Cornea/External Disease News

Eyes undergoing keratoplasty are often complex and may have already undergone previous surgery. In these cases, the iris may not be completely normal in shape, tone and/or structure.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In this Healio Video Perspective from Kiawah Eye, Maggie Jeffries, MD, shares why Iheezo is a reliable ocular surface anesthetic option and gives tips on how to use it.

Glaukos completed enrollment in the second phase 3 confirmatory pivotal trial for Epioxa, its epi-on corneal cross-linking therapy, according to a press release.

SAN DIEGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Preeya K. Gupta, MD, presents the results of the phase 2 trial of AZR-MD-001, an ointment for the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction from Azura Ophthalmics.

NEW ORLEANS — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ARVO meeting, Robert Herber, PhD, discusses a study that evaluated the detection of corneal ectasia using Anterion swept-source OCT from Heidelberg Engineering.

NEW ORLEANS — At the ARVO meeting, Andrew D. Pucker, OD, PhD, senior director of clinical and medical sciences at Lexitas Pharma Services, speaks about the Lexitas modified NEI grading scale to assess corneal fluorescein staining.

Yes, I am really going to write a column on over-the-counter drops for dry eye disease.

I think of my clinic as a triad, encompassing three conditions: dry eye disease, glaucoma and cataract.

Tanfanercept did not demonstrate statistical significance in improvement in central corneal staining score or eye dryness score at week 8, the primary outcome measures of the phase 3 VELOS-3 trial, according to HanAll Biopharma.

SAN DIEGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@ASCRS, Greg Kunst, CEO of Aurion Biotech, discusses data from the Escalon clinical trial.