Comanagement News

A tear of the posterior capsule is a common intraoperative complication and will occur occasionally even with the most experienced surgeons. If you comanage cataract patients, you have seen a broken capsule.

I recently read an interesting article that came in on my Healio news feed, which featured research by Wendy Harrison, OD, PhD, and colleagues on corneal hysteresis as a biomarker for prediabetes.

Researchers are recruiting participants for a study to evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture as an adjuvant treatment for glaucoma, with preliminary results expected in 2025, according to a protocol published in JMIR Research Protocols.

INDIANAPOLIS — Emphasizing the importance of routine eye exams is one way optometrists can combat disparities in cataract surgery outcomes, according to research presented at Academy 2024.

“The one who knows when not to act is wise,” the playwright Euripides wrote over 2,400 years ago. Are you wise enough to know the situations in which you should not send a patient with a cataract for surgery?

Opthea has completed enrollment of its phase 3 COAST and ShORe trials, which will investigate the safety and efficacy of sozinibercept in combination with anti-VEGF-A therapy for wet age-related macular degeneration.

April is STD Awareness Month, and according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, STD cases remain high among all demographic groups.

After my dad got cataract surgery with monofocal IOLs aimed for plano, he wasn’t supposed to be able to read without glasses. And yet, to his utter delight, he could.

Optometrists are often first to diagnose a patient with keratoconus and hold a great responsibility for referring patients for corneal cross-linking in a timely manner.