This week, a retired competitive agility dog dons prescription eyewear, botulism toxin becomes a first-line treatment for blepharospasm and GenSight’s experimental gene therapy for Leber's neuropathy shows sustained benefits at 2 years.

This paper characterizes the clinical and neuroimaging findings in severe cases of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody–positive bilateral recurrent optic neuritis (ON).

In this study, researchers assessed the cycloplegic and mydriatic effects of omitting tropicamide from a common pediatric eye drop combination.

This is the first report of cytomegalovirus (CMV) corneal endotheliitis after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK).

The prescription dry eye treatment lifitegrast (Xiidra) will change hands from Takeda to Novartis later this year, at an estimated cost of $5.3 billion.

This paper explores whether mean deviations in visual field recorded at diagnosis can predict visual outcomes in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH).

This study explored factors influencing visual outcomes after phacoemulsification in patients with cataracts and type 2 diabetes.

This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of an investigational cationic emulsion cyclosporine A formulation for severe vernal keratoconjunctivitis.

This week, herpes zoster ophthalmicus cases have tripled in the past 12 years, the Lensar laser is cleared to make micro radial incisions and Zeiss has launched the first dual-speed swept-source OCT/OCTA.

This prospective randomized study compared the 3-dimensional epithelial remodeling in patients undergoing LASIK versus small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE).

This cross-sectional retrospective study assessed patterns of axonal loss and demyelination in the optic nerve of patients with multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD).

This study highlights how spectral-domain OCT (SD-OCT) measurements may be potential biomarkers for Alzheimer disease (AD).

This paper examines the pathogenesis of congenital oculonasal synkinesis in a pediatric patient and discusses the implications of disparate craniofacial findings.

Akorn, Inc. announced the approval of their generic steroid eyedrop, loteprednol etabonate ophthalmic suspension 0.5%.

This randomized controlled trial, also known as the Zhongshan Angle Closure Prevention (ZAP) trial, evaluated the efficacy of prophylactic laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI) in bilateral angle-closure suspects.

The authors comprehensively summarize existing evidence for methods used to reduce injection pain, specifically in the context of periocular procedures.

This Ophthalmic Technology Assessment evaluated the ability of orthokeratology (ortho-K) treatment to reduce myopic progression compared with standard refractive correction (spectacles or daytime contact lenses).

Investigators document a case of retinal necrosis with counting fingers vision in a patient who received an injection of methylprednisolone acetate (Depo-Medrol) during complicated cataract surgery.

This week, doctors remove 4 live bees from a Taiwanese woman’s eye, Stephen Curry takes on keratoconus and a 74-year-old man presents with a rare corneal lesion.

This retrospective study describes the clinical features noted in patients younger than 21 who have posterior uveal melanoma.

This retrospective interventional case series characterized the clinical features of subtype-specific orbital lymphoma.

This week, a London crowd watched a demo of DeepMind's retinal scanner, Dartmouth anthropologists build “tarsier goggles” to mimic the tiny primate’s enormous eyes and a 6-year-old girl shows up with a needle-shaped lesion in one eye — but no history of trauma.

This study compares the effectiveness of 3 regional corticosteroid injections for uveitic macular edema (ME): periocular triamcinolone acetonide (PTA), intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (ITA) and the intravitreal dexamethasone implant (IDI).

This multicenter randomized clinical trial investigated whether a binocular Dig Rush iPad game could improve vision in children with amblyopia.

This study evaluates the outcomes of uneventful cataract surgery in diabetic patients without retinal complications.