Cornea/External Disease News

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Lisa K. Feulner, MD, PhD, explains why surgeons must treat the ocular surface before refractive cataract surgery and shares her algorithm for management.

CHICAGO — Valacyclovir can be beneficial for treating multiple episodes of keratitis or iritis in patients with herpes zoster ophthalmicus, according to a speaker here.

CHICAGO — Patients treated with mirvetuximab require close follow-up with an ophthalmologist due to the potential for corneal toxicity, according to a study.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@AAO, Rob Sambursky, MD, president of Verséa Ophthalmics, discusses the company’s offerings for ocular wound healing and ocular surface diseases.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@AAO, Greg Kunst of Aurion Biotech provides an update on the company’s cell therapy for corneal endothelial disease.

Patients who underwent a single treatment with TearCare experienced significant improvements in reading speed, as well as signs and symptoms of dry eye disease, 1 month after the procedure, according to a study in Clinical Ophthalmology.

BARCELONA, Spain — One-year results with the second-generation ELZA-sub400 protocol for corneal cross-linking showed efficacy in halting keratoconus progression in ultrathin corneas, according to a study presented here.

BARCELONA, Spain — Optimizing the use of donor tissue through hemi- and quarter-Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty can maximize the number of transplants per donor, according to a speaker here.

BARCELONA, Spain — In this Healio Video Perspective from the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Jorge L. Alió del Barrio, MD, PhD, speaks about an AI-based project for the automated early diagnosis of keratoconus.

Atopic dermatitis appears to have a significant yet unidirectional causal effect on the risk for keratoconus, according to a study published in Translational Vision Science & Technology.