Effectiveness and safety of a thermo-mechanical action device versus thermal pulsation device in the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of thermo-mechanical action (Tixel C, Novoxel) compared with thermal pulsation (LipiFlow, Johnson & Johnson) in meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).

Setting: Private clinics and University clinic, USA.

Design: Prospective, randomized (1:1), evaluator-masked, multicenter study.

VAULT: vault accuracy using deep learning technology: new image-based artificial intelligence model for predicting implantable collamer lens postoperative vault.

Purpose: To develop an accurate deep learning model to predict postoperative vault of phakic implantable collamer lenses (ICLs).

Setting: Parkhurst NuVision LASIK Eye Surgery, San Antonio, Texas.

Design: Retrospective machine learning study.

A Comprehensive Retrospective Analysis of EVO/EVO+ Implantable Collamer Lens: Evaluating Refractive Outcomes in the Largest Single Center Study of ICL Patients in the United States.

Purpose: We evaluate visual outcomes in patients with EVO/EVO+™ (posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens with a central port) within approved United States (US) age and refractive range indications.

Patients And Methods: This single-center retrospective study evaluated one-month, single-center postoperative data for 225 eyes meeting inclusion criteria and undergoing EVO/EVO+ implantation from April to October 2022. Data included lens size (mm), lens power (diopters of spherical and cylindrical power), preoperative best corrected visual acuity, preoperative spherical equivalent from manifest refraction, achieved postoperative uncorrected visual acuity, postoperative refraction, intraocular pressure (mmHg), and adverse events.

Evaluation of Same-Day versus Next-Day Implantation of Intracanalicular Dexamethasone for the Control of Postoperative Inflammation and Pain Following Cataract Surgery.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a sustained-release intracanalicular dexamethasone insert for postoperative inflammation and pain implanted in a clinical setting preoperatively or on postoperative day 1.

Methods: Single-site, retrospective, contralateral eye study of patients undergoing cataract surgery. Included were subjects with a dexamethasone intracanalicular insert implanted in the clinic immediately prior to surgery in one eye (same-day) and on postoperative day 1 (POD1) in the contralateral eye.

Call to action: treating dry eye disease and setting the foundation for successful surgery.

Dry eye disease (DED) is a common disease that can reduce the quality of life. Prevalence estimates vary but have been reported to be as high as 60% in some populations. Diagnosis is complicated by a multifactorial etiology and a disconnection between clinical signs and patient-reported symptomatology.

Treatment of Presbyopia in Emmetropes Using a Shape-Changing Corneal Inlay: One-Year Clinical Outcomes.

Purpose: To report 1-year safety and efficacy clinical outcomes of a shape-changing corneal inlay for the treatment of presbyopia.

Design: Prospective, nonrandomized, multicenter United States Food and Drug Administration Investigational Device Exemption clinical trial (clinicaltrials.gov identifier, NCT01373580).

Prevalence of laser vision correction in ophthalmologists who perform refractive surgery.

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of laser corneal refractive surgery (laser vision correction [LVC]) among ophthalmologists who perform these procedures and to assess the willingness of these ophthalmologists to recommend LVC to immediate family members.

Setting: Online survey with results analyzed at Surgivision Consultants, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.

Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery after implantation of a transparent near vision corneal inlay.

Purpose: To describe two cases of successful femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery in patients with a transparent hydrogel corneal inlay (Raindrop Near Vision Inlay; ReVision Optics, Inc., Lake Forest, CA).

Methods: Case report.

Phakic intraocular lens implantation in United States military warfighters: a retrospective analysis of early clinical outcomes of the Visian ICL.

Purpose: To assess short-term clinical outcomes after implantation of phakic intraocular lenses (Visian ICL, STAAR Surgical Co) in US military warfighters who are not good candidates for laser vision correction.

Methods: A retrospective interventional consecutive case series analysis of all eyes that underwent ICL surgery during a 14-month time period was performed. Main outcome measures included indications for surgery, efficacy, predictability, and early adverse events.