Comanagement News

When I make a cataract surgery referral for a patient on an ocular hypertensive medication for glaucoma, my referral letter always states, “Cataract surgery with MIGS (minimally invasive glaucoma surgery).”

Working as an optometrist in a major hospital system in the Boston area has its perks.

Ultra-widefield imaging systems have been widely adopted in optometry, and for very good reasons.

Comanagement has become an intrinsic part of every optometric practice, but it is not always seamless.

BOSTON – The iStent inject and iStent inject W are trabecular meshwork bypass technologies performed to reduce patients’ risk of glaucoma progression and decrease medication burden, Mitch Ibach, OD, said here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

People who have suffered a concussion are often told to stay home from work, school and sports activities for cognitive and physical rest, although exactly how they should rest is poorly defined.

This entry will continue where last month’s discussion on refractive lens exchange patient selection, limitations and risks left off.

Over the past decade, telehealth programs have become more integrated among medical subspecialities; however, due to the nature of eye care evaluations, the practice has remained far less common in optometry and ophthalmology.

In this month’s blog entry, we will discuss an intraocular refractive surgery that we may not see often but are likely already incredibly comfortable seeing for postop: refractive lens exchange.

As a scleral lens fitter working in an ophthalmology group with cornea and cataract specialists, I try to hold off on sending a keratoconic patient for cataract surgery until it is absolutely necessary.