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Risk for Postop Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Lower With Cannabis Use
MONDAY, July 7, 2025 – Patients undergoing retinal detachment (RD) repair with concomitant cannabis use have a lower risk for subsequent proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) and requiring...
Capsular Tension Ring Implantation Linked to Improved Intraocular Lens Stability
MONDAY, June 23, 2025 – Capsular tension ring (CTR) implantation is associated with improved stability of the intraocular lens (IOL), according to a review published online June 12 in JAMA...
Patients Who Fear Cataract Surgery Less Likely to Believe Surgery Will Improve Vision
TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 – Neither health literacy nor understanding of cataract pathology is associated with fear of cataract surgery, according to a study published online March 28 in Clinical ...
Many Seniors Fear Cataract Surgery
WEDNESDAY, May 21, 2025 — Cataract surgery is one of the most foolproof procedures in medicine, with a success rate as high as 95%. Nevertheless, many seniors don’t get cataract surgery because they f...
Female Ophthalmology Trainees Perform Fewer Cataract Procedures During Residency
THURSDAY, May 8, 2025 – Female residents reported fewer cataract procedures than male residents from 2014 to 2023, according to a study published online May 1 in JAMA Ophthalmology. Susan M. ...
2019 to 2020 Saw 17.9 Percent Decrease in Ophthalmic Procedures in Seniors
TUESDAY, Feb. 18, 2025 – There was a notable decrease in common ophthalmic procedures among Medicare beneficiaries during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published...
Rural America Faces Growing Shortage of Eye Surgeons
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22, 2025 – Rural areas are facing an increasing shortage of eye surgeons who can treat conditions like cataracts, glaucoma and detached retinas, a new study says. More than 17% of...
Access to Ophthalmic Specialty Care Increasingly Challenging in Rural Areas
FRIDAY, Jan. 3, 2025 – Rural areas are increasingly facing ophthalmic subspecialty surgeon shortages, according to a study published online Jan. 2 in JAMA Ophthalmology. Aishah Ahmed, from the Johns ...
AAO: Prior Intravitreal Injections Increase Risk for Cataract Surgery Complications
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 23, 2024 – A history of multiple past intravitreal injections (IVIs) poses a risk for certain future cataract surgery complications, according to a study presented at the annual ...
Cataract Surgery Could Save Your Eyesight and Maybe Your Life
TUESDAY, Oct. 22, 2024 – Cataract surgery could restore good vision to older people and by doing so cut their odds for potentially life-threatening falls, a new study finds. Folks who got the...
Cataracts Gone Without Surgery? New Science Suggests It's Possible
MONDAY, Sept. 23, 2024 – Research in rats and hibernating squirrels has pinpointed a naturally occurring protein that appears to reverse cataracts, scientists report. Animal studies don't always pan...
FDA Approves Iheezo (chloroprocaine hydrochloride ophthalmic gel) for Ocular Surface Anesthesia
Iheezo Represents the First Approved Use in the U.S. Ophthalmic Market of Chloroprocaine Hydrochloride and the First Branded Ocular Anesthetic Approved for the U.S. Ophthalmic Market in Nearly 14...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Compounded Products Containing Triamcinolone-Moxifloxacin by Guardian Pharmacy Services (Dallas, Texas): Alert to Health Professionals - Adverse Events After Receiving Eye Injections
ISSUE: At least 43 patients reported adverse events after receiving eye injections of Guardian’s Pharmacy Services compounded triamcinolone-moxifloxacin product during cataract surgery. The patients ...
Omeros Corporation Announces FDA Approval of Omidria for Use in Pediatric Patients
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2017-- Omeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing small-molecule and...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Compounded Triamicinolone and Moxifloxacin Product for Intravitreal Injection by Guardian Pharmacy Services: Alert to Health Professionals - Serious Adverse Events Reported
[Posted 07/28/2017] ISSUE: FDA received adverse event reports on April 5 and June 1, 2017, concerning at least 43 patients who were administered intravitreal (eye) injections of a drug containing...