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Online Survey Yields RCE Patient Profile
Respondents—primarily Caucasian females—reported pain upon awakening, most often treated with hypertonic ointment. Debridement was somewhat uncommon.
May 13, 2022
Updated Benchmarks For PDR Complications, Visual Outcomes
Techniques that have modernized since the 2000s have improved patient results.
March 29, 2022
Non-ophthalmologists Can Perform YAG Capsulotomies, Too
This study found no change in outcome or complication rate when the operator was an advanced nurse practitioner.
March 3, 2022
Retinal Surgery Has a Carbon Footprint
Gas tamponade seems an unlikely culprit, but the amount of wasted gas left behind in too-large canisters is contributing to global carbon emissions.
October 11, 2021
Wyoming ODs Earn Right to Perform Laser and Excisional Procedures
Statewide access to patients in need and demonstrable proficiency in the new services led to the move.
April 19, 2021
Mississippi Pushes for Expanded Scope of Practice
Proposal includes oral steroids, lid lesion care and laser capsulotomy privileges.
February 9, 2021
New Pre-Surgical Patient Prep Kit
Bruder packages together several products that can improve lid hygiene.
December 26, 2020
Arkansas ODs Victorious Against Referendum
The court rules that the medical lobby didn’t meet the requirements to put the issue on the general-election ballot.
September 17, 2020
Reoperation Rates after RD Vary with Age
Older patients were more likely to need more than one procedure for noncomplex RD repair.
September 17, 2020
Cell Injection Therapy Shows Good Long-term Results
Normal corneal thickness was attained in 10 of 11 eyes at five years.
September 17, 2020
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