Cornea/External Disease News

Wearing a face mask, particularly an N-95 mask, for more than 6 hours a day could exacerbate dry eye symptoms in health care workers aged younger than 40 years with a history of dry eye disease, researchers reported in Cureus.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2023, Lisa M. Nijm, MD, JD, discusses the importance of artificial tears in patients with systemic diseases who have chronic dry eye.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2023, Francis W. Price Jr., MD, provides an overview of upcoming developments in corneal transplant surgery.

Data on the prevalence and incidence of dry eye and meibomian gland dysfunction in the United States are uncertain and inconsistent due to the heterogeneous definitions and diagnostic criteria across studies.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2023, Karl G. Stonecipher, MD, discusses AcellFX, an amniotic membrane allograft.

KOLOA, Hawaii —Evaluation before ocular surgery may help lessen the risk for development of corneal neuropathic pain postsurgically, a speaker here said.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2023, Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, discusses the need for having fortified antibiotic available when a patient presents with corneal ulceration.

KOLOA, Hawaii — The use of topical 5-fluorouracil remains an option for treating some corneal tumors, Beeran B. Meghpara, MD, said at Hawaiian Eye 2023.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2023, Richard L. Lindstrom, MD, previews the advantages of a new topical anesthetic.

KOLOA, Hawaii — Specialists must be thorough in their examinations of patients with dry eye symptoms in order to catch dry eye masqueraders, according to a presenter here.