Comanagement News

The implantation of a single trabecular microbypass stent provided stable, long-term IOP and medication reduction in a real-life cohort of eyes with a variety of glaucoma types and severity.

Nocturnal IOP-related fluctuations are significantly more pronounced in medically treated than in surgically treated glaucoma, according to a study.

NEW YORK – Justin Schweitzer, OD, discussed the importance of collaborative care in glaucoma here at Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK – OCT angiography provides clinical information that was not previously accessible, Julie Rodman, OD, FAAO, said here at Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK – Clark Chang, OD, MSA, MSc, FAAO, gave a talk on cataract surgery problem-solving here at Vision Expo East and said communication is a big component.

NEW YORK – Marc Bloomenstein, OD, said he uses Kala’s new Inveltys (loteprednol etabonate ophthalmic suspension 1%) in both cataract and refractive surgery patients.

This post will expand on the topic of corneal toricity introduced in last month’s entry.

NEW ORLEANS – “In the ecosystem of diabetes care, the optometry community is on the front lines for basic, fundamental eye care,” William W. Li, MD, said at SECO.

Maynard L. Pohl, OD, FAAO: My personal clinical mission in the perioperative care I provide is to strive for excellence in helping to meet each patient’s visual expectations after surgery. Additional measures taken to enable a patient experience that has high value means maintaining a superior quality while reducing cost to the patient. Certainly, this fundamental should apply when it comes to arranging a patient’s cataract postoperative medications.

PHILADELPHIA — New drugs that inhibit B-cell receptor signaling pathways can be an effective treatment for B-cell malignancies, according to a speaker here.