Pediatric eye specialist honored at meeting
May 15th 2005Orlando—The American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus recently honored Leonard Apt, MD, professor of ophthalmology and founding director of the division of pediatric ophthalmology at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA, at the group's annual meeting here.
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Atropine treatment of moderate amblyopia assessed
April 1st 2005Baltimore—Prescribed weekend atropine sulfate 1% appears to be as effective as prescribed daily use for treating moderate amblyopia in young children, according to results from a study conducted by the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group.
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Transitions offers initiatives for success
March 15th 2005Orlando—Transitions Optical is offering new point-of-sale tools that allow eye-care professionals to add a personal touch to their discussion of healthy vision with patients. More than half of the materials now offered are customizable using the Transitions Online Marketing (TOM) tool.
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J&J increases Definity lenses distribution
March 15th 2005Atlanta—Robertson Optical Laboratories, which operates wholesale lab branches in Georgia and South Carolina, has been selected as one of two wholesale lab companies to be authorized distributors of Definity lenses by manufacturer Johnson & Johnson.
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TTT stabilizes vision in advanced AMD-related CNV
March 15th 2005Coronado, CA—Transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) alone and combined with a single pretreatment intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide 4 mg are similarly associated with vision stabilization over a 6-month follow-up period in eyes with large complicated choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), reported Jans Fromow-Guerra, MD, PhD, at the annual meeting of the American Society of Retinal Specialists.
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Corticosteroids may benefit pediatric orbital cellulitis
March 15th 2005Houston—Use of intravenous corticosteroids in the acute management of pediatric orbital cellulitis with subperiosteal abscess did not have an adverse effect on clinical outcomes and may be beneficial, according to Michael T. Yen, MD.
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Allergic disease therapies key to patient quality of life
March 1st 2005Quality of life (QOL) has become an issue in every branch of medicine, including ophthalmology. From an economic perspective, loss of productivity contributes to the economic burden of a disease in the same manner as the shared costs of treatment.
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Children achieve relief of ocular allergies
March 1st 2005Chicago—Ketotifen fumarate 0.025% ophthalmic solution (Zaditor, Novartis) offers rapid-onset, long-lasting relief of allergy-associated itching along with excellent local tolerability and a long-standing record of safety. Those features combined make it an outstanding therapeutic choice for all patients with allergic conjunctivitis and a particularly attractive option for the pediatric population, said Kimberlee M. Curnyn, MD.
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Clinical focus for incontinentia pigmenti requires redirection
December 1st 2004Coronado Island, CA-The focus of attention in caring for babies with incontinentia pigmenti (IP) should be on the potential for rapid development of irreversible blindness rather than on the clinically obvious skin manifestations, said Morton F. Goldberg, MD, in the Gertrude D. Pyron Award Lecture at the annual meeting of the American Society of Retina Specialists.
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Subconjunctival fibrosis one cause of failed glaucoma filter
October 15th 2004New York -Five potential causes of failure of glaucoma filtration surgery include excessive subconjunctival fibrosis, tight scleral flap sutures, encapsulated bleb, occluded internal ostium, and intraocular obstruction, according to James C. Tsai, MD.
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Early diagnosis essential in cerebrovascular dissections
August 15th 2004Philadelphia-Cerebrovascular dissection represents a life-and-death situation for the patient. Ophthalmologists should be able to recognize this potentially catastrophic diagnosis and initiate emergent treatment, said Nicholas Volpe, MD.
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The pediatric eyewear market may be a rewarding and lucrative off-shoot for ophthalmologists who have already chosen to include a dispensary in their practices. Robert S. Gold, MD, of Eye Physicians of Central Florida, Orlando, offers this advice about including pediatric and youth eyewear in a busy ophthalmologic practice.
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Key factors help clinician assess strabismus, diplopia
August 1st 2004Oklahoma City-When patients with strabismus or diplopia present, ophthalmologists question if the condition is a congenital or an acquired neurologic disease and if imaging or any other tests are needed. R. Michael Siatkowski, MD, differentiated among the various possibilities.
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