Cornea/External Disease News

Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ ASPENS is a society of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery specialists, here to discuss some of the latest hot topics in ophthalmology.

SAN FRANCISCO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, John Sheets, PhD, of Pantheon Vision, discusses the launch of the company and its goal of combatting corneal blindness globally.

Healio’s top items from this year’s American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting included pearls for navigating secondary dry eye disease as well as data for low-dose atropine as a myopia treatment in children aged 3 to 17 years.

SAN FRANCISCO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, discusses the benefits of using Iheezo as an anesthetic for cataract and other anterior segment surgeries.

SAN FRANCISCO — Techniques for pterygium excision have not changed significantly from the past, but data from cumulative experience show that conjunctival autograft in combination with surgical excision has the lowest recurrence rate.

SAN FRANCISCO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, John D. Sheppard, MD, MMSc, discusses Miebo for the treatment of dry eye disease.

SAN FRANCISCO — Dry eye is an umbrella term that covers multiple etiologies and different presentations.

SAN FRANCISCO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@AAO, Aziz Mottiwala of Tarsus Pharmaceuticals discusses Xdemvy for the treatment of Demodex blepharitis.

SAN FRANCISCO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@AAO, Anthony Wallace of Bausch + Lomb overviews three recently launched refractive cataract technologies from the company.

SAN FRANCISCO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, John D. Sheppard, MD, MMSc, discusses the use of Vevye from Harrow to treat dry eye disease.