Cornea/External Disease News

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WASHINGTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Jim Katz, MD, discusses a trial evaluating Tyrvaya nasal spray as a treatment for dry eye disease.

WASHINGTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Dee Stephenson, MD, discusses Bausch + Lomb’s ClearVisc dispersive ophthalmic viscosurgical device.

Reproxalap, under investigation for the treatment of dry eye disease, met the primary endpoint in the phase 3 TRANQUILITY-2 trial, Aldeyra Therapeutics announced in a press release.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In this Healio Video Perspective from Kiawah Eye, Preeya K. Gupta, MD, FACS, discusses the simplest ways to effectively diagnose and treat patients with neurotrophic keratitis.

WASHINGTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Beeran Meghpara, MD, discusses cross-linking in pediatric patients with keratoconus.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In this Healio Video Perspective from Kiawah Eye here, OSN Associate Medical Editor Elizabeth Yeu, MD, discusses two new pharmacologic treatments on the near horizon for lid margin disease management.

It is estimated that in the U.S. alone, 4% of the population older than 40 years old has Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy, one of the leading types of corneal endothelial disease.

When my son was a 6-year-old Tiger Cub Scout, his friends came over to our house to prepare their Pinewood Derby cars for the big upcoming race.

WASHINGTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Philip Dockery, MD, MPH, discusses a study looking at real-world outcomes of cross-linking for keratoconus.