Cataract

MARRAKECH, Morocco — As the number of advanced technology IOL options continues to increase, standardized tools and methods for the assessment of halo, glare and light distortion are needed to facilitate cross-study comparisons and inform clinical decision-making, according to one speaker.

It’s not unusual for us to have more than three dozen patients on our schedules the morning after a typical cataract surgery day. Because the vast majority are doing well 1 day postop, these are usually brief examinations.

Trabeculectomy, although effective at lowering IOP in patients with open-angle glaucoma, has a low safety profile, according to a study by the Department of Medicine in the University of Udine in Udine, Italy.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In a patient with Fuchs’ dystrophy and cataract, PK is the cornea technique of the past and endothelial keratoplasty is the technique for the present, Marian S. Macsai, MD, said at Hawaiian Eye 2020.

Treating dry eye is an opportunity to grow your practice, both in numbers and in revenue. As optometrists, we are the primary gatekeepers for our patients’ eye health and in a prime position to manage and treat chronic dry eye disease.

As a new decade begins, Healio.com/OSN looks back at some of our biggest stories in the past 10 years. Over the years, ophthalmology has evolved to include new treatment options, both surgical and pharmaceutical, for numerous conditions affecting every part of the eye.

Selling consultations on Amazon may be an innovative strategy for reaching patients at an age when cataract develops, with benefits for both the clinic and families as a whole, according to Julien Buratto, co-founder and CEO of Neo-vision Cliniche Oculistiche in Milan, Italy.

NEW YORK — In his presentation at OSN New York 2019, William F. Wiley, MD, medical director at the Cleveland Eye Clinic, discusses how more cataract patients with astigmatism can be treated with the advent of low power toric and adjustable IOLs.