Fix It In A Single Ride!
Stocks are high for Same-day bilateral cataract surgery during this COVID- 19 pandemic. The benefits for immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) for patients especially elder ones (the ones more prone to get affected in this pandemic) highly outweighs the risk factors/concerns of bilateral postoperative endophthalmitis and second eye refractive planning involved in ISBCS. Studies […]
Corona Virus and Your Eyes
Eye Symptoms In Chinese Children Hospitalized With Covid-19 A new study finds that nearly a quarter of Chinese Children Hospitalized With COVID-19 developed ocular symptoms. Dr. Fagang said, “Among 216 children hospitalized with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, 49 (22.7%) had ocular manifestations including conjunctival discharge, eye rubbing, and conjunctival congestion.” He added, “Children with systemic […]
Importance Of Continual IOP Monitoring For Glaucoma
Eyemate : Study Highlights Importance Of Continual IOP Monitoring For Glaucoma Currently glaucoma patients are getting (2-6) visits per year in a doctor’s office. It puts patients at high risk of undetected disease progression. Clinical study published recently, shows EYEMATE TM system is safe, reliable and monitor IOP continuously without regular office visits. The FDA […]
Risk of Retinoapthy Increases After Cataract Surgery
Type 2 Dm – Risk of Retinoapthy Increases After Cataract Surgery According a new population-based study by Dr. Ching-Yu Cheng of the Singapore Eye Research Institute and colleagues, the adjusted risk of retinopathy was 1.7 times higher in diabetic patients who had undergone cataract removal. Diabetics have higher risk of developing cataract. Cataract surgery can […]
New Software for Catalys System To Address Astigmatism Management In Cataract Patients
Fda Approves New Software For Catalys System To Address Astigmatism Management In Cataract Patients FDA has approved CATALYS Precision Laser System by Johnson & Johnson, with new cOS 6.0 software, which is more precise, accurate and faster in the management of astigmatism. It has collaborated with Cassini Technologies B.V and enabled compatibility between Cassini’s Topographer. […]
Artificial Intelligence Passes Macular Degeneration Test
AMD is a common retinal pathology where patients are not aware until vision gets compromised. With less no of retinal specialist, it’s a difficult job to screen every one in early stages. But with the help of artificial intelligence even general practitioners can detect it. Recently iHealthScreen has developed a new artificial intelligence system, iPredict […]
Surgical System Launched For Micro-invasive Glaucoma Surgery
Next Generation Omni® Surgical System Launched For Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery Sight Sciences, Inc. has launchedtheir new generation OMNI® Surgical System for microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) procedures. Its a manually operated device for ab interno trabeculotomy and also for transluminal trabeculotomy. It acts on aqueous humor outflow resistance – trabecular meshwork, Schlemm’s canal and distal collector channels. Though […]
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 […]