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Top five ophthalmology news stories this week
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This week, the most frequently viewed ophthalmology articles on Healio.com ranged from peer-reviewed journal summaries to business news from leading ophthalmology companies.
Here are the top five most-viewed stories from Aug. 7 to Aug. 14 published on Healio.com/OSN:
1. Nonabsorbable uveoscleral implant increases outflow, reduces IOP
Deep sclerectomy with a nonabsorbable uveoscleral implant increased trabecular and uveoscleral outflow and reduced IOP in patients with open-angle glaucoma. Read more
2. Baseline characteristics help predict visual acuity outcomes after anti-VEGF treatment for wet AMD
Lower best corrected visual acuity, younger age and smaller total area of choroidal neovascularization at baseline may be significant predictors for visual acuity outcomes when treating wet age-related macular degeneration patients with ranibizumab. Read more
3. Enrollment complete for Glaukos iStent inject pivotal trial
Enrollment in an investigational device exemption trial for the iStent inject is complete, according to a Glaukos press release. Read more
4. BLOG: Refractive glaucoma surgery? Why?
Savek “ Sev ” Teymoorian, MD, discusses the need to select the correct power of IOL and eliminate astigmatism in patients with glaucoma who undergo cataract surgery. Read more
5. Ophthotech reports net loss of $37.1 million in second quarter
Ophthotech Corporation announced a net loss of $37.1 million for the second quarter of 2015. Read more