Cornea/External Disease News

CHICAGO — Pellucid marginal corneal degeneration is a rare disease, but early diagnosis is necessary to ensure patients’ quality of life, according to a speaker.

CHICAGO — Regular topography, preferably performed annually after keratorefractive or penetrating keratoplasty surgery, is ideal for detecting ectasia, according to a speaker.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@AAO, Leanne Labriola, DO, MBA, president of InnSight Technology, discusses the OcuCheck biosensor, a tear film diagnostic device.

Worse glucose status and higher glycemia levels, even at the prediabetes stage, are associated with corneal nerve damage, according to findings presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting.

MONTEREY, Calif. — While the gut microbial composition of individuals with early markers of Sjögren’s syndrome differed from that of a control group in a study presented here, no apparent dry eye microbiome signature was seen.

MILAN — Second-generation customized cross-linking significantly improves vision in patients with keratoconus, according to Emilio Torres, MD, PhD, speaking at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting.

MILAN — Cellular therapy with adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells implanted in the corneal stroma may be an alternative to corneal transplantation, according to a study presented here.

MONTEREY, Calif. — Women treated with Tyrvaya had consistent outcomes regardless of their menopause status, according to a study presented at the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium.

MONTEREY, Calif. — A study carried out across seven centers in the U.S. found that ocular inflammation might occur in a minority of subjects after COVID-19 vaccination.

LAS VEGAS – A variety of glaucoma and cataract technologies in the pipeline now will help optometric patients in the future, Justin A. Schweitzer, OD, FAAO, of Vance Thompson Vision Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., said at Vision Expo West.