Viewpoints in Cornea & External Disease

10-Year Study Details Post-Intraocular Lens Cataract Risk, Benefits Long-term safety and stability were notable in myopic patients, but reducing complications may require special strategies.
Experts And Viewpoints, October 05, 2016
New Epithelial Transplant Method Promising in Ocular Burns Using a technique they pioneered in 2010, a team of researchers from India reported 76% success rates in patients with unilateral limbal stem cell deficiency.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 21, 2016
Corneal Graft Success Over 30 Years Dr Christopher Rapuano reviews surprising and questionable corneal graft survival rates between two surgical techniques.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 05, 2016
Dry Eye and Depression Is there a relationship between dry eye and depression; and, if so, which came first? A new study attempts to answer these questions.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 19, 2016
Does CXL Reduce the Need for Transplants for Keratoconus? It has been proposed that crosslinking reduces the number of corneal transplants performed for keratoconus. However, Dr Rapuano sees holes in the data and stresses the need for better trials.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 22, 2015
MMC as Adjunctive Treatment in Corneal Surface Ablation Does the intraoperative use of mitomycin C inhibit haze formation or affect corneal endothelial cell density?
Experts And Viewpoints, July 27, 2015
Systemic Complications Are Common in Sjögren Syndrome A retrospective review of patients with Sjogren syndrome underlines the need for ophthalmologists to screen for this disorder as soon as its tell-tale signs present.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 02, 2015
Ortho-K-Associated Infectious Keratitis Dr Christopher Rapuano explains why counseling patients about infectious risk is so important before prescribing orthokeratology lenses.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 03, 2015
Corneal Crosslinking in Keratitis: A 40-Eye Experience A trial of corneal crosslinking in infectious keratitis raises more questions than it answers.
Experts And Viewpoints, October 10, 2014
Real-World Keratoplasty Outcomes Why was the cornea community surprised by the findings of this study?
Experts And Viewpoints, August 19, 2014
Keratoconus: Effect on Cataract Surgery Outcomes This review has lessons for when to use actual keratometry values and when to use standard keratometry values in the refractive correction of eyes with keratoconus.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 24, 2014
Corneal Transplant: Does Donor Age Matter? The 10-year results of the Cornea Donor Study answer important questions about the use of older donor tissue for penetrating keratoplasty.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 29, 2014
Descemet Membrane Detachment After Cataract Surgery A large case series reports good visual outcomes with descemetopexy.
Experts And Viewpoints, October 25, 2013
The Absence of Older Keratoconus Patients Is there validity to the observation that there is a lack of older keratoconus patients?
Experts And Viewpoints, June 24, 2013
DSEK vs PKP: Which Is Best, and Why? In regard to graft failure and cell loss, which corneal transplant technique is superior?
Experts And Viewpoints, April 01, 2013
Can Tear Osmolarity Identify Dry Eyes? A system for measuring tear osmolarity is evaluated in patients with dry eye, but is it enough?
Experts And Viewpoints, January 17, 2013
Timolol to Treat Myopic Regression After LASIK If it works, timolol therapy might result in happier patients after LASIK.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 14, 2013
Halting the Progression of Keratoconus in Children Although many questions remain unanswered, could corneal collagen crosslinking be on its way to becoming a standard of care?
Experts And Viewpoints, October 29, 2012
Making Soft Contact Lens Use Safer Most of the risk factors for keratitis are easily modifiable.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 18, 2012
Sleep Apnea in Keratoconus Patients: Who's Most at Risk? Keratoconus patients should be asked about sleep apnea symptoms and considered for screening.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 31, 2012

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