Cornea/External Disease News

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A convolutional neural network was able to identify corneal ulcers and scars with high accuracy even among a patient population outside of its training data, according to a study.

The IOTA study and a phase 2 risuteganib trial led recent cornea/external disease coverage on Healio/OSN.

LAS VEGAS — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Ehsan Sadri, MD, FACS, discusses the prevalence of Demodex blepharitis in patients with dry eye disease.

LAS VEGAS — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Lee Shettle, DO, discusses results from a phase 1 trial investigating a novel hydrogel-based cyclosporine insert for the treatment of dry eye disease.

LAS VEGAS – In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Rahul Pandit, MD, discusses the prospects of the HRT3 Rostock Cornea Module (Heidelberg Engineering), an in vivo corneal confocal microscope.

LAS VEGAS — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Terry Kim, MD, discusses a new method of testing for keratoconus in patients with a family history or suspicion of the disease.

LAS VEGAS — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Steven Greenstein, MD, discusses long-term results of patients who underwent corneal cross-linking for keratoconus and ectasia.

Green thermal laser adjunctive therapy was used to treat resistant infectious keratitis, according to a study.