Oculoplastics News

A majority of bioceramic orbital implant exposures occurred after the 90-day postoperative interval, according to a study.

Ultrasonic bone removal may be a reasonable alternative to high-speed burring during lateral orbital decompression for thyroid eye disease, according to a study.

There were no significant differences in success rates of intubation for congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction based on time of tube removal, a study found.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Open-globe injuries in children with uveal prolapse and wounds through the visual axis, as well as eyes that required more than one surgery, were associated with a worse outcome than age, mechanism of injury or wound type, a study found.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Ophthalmologists should convey the remote possibility of a potential clinical misdiagnosis in uncertain pediatric enucleation cases during the consent process to alert patients and their families to the risk.

A 47-year-old man presented to our oculoplastics clinic complaining that his right eye “looked smaller” than his left eye. He had noticed this asymmetry for at least 1 to 2 years and believed it had recently been getting worse. He also noted a slowly progressive decline in vision in the right eye for the past 2 years.

Patients undergoing primary surgical repair for involutional entropion who received everting sutures with a lateral tarsal strip had no failed procedures, while patients who received everting sutures alone had six failures, a study found.

This issue’s cover story brings back poignant memories for me.

With ocular trauma rates rising and traumatic brain injury causing significant visual issues among U.S. service members, research into battlefield and post-conflict care is key to effective treatment of military eye injuries.

Fine needle aspiration biopsy may yield a reliable diagnosis in metastatic/secondary and primary orbital malignancies, but concordance between histopathological and cytopathological diagnoses is variable, according to a study.