Ocular Surface Disease

In this Healio Video Perspective, Preeya Gupta, MD, discusses the importance of MMP-9 testing with InflammaDry from Quidel in controlling inflammation in patients with ocular surface disease.

Making a diagnosis of visually significant ocular surface disease before refractive cataract surgery should be a standard component of the pre-cataract workup.

Recent data showed a greater incidence of ocular surface disease symptoms in patients receiving medical treatment for glaucoma, according to a study published in Clinical Ophthalmology.

Aggressive therapies can treat dupilumab-induced ocular surface inflammation and, depending on the severity of the inflammation, can allow a patient to continue use of the dermatologic therapy.

Researchers observed no additional risk to corneal endothelial safety beyond that of cataract surgery alone in 3-year data after iStent inject implantation.

A phase 1 clinical trial of Ocular Therapeutix’s dry eye treatment OTX-CSI is underway, with the first patient being dosed, the company announced.

My commentary on the Holland Foundation for Sight Restoration will be more personal than usual. At the outset, I will disclose that I am a strong advocate for what Edward Holland, MD, is doing for a difficult to manage, significantly visually handicapped and undertreated group of patients. I have agreed to serve on the Holland Foundation for Sight Restoration board of directors and am committed to contribute both time and money.

The newly formed Holland Foundation for Sight Restoration will begin funding positions and providing corneal specialists with the tools they need to integrate a treatment protocol for severe ocular surface failure into future centers of excellence across the country.

Glaucoma medications free of preservatives, such as benzalkonium chloride, may significantly reduce toxicity-related ocular surface disease, according to findings published in The Clinical Ophthalmologist Journal.

Treating dry eye before cataract surgery or any refractive surgery is critically important. Typically in my practice we perform topographies and slit lamp examinations, including using fluorescein staining to screen for dry eye that could affect surgical outcomes.