Optometry

• Meeting News Coverage

• Antibiotic prophylaxis may have negative effect on safety of intravitreal injections

• May 20, 2013
• MILAN — A low rate of endophthalmitis after anti-VEGF intravitreal injections can be achieved without the use of preoperative and postoperative...More »

• In the Journals

• OCT pinpoints structural changes related to fluorescein leakage from microaneurysms

• May 17, 2013
• Focal fluorescein leakage from microaneurysms correlated strongly with lack of capsular structure and other anatomic changes in eyes with diabetic...More »

• In the Journals

• Small-gauge PPV can be used for non-clearing diabetic vitreous hemorrhage

• May 16, 2013
• Postoperative vitreous hemorrhage occurred in about one-third of eyes that underwent initial 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy for diabetic vitreous...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Head-to-head GEFAL study confirms non-inferiority of bevacizumab

• May 15, 2013
• PARIS — A prospective, multicenter, randomized, double-masked study carried out in France proved the non-inferiority of bevacizumab to ranibizumab,...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Femtosecond laser may be used in combined cataract-vitrectomy procedures

• May 15, 2013
• PARIS — If the use of femtosecond laser becomes routine in cataract surgery, combined procedures such as cataract and vitrectomy will also integrate...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Chronic ocular hypertension may occur after repeated intravitreal anti-VEGF injections

• May 14, 2013
• PARIS — Repeated intravitreal anti-VEGF injections might cause chronic ocular hypertension in some patients, according to a study.
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• Breaking News

• BLOG: AREDS2 results and reaction

• May 13, 2013
• Read more blog posts from Jeffrey Anshel, OD.
  The long-awaited results of the AREDS2 study were released recently. This multicenter trial was conducted in...More »

• Breaking News

• Omega-3s have no effect on AMD progression, AREDS 2 says

• May 10, 2013
• The second Age-Related Eye Disease Study has shown that omega-3 fatty acids do not alter the progression of age-related macular degeneration and...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• GALILEO results show visual acuity gains diminished with less frequent monitoring

• May 10, 2013
• SEATTLE — Visual improvements gained during the fixed dosing period of intravitreal aflibercept injection in the GALILEO trial were not sustained...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Microperimetry, OCT used together to correlate retinal structure and function

• May 10, 2013
• SEATTLE — A weak relationship correlating local retinal sensitivity with local retinal thickness was found using a combination optical coherence...More »

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