Cornea

It had to happen someday, right? I mean, every other job in the developed world has people who are so badly afflicted with dry eye that they can’t do their job. Why would we think that North American professional athletes would be spared?

NEW ORLEANS — Corneal abrasions are the most common basketball-related eye injury, according to a poster presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.

Treatment-related serious adverse events in ocular safety, the primary endpoints in a 12-month safety clinical trial of reproxalap for the treatment of dry eye disease, were not observed, according to an Aldeyra Therapeutics press release.

TAMPA, Fla. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Telling It Like It Is meeting, P. Dee Stephenson, MD, gives an overview of promising options available for presbyopia correction.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2023, Kamran Hosseini, MD, PhD, CEO of Surface Ophthalmics, discusses the company’s programs for its dry eye products.

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.

NEW YORK — Small-aperture IOLs are an important tool for managing patients with challenging eyes, according to an expert at OSN New York.