Browse articles from EyeWorld 2010 issues. EyeWorld is the award-winning member publication of ASCRS. The magazine provides news and updates from the Society as well as clinical features in the areas of cataract, refractive, cornea, glaucoma, and practice management. It publishes quarterly with editorial direction from its medical editorial board and staff.
Presenting with a "completely dilated and non-reactive" pupil on postop day 1 can be nerve-wracking for the surgeon. Here's how one physician dealt with the complication.
In order to prevent long-term ocular damage, treatment in the earliest phases of the acute disease is crucial.
How different surgeons approach YAG use after cataract surgery
Researchers present data on a pair of controversial drug-disease interactions. One group investigated whether topical corticosteroid eye drops could significantly alter blood glucose levels in people with diabetes, while a second group explored the effects of insulin therapy on IOP.
The water-drinking test was proposed decades ago as a way to diagnose glaucoma. Following a baseline IOP measurement, the subject quickly consumes one liter of water and undergoes subsequent IOP measurements every 15 minutes for 1 hour. A glaucomatous eye with impaired outflow would be less able than a normal eye to adapt to the fluid influx and thus should manifest an IOP rise.