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Intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) treatment intensity is not significantly associated with a higher risk of mortality, according to a systematic review published in Ophthalmology Retina. However, researchers found that increasing the number of…
Glaucoma drainage devices are capable of helping patients with neovascular glaucoma (NVG) achieve meaningful visual outcomes, according to a study published in BMC Ophthalmology. Although patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) fared better than those…
Reception areas at ophthalmologists’ offices today are overflowing from morning until evening, and so thinking about being a member of an extended health care team for every patient can be mind-boggling in terms of sheer…
Infectious endophthalmitis may develop late after scleral fixation of an intraocular lens (IOL), is typically associated with exposed sutures, and yields poor visual outcomes, according to a case series published in Retina. Investigators in South…
Perimeter-adjusted geographic atrophy (GA) progression rate could be linked to the presence of GA in the fellow eye and systemic medication use in non-neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a report published in the…
Measures taken to protect from the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in fewer intravitreal injections and a reduction in visual acuity upon follow-up for patients with diabetic retinopathy, according to a study published in Current Diabetes…
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