Oculoplastics News

PHILADELPHIA — Damage control surgery is essential to managing open-globe injuries sustained in combat situations, according to a speaker here.

Plaque radiotherapy can control local tumors associated with juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma, with or without additional transpupillary thermotherapy, according to a study.

KAANAPALI, Hawaii — Botulinum toxins offer a number of options for ocular aesthetic procedures, but it is best to start with the "easiest, most successful areas" before branching out, a presenter here said.

Lateral orbital decompression and medial orbital decompression showed positive visual outcomes at 3 months in patients with compressive optic neuropathy caused by thyroid eye disease, according to a study.

Arnica montana, a homeopathic flowering herb, did not reduce ecchymosis after upper blepharoplasty, a study found.

Patients with benign essential blepharospasm do not have an increased risk of primary open-angle glaucoma, closed-angle glaucoma or other glaucoma, according to a study.

There has been a trend toward expanding the scope of clinical practice among some oculoplastic specialists to treat larger areas of their patients’ faces, including cosmetic facial plastic procedures such as endoscopic facial and eyebrow lifts, laser facial resurfacing, chemical peels, mid-facial surgery that is focused on the complex called the sub-orbicularis oculi fat pad, endoscopic approach via the nose to establish an anastomosis with the lacrimal sac for lacrimal drainage, intranasal ethmoidectomy, and other procedures. Another area of interest is the expanding use of botulinum toxin type A.

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