2021 News Archive
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Web Exclusive: A Look at Lattice Corneal Dystrophy
Wednesday December 22, 2021Recently, a patient of Dr. Danielle Trief brought his daughter to see her as a new patient. The daughter’s chief complaint: some light sensitivity and a little ocular irritation. The patient’s father has a history of PK for lattice corneal dystrophy.
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Cataract Removal Significantly Linked with Lower Dementia Risk
Wednesday December 8, 2021Based on 23,554 person-years of follow-up, cataract removal was associated with a notably reduced risk (hazard ratio, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.62-0.83; P < .001) of dementia compared with participants who did not undergo surgery...
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Ziemer Joines Forces With CorneaGen
Wednesday November 17, 2021Ziemer USA, Inc. has partnered with CorneaGen to bring new applications to the company’s FEMTO LDV Z8 laser technology to enable the device to perform novel treatments in corneal therapeutics, says Ziemer USA & Canada President David Bragg.
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Music May Tame the Anxious Cataract Surgery Patient
Thursday November 11, 2021Web app–based personalized music intervention prior to cataract surgery may lower anxiety levels and hypertension or decrease the need for sedative medication, reports a study in JAMA Ophthalmology.1
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Laser Vision Correction Increases Almost 50% Compared With 2020
Wednesday October 27, 2021The volume of laser vision correction (LVC) procedures (LASIK, SMILE and PRK) for Q3 2021 is 48% vs. 2020, reports the Refractive Surgery Council (RSC) (https://americanrefractivesurgerycouncil.org/)
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Prior Authorization Relief Bill Positioned for Passage
Wednesday October 13, 2021“Our patients simply can’t wait when their vision is at stake,” explains George A. Williams, MD, Senior Secretary for Advocacy of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. “Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act is the right relief at the right time. Our champions are taking us to a place where unnecessary barriers to necessary care will be a thing of the past.”
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Anterior Segment Condition Linked With Increased Risk of Dementia
Wednesday September 22, 2021Patients who have AMD, cataract or diabetes-related eye disease (DRED) are at a greater risk of dementia, and individuals who have both ophthalmic and systemic conditions are at a higher risk of dementia vs. those with an ophthalmic or systemic condition alone, reports the British Journal of Ophthalmology.1
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Using Solid Fuel Long Term to Cook Raises Risk of Eye Conditions
Wednesday August 25, 2021Cooking with solid fuel (e.g., coal or wood) long-term is linked with higher risks of conjunctiva disorders, cataracts, sclera, cornea, iris, and ciliary body disorders (DSCICs), and cases of glaucoma, reports PLoS One.
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Fuchs’ Dystrophy: Identification and Management
Wednesday August 11, 2021Imagine experiencing hazy or blurry vision upon waking that persists for hours or doesn’t return to normal at all, along with foreign body sensation, ocular pain and photophobia...
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Twenty-Minute Continuous Use of Smart Phones Linked With Greater Myopia
Wednesday July 28, 2021Twenty-minute ongoing use of smartphones was linked with greater myopia in teenagers, particularly in those who had low exposure to the outdoors, reports a cross-sectional population-based study in Ophthalmology.
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Bald Eagle in Need of Funds for Cataract Surgery
Wednesday July 14, 2021An ambassador bald eagle at New Mexico Wildlife Center, in Española, NM, is in need of funds for cataract surgery
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Small Study Shows Link Between DED and OCD
Wednesday June 30, 2021Dry eye disease is associated with newly diagnosed obsessive cumpulsive disorder (OCD) in patients not taking any psychiatric medications...
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Corneal Endothelium Encouraging Quantitative Index for Graves'
Wednesday June 16, 2021Active Graves’ Ophthalmopathy (GO) showed morphological alterations in corneal endothelium vs. inactive GO, revealing that the cell area reflected in corneal endothelial function has the probability of acting as a non-invasive, objective, and quantitative index for assessing GO activity status, reports a recent study in the American Journal of Ophthalmology.
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Study Seeks to Determine Which Diabetic Patients Can Donate Corneas
Thursday June 3, 2021Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and the Jaeb Center for Health researchers will perform a study to determine the diabetic individuals who can donate their corneas for successful keratoplasty.
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Keratoconus: Early Detection Could Improve Outcomes
Wednesday May 19, 2021Because keratoconus (KC) is a progressive condition that can lead to increasing astigmatism and, therefore, significant impairment in vision, diagnosing the condition early and intervening as soon as possible should be a priority when it comes to these patients.
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Transparent Corneal Inlay May Join List of Presbyopia Treatments
Wednesday May 5, 2021Thanks to a team of researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), the Universitat de València and the Aiken Ophthalmic Clinic Research Foundation, a completely transparent trifocal corneal inlay could be added to the list of treatment options, according to UPV.
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Drinking Appears to Lower Cataract Surgery Risk
Wednesday April 21, 2021People who consume low to moderate amounts of alcohol, especially wine, seem to be at decreased risk for cataract surgery, though further research is needed to determine whether this link is causal, reports a recent study in Ophthalmology.
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Web Exclusive: The Pandemic and Elective Procedures: A Year Later
Wednesday March 24, 2021A look at why elective procedures are back on the rise amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
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CP Bulletin: Corneal Clouding Linked With Primary Congenital Glaucoma Blindness
Wednesday March 17, 2021Corneal clouding appears to be a predictor for primary congenital glaucoma-related future blindness, reports a recent study in the American Journal of Ophthalmology.1
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Surgical Procedure for Pterygium Employs Tucked Tissue Graft
Wednesday March 3, 2021A procedure called the Tissue Tuck Technique for pterygium excision is minimizing surgical trauma, diminishing iatrogenic and postoperative inflammation, sealing the gap between the resected conjunctiva and Tenon’s fascia and recreating the semilunar fold.
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Cataract Surgery in Infancy Raises Risk of Glaucoma
Wednesday February 17, 2021The risk of glaucoma-related adverse events increases the longer the follow-up of children who undergo unilateral cataract extraction during infancy, and the risk has nothing to do with IOL implantation, reports a recent study in JAMA Ophthalmology.
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Diabetes Mellitus Predisposes Patients to Recurrent Corneal Erosion
Wednesday February 3, 2021Diabetes mellitus (DM) patients are at higher risk for recurrent corneal erosion (RCE), reports a study in the BMJ
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Epithelial Thickness Mapping for Keratoconus Screening
Wednesday January 20, 2021Keratoconus screening is an important safety factor in corneal refractive surgery because laser refractive surgery may lead to accelerated postoperative ectasia in keratoconus patients.
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Corneal Physician Bulletin: Cataracts and Canadians
Wednesday January 13, 2021The risk of symptoms of depression is higher in those who have had a cataract than in those who have AMD, glaucoma or some other visual impairment, reports Ophthalmic Epidemiology.