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Wavefront-guided LASIK and wavefront-optimized LASIK both produced similar results when compared head to head in two studies.

Application of a proprietary femtosecond laser to perform lens liquefaction, capsulorhexis, and corneal incisions is safe, effective, and offers potential advantages that suggest this technology will usher in a new era in cataract surgery.

The results of the 2010 Ophthalmology Times Best Programs survey show very few differences from last year despite advances and growth within ophthalmology departments across the United States.

Delivering health care in rural areas often can be challenging for members of the medical community.

Data from the Confocal Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy Ancillary Study show that ther eare changes in optic disc topography in eyes with ocular hypertension, whether or not there is progression to primary open-angle glaucoma.

Administration of the shingles vaccine in patients with active acute ocular zoster infection is not indicated, and use of the vaccine in a patient with active interstitial keratitis actually may worsen the disease.

The 2010 joint meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Middle East Africa Council of Ophthalmology was to convene in Chicago from Oct. 16 to 19.

Preliminary results of a phase I/II study suggest that targeting complement factor 5 in combination with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy may have a role for improving visual acuity outcomes to eyes with exudative age-related macular degeneration.

Allergan, the $3 billion multi-specialty health-care company, boasts one of those classic start-up stories that businesses today dream about: Chemist Stanley Bly had an idea for a novel anti-allergy nose drop, so he approached his friend Gavin S. Herbert Sr., who owned a pharmacy and nursed an entrepreneurial spirit.

Wavefront-optimized LASIK using an excimer laser is a highly safe and predictable procedure for treating up to +6D of hyperopia, in the experience of one ophthalmologist.

History and clinical features provide clues to the etiology of a corneal infiltrate, but sometimes may be misleading in suggesting whether a lesion is infectious, according to one expert.

Conic instrastromal relaxing incisions for astigmatic correction, a new surgical procedure performed with the femtosecond laser, can correct different types of astigmatism that previously had been difficult to address, according to one expert.

With International Vision Expo West fast approaching, it is a good time to tune up or overhaul your product mix.

A model of the human cornea created with finite element analysis accurately predicts tissue response to corneal incisions and so should be a helpful tool for guiding the development of optimal nomograms for incisional astigmatic correction using femtosecond laser technology, according to new research.

Patients blinded by late-stage retinitis pigmentosa who have an investigational retinal prosthesis implanted demonstrate improved performance in a spatial-motor task, according to one task.

OptiMedica has sold its pattern scan laser photocoagulator along with its retina and glaucoma divisions to TopCon Corp. to focus its attention on what it sees as a paradigm shift in the way cataract surgery will be performed in the near future.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology will hold its first joint meeting with the Middle East Africa Council of Ophthalmology from Oct. 16 to Oct. 19.

An intracorneal laser procedure using a femtosecond laser is a safe and effective approach for improving the near visual acuity in eyes with low hyperopic presbyopia.

Today's political environment features an unprecedented focus on medical provider fraud and abuse.

Recent results from an ongoing study support the hypothesis that ancestry differences in visual function found in healthy eyes may be signs of early glaucoma.

To communicate with your staff, you need to be sure the message is clear to all.

Attention to a host of preoperative and intraoperative factors can minimize the risk of residual refractive error after cataract surgery, but when a refractive surprise occurs, there are multiple variables to consider before deciding on intervention according to one expert.

'Simultaneous bilateral refractive lens exchange with posterior chamber IOL implantation offers several advantages for patients and surgeons, according to one expert.

Use of the femtosecond laser holds promise for standardizing the 'big bubble' technique and expanding the use of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty as an alternative to penetrating keratoplasty in eligible patients, according to Luca Buzzonetti, MD.

The relationship between IOP and scleral response could serve as a biomarker for glaucoma and represents one direction glaucoma research is taking.

Laser vision correction is an effective technique for improving the results of presbyopic IOL surgery, according to one expert.

Dry eye syndrome, now called dysfunctional tear syndrome, is a complex scenario of signs and symptoms.

Phakic IOLs come in many models, but each of these comes with its own challenges.