Healio

Woman’s IOP elevated despite patent laser peripheral iridotomy

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 58-year-old white woman with primary angle closure suspect was referred to the New England Eye Center glaucoma ...
Healio

Refractive lensectomy challenges laser iridotomy as management for narrow angles

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a society of cornea, cataract and ...
Medscape

Clear-Lens Extraction May Be Best for Primary Glaucoma

For primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG), clear-lens extraction was more effective and cost-effective than laser peripheral iridotomy, according to results from the Effectiveness in Angle-closure ...
EurekAlert!

COVID-19 pandemic and rates of common ophthalmic procedures among Medicare beneficiaries

About The Study: The results of this study show that the COVID-19 pandemic caused a notable drop in the number of common ophthalmic procedures among Medicare beneficiaries, especially in laser ...
MedPage Today

For PACS Eyes, Simple Clinical Exam Enough to Predict Long-Term Glaucoma Risk

High-tech metrics are not needed to evaluate the long-term risk that asymptomatic patients with primary angle-closure suspect (PACS) will proceed to glaucoma, data from a Chinese randomized trial ...
Becker's ASC

West Virginia weighs bill allowing optometrists to perform eye surgery

A bill in the West Virginia Legislature would enable optometrists to perform eye surgeries, according to a March 17 report from WTAP. Under Senate Bill 565 and House Bill 2975, optometrists would be ...