Cornea/External Disease News

Preliminary results of an ongoing study on topography-guided customized corneal cross-linking indicate that the high-oxygen epi-on protocol leads to less pain and faster improvement as compared with the epi-off procedure in room air.

In the second part of a five-part series, Elizabeth Yeu, MD, discusses remote learning, the incorporation of technology in education, and how dry eye disease and symptomatology are affected.

A 78-year-old man was referred to Tufts Medical Center Cornea Clinic from an outside ophthalmologist for a conjunctival lesion of the right eye.

In the first part of a five-part series, Elizabeth Yeu, MD, FACS, discusses some of the ways the modern workplace can affect and exacerbate eye diseases and offers tips for relief for those who experience increased symptoms.

Optical coherence elastography, or OCE, is a new technology that elucidates the biomechanical properties of the cornea.

“I’ve already had four pharmacy requests to change patients to ‘Fauxstasis,’ and it costs the same as Restasis!” This is from Jasmine, SkyVision’s insurance expert.

A comprehensive search and comparison of studies on Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty and ultra-thin Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of both procedures.

Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty has changed the management of endothelial pathologies. It is now widely adopted and well managed by most surgeons, but concerns remain about long-term graft survival, according to one specialist.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2022, Ronald R. Krueger, MD, discusses strategies for early detection of keratoconus and the benefits of performing cross-linking at an early stage.

AUSTIN, Texas — In this Healio Video Perspective from the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society meeting, Nailyn Rasool, MD, discusses orbital inflammatory syndromes and offers an overview for treatment.