patient deserves empathy for their medical situation, even when they are 'attorneys who sue eye surgeons for a living.'

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Scleritis can indicate serious systemic disease and requires prompt diagnosis and treatment. Episcleritis also has certain treatment pearls.

Research supports the hypothesis that manipulation of the opioid growth regulatory system can restore function and normalize corneal epithelial wound healing, corneal sensitivity, and tear production in models of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Using a treat-and-extend regimen in routine clinical practice for patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) achieves good visual outcomes and decreases treatments and clinic visits, according to a study in Ophthalmology.

Because the temperature decrease in the filtering bleb after trabeculectomy provides information about its function, a new ocular surface-oriented, infrared radiation thermographic device (TG 1000, Tomey) may help evaluate filtering bleb function. The device is easy to handle and creates reproducible measurements, according to new research published in the Journal of Glaucoma.

Tacrolimus 0.01% was effective for the treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis in a study with 62 patients.

Pediatric herpes simplex virus should be part of the differential diagnosis when a patient has unilateral recurrent disease in the anterior segment.

Patients using a topical antibiotic ointment after blepharoplasty had a significantly lower rate of surgical site infections than controls using an ocular lubricant ointment in an observational cohort study.

Natamycin was superior to voriconazole in a randomized clinical trial for outcome measures, such as visual acuity and perforations.

Pediatric patients with atopic keratoconjunctivitis affecting the eyes may best be treated with topical calcineurin inhibitors to decrease the conjunctival inflammation.

Accumulating evidence shows intracameral antibiotics decrease the risk of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery, but questions and concerns remain.

Therapeutic deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty performed early should be considered in cases of acanthamoeba keratitis refractory to medical therapy with substantial optical zone ulceration.

More than 11,000 clinicians and researchers will gather in Denver to learn more about leading eye and vision research at the 2015 meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.