Browse articles from EyeWorld.org on the topic of the cornea. 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.
When it comes to corneal endothelial disorders, endothelial keratoplasty has become popular with ophthalmologists worldwide, and many choose between DSEK and DMEK. DSEK seems to be the current preferred method, with developments in DMEK causing the technique to gain ground.
Omega-3 fatty acids are hailed for promoting better heart health, reducing inflammation, providing more lustrous hair and skin, and even promoting better mood. The question is, how beneficial are omega-3s for dry eye patients?
Using conjunctival autograft and prophylactic subconjunctival placement of amniotic membrane
While Mooren's ulcer is by definition not associated with any systemic autoimmune disorder, it can be confused with corneal ulcers that are early warning signs of life-threatening diseases, said C. Stephen Foster, M.D., founder and president, Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institute, Cambridge, and clinical professor of ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
Many epithelial lesions have a dendritic shape. Although most of these lesions are pseudodendrites, they are frequently misdiagnosed as herpes simplex virus (HSV). The shape differences between these dendrites are subtle, but do exist. EyeWorld spoke to two experts on the subject who weighed in on the telltale signs.
When pharma fails to relieve dry eye in the severest cases, patients still have options. Non-pharmaceutical treatments such as LipiFlow (Johnson & Johnson Vision), autologous serum tears, and intense pulsed light have been successful for evaporative dry eye caused by meibomian gland dysfunction.
In order to prevent long-term ocular damage, treatment in the earliest phases of the acute disease is crucial.
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.
How oral or topical use of “friendly” bacteria may affect eye health
Ophthalmologists are just beginning to understand how the mite causes recurrent inflammation to eyelids.
