Optics News

A premium diffractive-refractive trifocal toric IOL provided patients with astigmatism with effective near, intermediate and distance acuity.

Researchers who compared outcomes of conventional phacoemulsification with femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery found nonsignificant differences in clinical and patient-reported outcomes.

Options for controlling progressive myopia in children include the use of atropine, orthokeratology, multifocal soft contact lenses, and progressive-addition or bifocal spectacle lenses, but single vision spectacle lenses are not effective for this purpose, according to a white paper from the International Myopia Institute.

The World Council of Optometry and Brien Holden Vision Institute are collaborating on Myopia Awareness Week, May 13 to 19, to improve communication about the impact of myopia.

An experimental human monoclonal antibody dramatically reduced the most debilitating symptoms of Graves’ orbitopathy, including proptosis and double vision, giving new hope to patients that a treatment for thyroid eye disease may finally be within reach, according to a speaker at the AACE Annual Scientific and Clinical Congress.

Visibly Inc. filed suit in Indiana claiming that the corrective lens exception of the state’s telemedicine law violates the Indiana Constitution.

Practitioners with no or minimal previous training can rapidly improve their ability to fit scleral gas permeable contact lenses, both in regular and irregular corneas, according to a study.

The majority of patients presenting for cataract surgery have at least 0.5 D of corneal astigmatism, and 36% have 1.00 D or more, according to Hoffman and colleagues. Yet, according to the 2017 American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Clinical Survey, only about 10% of cataract patients get a toric IOL.

by Patrick Quaid, MCOptom, FCOVD, PhD

Myopia is a serious global health concern. Today, well over 1 billion people around the world are struggling with the condition. This number is only expected to increase in the future, reaching nearly 5 billion by 2050.