Cornea/External Disease News

MILAN — In this video at the ESCRS meeting, Farhad Hafezi, MD, PhD, speaks about PTK-assisted customized epi-on cross-linking, or PACE.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Penny A. Asbell, MD, MBA, discusses the ARMOR study, the largest surveillance study of eye infections in the U.S.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Edward E. Manche, MD, discusses 1-year results from a study exploring changes in corneal sensitivity in patients undergoing LASIK or SMILE.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Francis S. Mah, MD, discusses the benefits of earlier corneal cross-linking in patients with keratoconus.

CHICAGO — Pellucid marginal corneal degeneration is a rare disease, but early diagnosis is necessary to ensure patients’ quality of life, according to a speaker.

CHICAGO — Regular topography, preferably performed annually after keratorefractive or penetrating keratoplasty surgery, is ideal for detecting ectasia, according to a speaker.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@AAO, Leanne Labriola, DO, MBA, president of InnSight Technology, discusses the OcuCheck biosensor, a tear film diagnostic device.

Worse glucose status and higher glycemia levels, even at the prediabetes stage, are associated with corneal nerve damage, according to findings presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting.

MONTEREY, Calif. — While the gut microbial composition of individuals with early markers of Sjögren’s syndrome differed from that of a control group in a study presented here, no apparent dry eye microbiome signature was seen.

MILAN — Second-generation customized cross-linking significantly improves vision in patients with keratoconus, according to Emilio Torres, MD, PhD, speaking at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting.