Comanagement News

by Mitch Ibach, OD , FAAO

Investigators found that selective laser trabeculoplasty was not superior to topical medication in maintaining quality of life outcomes when used as first-line therapy for glaucoma.

Few ocular adverse events occurred 5 years after micro-stent implantation in patients with open-angle glaucoma, with minimal evidence of corneal decompensation, according to findings published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology.

ORLANDO, Fla. – One month after corneal cross-linking clinicians can expect to see temporary steepening of the keratometry, worse visual acuity and significant haze, John Gelles, OD, FIAO, FCLSA, FSLS, said here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Optometrists should know the available options for minimally invasive glaucoma surgery and their mechanisms of action, but they should not recommend a specific procedure to a patient when making a surgical referral, Constance O. Okeke, MD, MSCE, said here at the Optometric Glaucoma Society meeting, held prior to the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

by Jeffrey J. Milroy, MPH, DrPH

The Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece by Dr. Stanley Goldfarb on Sept. 12, “Take two aspirin and call me by my pronouns.”

On Feb. 5, 2016, I posted, “Where is the resistance to health care reform? Now, here at the end of the summer of 2019, I thought this would be a good time to check in and see how we are doing. As we start this presidential election cycle, health care reform seems to be at the top of everyone’s list. Voters are interested, and candidates want to talk about it, so let us take a closer look.

Like every optometrist, we were educated to be generalists. Yet, by both residency training and career choice, our expertise has deepened in a narrow area of eye care to where neither of us has performed in many years the defining skill of our profession – refracting and providing an eyeglass prescription.

Patients may experience better visual acuity if the duration of macular detachment is shortened to 3 days or less, according to a study conducted by the Department of Ophthalmology at Horngren Family Vitreoretinal Center, Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif.