Keratoconus

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2025, William B. Trattler, MD, of the Center for Excellence in Eye Care in Miami, offers advice on identifying and managing patients with both cataracts and keratoconus.

The FDA cleared the Epithelial Thickness Module for the Anterion cornea app from Heidelberg Engineering, according to a press release.

Throughout history, all medical decision-making has relied upon anecdote, expert opinion, and cumbersome and limited clinical trials with delayed or nonexistent post hoc analysis and validation.

Glaukos submitted a new drug application to the FDA for Epioxa, an epithelium-on corneal cross-linking iLink therapy for the treatment of keratoconus, according to a company press release.

Perceptual learning may offer sustained visual acuity improvements in keratoconus patients, according to a study published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology.

INDIANAPOLIS — In this Healio video, Brooke Messer, OD, FAAO, FSLS, from Vance Thompson Vision, discusses controversies in the management of keratoconus specifically related to insurance coverage of corneal crosslinking.

In a previous blog post, I wrote about how soon after cross-linking different types of contact lenses — soft, gas permeable and scleral — can be fit for both new and established wearers.

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from OSN New York, William B. Trattler, MD, of the Center for Excellence in Eye Care in Miami, discusses how the EVO ICL may be beneficial for patients with keratoconus and myopia.

INDIANAPOLIS — Although early detection of keratoconus is critical, it is also important to understand how to manage later-onset or progressive disease in older patients, according to a lecture at Academy 2024.

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from OSN New York, Mitchell A. Jackson, MD, of Jacksoneye in Lake Villa, Illinois, discusses the benefits of corneal tissue addition keratoplasty for patients with keratoconus.