| | | Hyperspectral imaging measures retinal oxygen levels
July 1, 2008
Measuring the oxygen level of the retinal tissues may allow detection of retinal changes in patients with diabetes before structural changes in the capillaries occur, said Amani Fawzi, MD, Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. | | WOC symposium: Neuroprotection as possible wave of the future in glaucoma therapy
July 1, 2008
Do pressure-independent factors play a role in glaucoma? That would seem to be the case, since the disease progresses in many patients despite IOP reduction. Enter a new line of thinking about the disease, neuroprotection, which was the topic of a symposium held here in conjunction with the World Ophthalmology Congress. | | Congenital esotropia surgery in first year of life obtains best results
July 1, 2008
The best results of surgery for the correction of congenital esotropia are achieved in children aged less than 12 months, according to Malcolm Ing, MD, chairman of the Division of Ophthalmology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu. | |
Two-year data promising for dual-optic accommodating IOL
July 1, 2008
The newer generation of a dual-optic accommodating IOL (Synchrony, Visiogen) is easy to implant, centers well, provides good distance visual acuity, and demonstrates good safety in terms of potential posterior capsule opacification development, according to H. Burkhard Dick, MD. | | Cataract surgery advances bring new complications
July 1, 2008
As new techniques in cataract surgery present so, too, do new complications and challenges in the management of such cases, said Gregg Kokame, MD, MMM, medical director of The Retina Center at Pali Momi, and clinical professor, Division of Ophthalmology, University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Honolulu. | |
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