Lynda Charters

Meibomian glands are critical to the ocular health in that they secrete lipid-rich meibum, which protects the ocular surface by preventing tear film evaporation.

Italian investigators reported that ocular surface conditions such as dry eye disease are key factors in perioperative outcomes, even when patients achieve 20/20 vision.

Monofocal IOLs, along with advanced phacoemulsification technology, offer tailored solutions.

Shameema Sikder, MD; and T. Y. Alvin Liu, MD, highlight the technology’s role in bridging challenges and successes for clinical practice.

Amniotic membrane tissue offers a number of advantages to patients.

Clinician highlights a novel complication of atropine treatment in a teenage patient.

Risk factors vary in both short-term and long-term periods following Boston Type 1 keratoprosthesis surgery.

Children experienced sudden vision loss, visual field constriction, nyctalopia and dyschromatopsia following febrile illness.

Sexual harassment in the specialty remains high 5 years after a previous study, with higher frequencies of recent experiences and continued low reporting rates.

The authors conducted a retrospective, cross-sectional study in which they described a technique for estimating the melanocytic choroidal tumor thickness using only Optomap UWF images.

The research team conducted a prospective study to assess any barriers to parental compliance with vision testing in preschoolers aged 3 to 6 years.

Researchers used data from the UK Biobank to investigate the associations between a healthy lifestyle score and retinal neurovascular health.

The study’s main outcome measures were the changes in those 2 parameters following treatment with teprotumumab.

The rationale for the study was anecdotal reports of the effects of breast milk used by mothers to treat blocked tear ducts, rashes, and a chemical corneal burn in babies.

The pandemic caused an overall decrease in the rates of the 10 most common ophthalmic procedures performed in 2020 when compared to the year prior.

Patients commonly reported unexplained blurred or hazy vision postoperatively that requires further investigation

Researchers conducted a study to characterize ophthalmic adverse events associated with cosmetics and personal care products that have been reported in the FDA CAERS database.

From cytokine pathways to genomics, Shree Kurup, MD, highlights new approaches for managing diabetic retinopathy and combating systemic inflammation.

Patients’ near visual needs is important when prescribing medications for glaucoma treatment

This research team evaluated the effectiveness of switching patients to faricimab treatment by assessing their outcomes after 6 months of treatment in a retrospective chart review that included 102 patients with nAMD who had had suboptimal responses to other anti-VEGF therapies.

Real-world scenarios showcase a shift in treatment paradigms

This prospective case-control study included 85 patients with lung involvement related to the COVID-19 virus and a group of 50 healthy controls

Researchers reported identifying changes in 4 areas of the brain

Previous research has shown that voretigene neparvovec administered subretinally early in childhood for RPE65-mediated inherited retinal dystrophy achieved encouraging efficacious results.

The main outcomes were the measurements of the visual acuity and visual field defects.

Investigators examined the connection between amblyopia, components of the metabolic syndrome and individual cardiometabolic diseases.

Among these eyes, 18.9% of eyes developed nAMD within 36 months.

The investigators found that the premature births to be associated with vascular changes on ocular coherence tomography-angiography.

Investigators conducted a retrospective review that spanned 10 years with the goals of describing the clinical characteristics of choroidal metastasis in this patient population and report treatment outcomes after targeted therapy compared with conventional radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy.