| Optic neuropathy may be drug-related, physician says
| Condition awareness an important factor for adequate patient counseling
| | Ophthalmology Times | Ophthalmologists need to warn patients that the use of a phophodiesterase-5 inhibitor may increase the risk of the development of ischemic optic neuropathy. |
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| Untangling neuroimaging modalities key for surgeons
| | Ophthalmology Times | | Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are extremely important imaging modalities with different capabilities that the ophthalmic surgeon should understand to use to the best advantage, according to Neil R. Miller, MD. |
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| High degree of suspicion needed for diagnosis of acute orbitopathies
| Guidance of radiologist, careful examination of CT, MRI required
| | Ophthalmology Times | | Chicago—"When is a lid laceration not just a lid laceration?" When it is occult penetrating orbito-cranial trauma, explained Roger E. Turbin, MD, assistant professor of ophthalmology and associate director of neuro-ophthalmology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School. |
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