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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.
The use of makeup is important to many of our patients. I have noticed it to be one of the first questions many patients ask. Knowing the majority of endophthalmitis cases arise from lid bacteria, makeup usage after surgery is not a small consideration. You may be interested to see how some of your colleagues deal with this issue and a few other post-op restrictions.
Conjunctival tumors can be deadly to a patient, and with some malignant lesions mimicking benign tumors, physicians need to know what to look for.
Research has shown that best-corrected visual acuity isn’t much different between aspheric and spherical IOLs after cataract surgery. One report looked at differences between an aspheric IOL and a spherical IOL.
How we sleep can raise or lower IOP.
A new parameter to estimate the rate of visual field loss over time
Postop shields, ICL extraction are highlighted in two separate email discussions.
A common but underdiagnosed condition, blepharitis presents the clinician with several challenges. Not only is diagnosis complicated by the frequent co-occurrence of other ocular surface conditions with similar symptoms, but traditional regimens to treatment have been largely unsatisfactory.
While topical anesthesia has its use, most surgeons prefer blocks for complex cataract cases.
How oral or topical use of “friendly” bacteria may affect eye health
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