For patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy, treating early with aflibercept may slow disease progression, but it does not appear to positively impact vision long-term.

Acute posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) often presents with concurrent complications, but many eyes continue to experience retinal complications months after diagnosis.

A novel predictive scoring system aims to help quantify the risk of failure of plaque brachytherapy, a common treatment option for posterior uveal melanoma.

A meta-analysis suggests that visual and anatomic outcomes after macular detachment surgery worsen the longer a patient experiences symptoms before seeking treatment.

In comparison with spectral-domain OCT (SD-OCT), Pentacam OCT appears to underestimate corneal thickness following customized corneal crosslinking to treat keratoconus.

The University of Edinburgh is awarding 12 scholarships in their Master of Surgery in Clinical Ophthalmology program through the support of The David and Molly Pyott Foundation.

Investigators evaluated whether taking proton pump inhibitors and histamine-2 blockers is a potential risk factor for ocular toxoplasmosis development.

While it has been theorized that proptosis reduction in patients with thyroid eye disease after teprotumumab infusion is due to decreased extraocular muscle size, this has not been fully quantified.

An assessment of IRIS Registry data focused on risk factors for repeat probing procedures to manage congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction in young children.

Psychosocial distress, including depression, has been reported following Mohs micrographic surgery, and the risk for psychosocial distress appears to increase with age.

This study focused on the incidence of pediatric cataract surgery and the rate of secondary glaucoma development in South Korea, using a national health claims database.

Vitrectomy with retinectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) can achieve high rates of success even without removing the lens.

Investigators conducted a systematic literature review to ascertain the reported ocular side effects and potential uses of insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor inhibitors.

Paracentral acute middle maculopathy (PAMM) on OCT scans appears to be a highly specific and predictive test for arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (arteritic-AION).

Subthreshold micropulse laser may offer a treatment alternative to standard laser for some patients with diabetic macular edema and a central retinal thickness of 300–400 μm.

Results from a Danish study indicate that ultrasound is potentially a companion test to temporal artery biopsy in diagnosing giant cell arteritis.

Due to potential bacterial contamination, the FDA is warning clinicians and patients not to use Delsam Pharma's Artificial Eye Ointment. This is in addition to their prior warnings about not using EzriCare Artificial Tears and Delsam Pharma's Artificial Tears.

Investigators set out to assess the geographical distribution (number and location) of pediatric ophthalmologists in the US in relation to population demographic characteristics.

Corneal crosslinking appears to show long-term effectiveness in slowing keratoconus progression in a pediatric population.

To date, there have been few data published focusing on the effectiveness of oral fluorescein angiography for differentiating papilledema from pseudopapilledema

In children with albinism, foveal hypoplasia may be linked to additional retinal development occurring after birth.

Dry eye disease can affect a person's job performance, saturated fat could lower AMD risk in men, and diastolic blood pressure is studied as a potential glaucoma measure.

Five-year follow-up results from the Primary Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study indicate that trabeculectomy surgery led to lower failure rates than tube surgery in patients with glaucoma.

According to this limited population study, AI-based image analysis appears to be as effective as manual reading when screening for diabetic retinopathy.

A fungal endophthalmitis outbreak is reported in South Korea, researchers study how low blood sugar worsens diabetic eye disease, and many counties in the United States lack pediatric ophthalmologists.