ACUPUNCTURE MAY BE A TREATMENT FOR ANISOMETROPIC AMBLYOPIA

Arch Ophthalmol -- Abstract: Randomized Controlled Trial of Patching vs Acupuncture for Anisometropic Amblyopia in Children Aged 7 to 12 Years, December 2010, Zhao et al. 128 (12): 1510

Usually we give a child the best spectacle correction and prescribe a patching regimen with therapy. This study shows acupuncture was as effective! Interesting.

Keraring implantation effective against keratoconus - Ophthalmology Times Europe

Keraring implantation effective against keratoconus - Ophthalmology Times Europe

the Keraring implantation is effective for the treatment of keratoconus, providing safety and good visual outcomes after both mechanical and femtosecond assisted tunnel creation.

CONSEQUENCES OF WAITING FOR CATARACT SURGERY

Consequences of waiting for cataract surgery : Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Purpose or review: To conduct a concise review of primary research articles over the preceding year on the subject of the consequences of waiting for cataract surgery.

Recent findings: Waiting for cataract surgery beyond 6 months may result in increasing vision loss, decrease in quality life, loss of driver's license, depression and adverse events including falls and fractures. The consequences of waiting for cataract surgery not only affect patients, families and surgeons, but also health ministries and public health policy makers. Consequences are both quantitative and qualitative in nature, ranging from progressive vision loss to patients' decrease in quality of life from factors other than vision loss. Cataract wait lists are not unique to North America, and numerous international articles have described a broad variety of consequences.