News Topic: Ophthalmic Surgery

4/2012
GRUNDY, Va.–Currently in the development stages, the Appalachian College of Optometry has named Brian D. Looney, OD, as its founding president. More »
8/2011
A cutting-edge, implantable, electronic drug delivery device could be used to help treat macular damage caused by diabetic retinopathy (DR), according to a study in the August 21 issue of Lab on a Chi More »
8/2011
Researchers have used cutting-edge stem cell technology to correct a genetic defect present in a rare blinding disorder, another step on a promising path that may one day lead to therapies to reverse More »
7/2011
A bill that has put Pennsylvania optometrists on the defensive is making its way through the state legislature. More »
3/2011
Although cataract removal is the most common surgery performed in the United States, there is no standard assessment tool to help doctors and health planners decide the best candidates for cataract re More »
1/2011
On November 22, the FDA permitted Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. More »
1/2011
A femtosecond laser can produce continuous anterior capsular incisions that are twice as strong, five times as precise in size and 12 times as precise in shape compared to manual capsulorhexis, accord More »
9/2010
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Bausch + Lomb announced Friday it has acquired some of the assets and intellectual property for Miochol(R)-—an injectable miotic pharmaceutical used during eye surgeries to constrict t More »
8/2010
Larger ulcer size, larger graft size, a greater number of medical agents used, and a longer duration of postoperative antifungal therapy may be useful parameters in predicting surgical outcomes in patients with fungal keratitis. More »

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