Equipment Safety

Red light therapy, a relatively new treatment option, has made waves recently as studies investigate its potential for controlling myopia in children.

Researchers cautioned clinicians to strongly reconsider using low-level red-light therapy in children with myopia, citing safety concerns revealed by a study published in Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics.

NEW YORK — The use of repeated low-level red light therapy to control myopia is gaining popularity around the world, but clinicians should exercise caution with these devices, according to a speaker at Vision Expo East.

The number of accidents involving electric scooters, as well as ensuing hospitalizations, significantly increased among children over the last decade, a recent study found. Harrison Hayward, MD, an emergency medicine fellow at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., said in a press release that the upward trend may be connected to a rise in rideshare e-scooter apps.

Boys aged 10 to 15 years are the most frequent demographic to experience fractures while riding a bicycle, a recent study found.

The FDA’s Circulatory System Devices Panel recommended the agency not approve an implantable device to treat refractory angina, saying more data are needed.

Early European use of the Lotus Edge transcatheter aortic valve replacement system demonstrated good short-term safety and efficacy and low rates of paravalvular leak, according to research presented at the virtual TCT Connect.

SAN FRANCISCO — Analyses continue to show a long-term mortality risk associated with paclitaxel-coated devices in patients with peripheral artery disease, but investigators are no closer to determining a cause, according to members of a panel convened at TCT 2019.