Wednesday, May 29, 2013

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION MATTERS

This study in Optometry and Vision Science concludes:

Ocular comfort and symptoms in symptomatic CL wearers can be perceptibly improved by switching to an alternative CL-LCP combination. This finding provides justification for the efforts of both eye care practitioners and researchers to improve the comfort of CL wearers.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

PERIPHERAL IRIDOTOMY

A laser hole is burned through the iris to create a good flow for aqueous humor in a patient with narrow anterior chamber angles.

TRAUMATIC HYPHEMA

This in a teenage boy that was hit by a wiffle ball.  It cleared up well with appropriate treatment. 


SCLERAL THINNING


Thinning in a 73 year old female.


PUNCTAL GRANULOMA FROM PLUG

This was very easily removed without having to remove the plug. 


CONTACT LENS RELATED CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION

Another patient overusing Acuvue Oasys. 


Wednesday, May 15, 2013