Many eye banks won't accept corneas from donors with diabetes, concerned they might be harder to prepare for transplant ...

A thorough slit lamp exam and corneal topography are required before cataract surgery to diagnose irregularities in the corneal surface. Many times, complex corneas of patients coming in for a ...

When Brent Chapman was 13, he took ibuprofen during a Christmas basketball game. It was a drug he had taken before, but what happened next was anything but routine: He had a severe reaction that ...

Femtosecond lasers and OCT imaging are among the most rapidly advancing technologies in ophthalmology. OCT has the ability to make reliable thickness measurements. Femtosecond lasers prepare accurate, ...

We all want perfect vision. And, to be honest, most of us after a certain age will happily settle for better vision. And that ...

Maintenance of a healthy tear film is achieved by a constant feedback mechanism between the ocular surface, brainstem and lacrimal glands, collectively called the Lacrimal Functional Unit. [1] ...

Keratoconus is a condition that affects your vision and up until now, major surgery was the only way to treat it. A new procedure is saving people’s sight. “I’ve always had perfect vision,” said Jesus ...

Tersigni Vision has published new guidance addressing a common concern among individuals considering vision correction: ...

intravitreal injections: now more than 6 million per year in the United States; cataract surgery and IOL implantation/refractive cataract surgery: just more than 4 ...

One year post-surgery, patients who underwent Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) experienced greater cell loss overall compared to those who underwent penetrating ...

A corneal transplant is a routine surgical procedure that replaces a damaged cornea with a healthy one from a donor. The cornea is the thin, transparent membrane that sits in front of the iris and ...

Expert Rev Ophthalmol. 2012;7(3):241-250. SS-1000 Casia Tomey Spectral-domain OCT 10 µm Prepares anterior and posterior corneal elevation maps and 3D images of the anterior segment SH Yoo is ...