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No survival rate improvement seen after cranio-orbital resection for lacrimal gland carcinoma

Local resection with radiotherapy has comparable results with cranio-orbital resection in terms of tumor recurrence and survival rate in patients with lacrimal gland carcinoma. Therefore, this method should be preferred because it is less disfiguring and preserves useful vision, according to a study.Seventy-nine patients treated at Moorfields Eye Hospital for lacrimal gland carcinoma between 1972 and 2014 were identified. The mean age at presentation was 48 years. Most of those treated after 199...

VIDEO: How to handle enhancements for astigmatism correction misses

NEW YORK — From OSN New York 2018, D. Rex Hamilton, MD, of Santa Monica Eye Medical Group, California, gives his presentation on enhancements for astigmatism correction misses in cataract surgery....

Nicox quarterly revenue increases

Nicox reported net revenue of 3.3 million euros in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared with net revenue of 2.3 million euros in 2017’s fourth quarter.The total includes an upfront payment from Ocumension for NCX 470 for the Chinese market and royalties on sales of Vyzulta (latanoprostene bunod ophthalmic solution 0.024%) by the company’s global partner Bausch + Lomb, according to a press release.In the fourth quarter, Vyzulta prescriptions in the U.S. rose by 47% compared with the third quarter ...

Prevent Blindness announces January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month

January has been declared National Glaucoma Awareness Month by Prevent Blindness.In support of this effort, Prevent Blindness partnered with Santen Inc. in an educational campaign to raise awareness of the disease, according to a press release from Prevent Blindness.“Unfortunately, there is currently no cure for glaucoma,” Jeff Todd, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness, said in the release. “However, promising new treatment research is underway.”Nearly three million people age 40 years and ol...

Konan introduces objective visual field analyzer

SAN ANTONIO – Konan previewed the ObjectiveField analyzer here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.Patients undergoing testing see a binocular presentation of shapes, “but each eye is stimulated and tested separately for 100% objective full-threshold visual field testing,” Ian McMillan, Konan vice president and director of sales and marketing, told Primary Care Optometry News.McMillan said the company acquired the technology 4 weeks prior to the meeting from the Australia National Unive...

VIDEO: Important considerations for small pupils in toric IOL cataract surgery

NEW YORK — From OSN New York 2018, Steven M. Silverstein, MD, of Silverstein Eye Centers in Kansas City, Missouri, gives his presentation on considerations to make with toric IOL selection in small pupils for astigmatic cataract surgery....