Ocular Injury

The Olympics, natural events and Supreme Court decisions have not only made history this year, they have touched the world of eye care.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Although most ocular injuries from Nerf-type gun projectiles are limited to the anterior segment and have good long-term visual outcomes, researchers strongly advise safety eye wear during use.

Traumatic optic nerve head avulsion and traumatic optic neuropathy are serious and can be visually devastating. Most cases have poor prognosis for visual recovery, leaving patients with minimal or no vision in the affected eye.

Local firework bans may be linked with a slight reduction in the odds of firework-related ocular trauma, according to research published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In eyes with severe injury, even when there is no light perception vision, there is no justification for primary enucleation.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — More than 2 months of war in Ukraine have disrupted retina care and turned ophthalmologists into combat surgeons, according to the president of the Ukrainian Vitreoretinal Society.

As we all know, the move from intracapsular cataract surgery, where the capsule and the lens are removed together, to extracapsular, where the capsule is left in place to secure the IOL, revolutionized cataract surgery.