Special Considerations For Ophthalmic Surgery During Covid-19
As Covid 19 is becoming a part of our lives, surgeons have started resuming work amid the chaos. The question still stands, what guidelines to follow. Academy is providing a guideline for surgeons and staffs for patient handling during surgery. General considerartion like wearing surgical mask or home made mask by patients, PPE by surgeon, […]
New Stimulation Approach Produces ‘Form Vision’ in Blind People
Dynamic stimulation of the visual cortex can allow blind people to recognize various letter shapes.Dr. Daniel Yoshor from Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, Texas, and colleagues developed an dynamic technique where activation of a sequence of electrodes are analogous to tracing letters on the palm. The technique is known as current steering and researchers […]
Hydroxy-chloroquine: Possible Covid Drug Can Be Toxic To Retinas
Multiple trials arer going on hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for the treatment of COVID-19. HCQs are comparatively safer drug while used for rheumatoid arthritis and their potential toxicity is well known. But now clinicians have found reports regarding its different sort of complications. HCQ s related retinal toxicity is apparently a significant one and the risk factors […]
Covid-19 May Accelerate Volume of Ophthalmology Procedures In ASCs
“Trends were already shifting out of the hospital OR over to ambulatory surgery centers and will more than likely be accelerated because of this pandemic,” Nancy Lurker, EyePoint Pharmaceuticals president and CEO, said during the event. Post pandemic patients will be looking to minimise potential virus exposure. As a result ASC s will be more […]
Precautions To Be Taken During Covid 19
There is no standardized guidelines internationally in the usage of PPE among Ophthalmologist. How exactly it is spreading is still not known completely. The three doctors who died in Wuhan , were working in same unit including Dr Li Wenliang. It is believed that, they were treating asymptomatic glaucoma patients. Recent study found Viral RNA […]
Is Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery As Good As Standard Surgery
Conventional phacoemulcification remains standard method of cataract surgery, but fLACS allows more accuracy, precision and reproducibility. New York (Reuters Health) – provided outcome of study comparing Femtosecond laser asissted catarct surgery (FLACS) and conventional phaoemulcification catarac surgry from a noninferiority trial. It is found that, there is no statistically significant difference in the study conducted […]
After 16 Years With No Light Perception, A Novel Implant Restored Rudimentary Vision To Bernardeta Gómez.
She was the first patient to receive a brain implant that bypasses the eyes and optic nerve, and instead feeds signals directly to the visual cortex. Invented by Spanish neuroengineer Eduardo Fernandez, MD, PhD, the implant enabled Gómez to identify ceiling lights, letters, basic shapes and people. She could even play a simple computer game […]
FDA Approves First Iris Prosthesis: CustomFlex
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved CUSTOMFLEX @ ARTIFICIALIRIS now. It is the only Iris prosthesis approved by FDA in US, used for children and adults. Patient having missing iris since birth or following trauma, face great difficulty to cope up with inability to control the incoming light. Its a breakthrough device […]
An Antihistamine Releasing Contact Lens for Ocular Allergy
Ocular allergy is a frequently encountered condition.And those who wear contact lens patients and have a positive history of allergic conjunctivitis have to go through a lot of trouble to use anti-allergic eye drops. Here is a study in the direction of finding an alternative and more comfortable solution. For more information: https://www.healio.com
How Safe Is Lasik?
LASIK has been one of the groundbreaking advancements in ophthalmology, of recent times. With improvements in technology and last delivery systems, the accuracy and safety of the procedure has increased substantially. But amidst all this, here is what an ex-US-FDA researcher who led the team that approved LASIK, has to say about it. For more […]