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October 30th 2024. Julie Schallhorn, MD, MS, also is an associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of California San Francisco, has drawn upon her bioengineering background to develop a device to simplify eye drop administration. AAO 2024: Ophthalmic drop wastage due to artificial expiration date.
Distinction between lamellar holes and macular pseudoholes
Mar 12, 2018 · Dr. Thompson defined pseudomacular holes as a clinical diagnosis as seen via slit lamp biomicroscopy versus optical coherence tomography (OCT). “Use pseudomacular holes only to describe the biomicroscopic appearance,” he added. In contrast, a lamellar macular hole is defined by the appearance of the fovea via OCT.
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AAO 2024: Long-term low-dose antiviral treatment benefits patients with eye disease and pain from shingles. David Hutton. October 19th 2024. New research presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Cornea Subspecialty Day …
Dealing with complications of silicone oil - Modern Retina
Sep 2, 2022 · Re-detachment after silicone oil removal is a major complication, with rates varying up to 30%. Suspected ERP and ERMs can be diagnosed by direct examination and OCT and removed when silicone oil is removed from the eye. Peripheral 360-degree laser retinopexy and scleral encircling band significantly diminish the rate of re-detachment.
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EURETINA 2024: An overview of the SING-IMT implant with Alfonso Savastano, MD, PhD. Hattie Hayes; Martin David Harp. September 30th 2024. Alfonso Savastano, MD, PhD spoke about the SING-IMT implant during his interview with Ophthalmology Times Europe, which took place at the EURETINA 2024 meeting held in Barcelona, Spain, on September 19-22, 2024.
Achromatopsia: Understanding the rare inherited retinal disease
Aug 27, 2018 · Achromatopsia is an autosomal recessive disease that affects approximately 1:30,000 individuals and is associated with complete loss of cone function. It is most commonly caused by mutations in the CNGB3 and CNGA3 genes and is associated with severely reduced visual acuity and extreme photosensitivity, resulting in daytime blindness.
Diagnosing and treating MacTel degenerative retinal disease
Aug 1, 2017 · Later, Gass and Blodi identified three subtypes of the disease. 2 In 2006, Yannuzzi et al. proposed a classification that is commonly used: aneurysmal (type 1), perifoveal (type 2) and occlusive (type 3). 3 Type 1 appears to be a variant of Coats disease and type 3 is likely comprised of familial disorders with systemic associations. MacTel type 2 is the most common type and is the focus of ...
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ARVO 2024: Abnormal subendothelial matrix exacerbates choroidal endothelial cell death in early age-related macular degeneration. Martin David Harp; David Hutton. May 17th 2024. At this year's ARVO meeting, Irene Santiago Tierno, MS, talked with Ophthalmology Times about the paper she presented on how abnormal subendothelial matrix exacerbates ...
SNAPS Eye Shield: Creating the gold standard for postoperative …
Sep 19, 2023 · SNAPS Eye Shield is a simple yet innovative postoperative eye shield that is comfortable, easy to place, removable, and reusable (Figure). In a nutshell, SNAPS Eye Shields do not require tape and do not rest directly on the skin as do traditional eye shields. SNAPS are packaged with adhesive anchors with clever snaps that affix the shield to ...
ASRS 2024: Fas inhibition with ONL-1204 for GA - Modern Retina
Jul 19, 2024 · Durga Borkar, MD, MMCi, sat down with Sydney M. Crago, Assistant Managing Editor of Ophthalmology Times and Modern Retina, to discuss Fas inhibition with ONL-1204 for the treatment of geographic atrophy: First-time results from a phase 1b study, which she is presenting at the ASRS meeting held in Stockholm, Sweden.