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Information about several papers discussed at a meeting sponsored by International Society of Refractive Surgery or American Academy of Ophthalmology on diagnostic techniques used in detecting forme fruste keratoconus (FFKC) is presented. Topics include the use of placido corneal topography and Scheimpflug imaging. The meeting featured opthalmology professors Stephen D. Klyce and Michael W. Belin.

Information about several papers discussed at a meeting sponsored by the Wilmer Eye Institute on the suitable measures in reporting to Medicare is presented. Topics include the hospital report system, Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI), and exploring quality reporting outside the U.S. The meeting featured Dr. Michael Repka, a professor of ophthalmology and pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, as its speaker.

Pays tribute to several ophthalmology professors at Swiss universities. Johann Friedrich Horner of the University of Zurich, who died in 1886; Carl Wilhelm von Zehender of the University of Berne, who died in 1916; Heinrich Schiess of the University of Basel, who died in 1914.

The article informs that neuroimaging tests such as MRI appear to have the highest diagnostic value in evaluation of cases of unexplained optic atrophy, while laboratory testing has a low yield. Imaging should be mandatory in all patients with unexplained optic atrophy and is particularly important in those with positive predictive factors such as a young age, progression, and bilaterality, according to Karl C. Golnik, associate professor of ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati. There is no evidence-based recommendation that can be made for the evaluation of this sort of isolated optic atrophy.

Planned laser treatment after vascular epidermal growth factor (VEGF) inhibition to treat retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in children helps patients to avoid retinal detachments and eliminates the need for very [...]

A NUMBER OF ocular issues present frequently and are linked with a substantial amount of patient discomfort. In some cases, surgical intervention can avoid complications and reduce patient morbidity. Woodford [...]

DURHAM, NC -- DAVID L. EPSTEIN, MD, the Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at Duke University School of Medicine, died March [...]