Cornea and External Disease
Latest news on corneal and external eye disorders, including infectious, inflammatory, and degenerative conditions. Coverage spans diagnostics, medical and surgical management, and emerging therapies.
Phase 3 trial of cenegermin-bkbj for PCED enrolls first US patient
The first patient in the United States has been dosed in a Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating cenegermin-bkbj ophthalmic solution for the...
Cornea specialists identify key clinical signs linked to microbial keratitis subtypes
United States cornea specialists identified a limited set of clinical features they believe reliably distinguish microbial keratitis (MK) organism groups, according to...
Preventing complications of superficial keratectomy
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Multifocal contact lenses linked to reduced posterior OCT image quality
Wearing multifocal contact lenses (MFCLs) is associated with reduced posterior segment optical coherence tomography (OCT) image quality and thinner retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) measurements, according to a study. The...
Postoperative care drives majority of expenses after Lucia KPro surgery
Implantation of the Lucia Keratoprosthesis (KPro) in a resource-limited tertiary center was associated with substantial postoperative costs, primarily driven by complication management, while still demonstrating meaningful visual improvement and high...
Retinal detachment after penetrating keratoplasty shows distinct traction pattern
Retinal detachment after penetrating keratoplasty (PK) is rare (1.32%) but shows a distinct traction pattern driven by severe anterior proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), often without retinal breaks, a study found. A...
Surgical approaches show differing visual outcomes in acute corneal hydrops
Compression sutures with intracameral air injection (CSAI), CSAI followed by deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK), and penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) all improved vision in acute corneal hydrops, but showed different tradeoffs,...
Glueless, sutureless technique shows low recurrence after pterygium surgery
Compared with traditional amniotic membrane transplantation or conjunctival autograft using glue or sutures, a glueless, sutureless pterygium excision technique using triple-layer, decellularized amniotic basement membrane reduced operative time, postoperative discomfort,...
Lipid-containing artificial tears better maintain corneal surface temperature
Lipid-containing artificial tears maintained corneal surface temperature (CST) more effectively during sustained eye opening than lipid-deficient artificial tears, according to a study. The study included 15 healthy volunteers between the...
The next generation of amniotic membranes for the treatment of corneal epithelial defects
The latest episode of The Ophthalmic Project, pairs host Mark Dlugoss with Rob Sambursky, MD, Chief Executive Officer of DefEYE, where they discuss the company’s products Biovance and Biovance 3L... ...