Comanagement News

Successful cataract surgery – one that achieves its refractive as well as “happy” target – depends on properly laying the groundwork.

NEPTUNE, N.J. – While optometrists often come across posterior segment disease such as diabetic retinopathy and hypertensive retinopathy that would provide a clue to a patient’s systemic health, anterior segment conditions may do the same, Bisant Labib, OD, said here at the New Jersey Academy of Optometry CE meeting.

Intelligent Retinal Imaging Systems announced that its cloud-based diagnostic imaging solution and retinal telemedicine platform has identified more than 50,000 patients with advanced sight-threatening pathologies that would have led to imminent blindness had they remained undetected, resulting in what they are calling “IRIS saves.”

by Tanya Polec, OD, FCOVD

Patient outcomes with combined IOL technology using Tecnis lenses demonstrated excellent uncorrected and best-corrected binocular visual acuity at near, intermediate and far distances, according to researcher Sondra Black, OD.

Researchers recommended neuromuscular retraining physical therapy for patients with facial nerve palsy and said that care is best delivered in a multidisciplinary setting, according to a recent review in Current Opinion in Ophthalmology.

Nearly 60% of patients referred for optic neuritis might have been misdiagnosed, consequently receiving unnecessary treatment, according to a study.

The King-Devick test of oculomotor performance is a simple and reliable tool for diagnosing sports-related concussion, according to a study.

SAN ANTONIO – Bobby Saenz, OD, MS, FAAO, reported here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting that the iStent inject produced a greater than 20% reduction in diurnal IOP in a randomized, prospective trial.

More optometrists are managing and comanaging glaucoma, cataract and retina patients, and advances in the areas of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, premium IOLs and vitreomacular traction diagnosis are rapidly developing.