Cornea/External Disease News

Vyznova cell therapy received regulatory approval from Japan’s Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency for the treatment of bullous keratopathy, according to a press release from Aurion Biotech.

The CDC announced that 68 patients in 16 states have been identified as of March 21 with a drug-resistant strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa believed to have originated in multidose bottles of artificial tears.

TAMPA, Fla. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Telling It Like It Is meeting, Neel R. Desai, MD, discusses Fortisite, a topical antibiotic compounded combination of tobramycin 1.5% and vancomycin 5% from ImprimisRx.

VILAMOURA, Portugal — At the ESCRS winter meeting, Sarah Zwingelberg, MD, speaks about a study on the incidence of vitreomacular traction following phakic, pseudophakic and triple Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty.

Like spotting a tube of Preparation H in your mother-in-law’s bathroom, band keratopathy is a common finding that can give profound insights into a patient’s systemic situation.

NEW YORK — Clinicians should ask patients to look down when they are behind the slit lamp to be evaluated for collarettes, which indicate Demodex blepharitis, Selina R. McGee, OD, FAAO, said at Vision Expo East.

VILAMOURA, Portugal — At a time when more patients want to minimize the use of spectacles, cataract surgery with implantation of a Vivity IOL is an option in eyes with Fuchs’ dystrophy.

VILAMOURA, Portugal — In a study performed for the first time in vivo, high-resolution OCT elastography showed the potential to become an additional diagnostic and monitoring tool for keratoconus.

VILAMOURA, Portugal — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons winter meeting, Karl G. Stonecipher, MD, speaks about a new machine learning model for the diagnosis and treatment of dry eye.

Healio spoke with Leslie O’Dell, OD, FAAO, medical director and director of clinical research at Medical Optometry America in Shrewsbury, about research needs and upcoming treatment options for patients with dry eye disease.