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Limited Effect of Laser Treatment on Eye Floaters

No improvement in IOP or distance vision, but patients reported change in floater burden

May 08, 2023
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Artificial Intelligence Creates Inroads to Ophthalmology Clinical Practice

Expanding opportunities to hone precision care, reduce burnout, improve patient satisfaction

May 07, 2023
ASCRS over a photo of the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, WA.
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The Eye Surgery Turf War Isn't Serving Veterans

The VA should hold strong to its updated care guidelines

Dec 28, 2022
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Opinion
FDA's Proposed LASIK Warning May Leave Patients Less Informed

The agency's recommendations should balance risk with benefit

Dec 21, 2022
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Opinion
Keep Eye Surgery in the Hands of Ophthalmologists

The VA's updated eye care guidelines will lower the standard of care for veterans

Dec 04, 2022
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Outpatient Centers Cautiously Open Doors to Surgery for People With Cardiac Devices

Will those with CIEDs become regular patients at ambulatory surgery centers within a decade?

Oct 25, 2022
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More Intense Pain Tied to Failed Appendicitis Treatment in Kids

Study showed higher pain levels led to early failure in antibiotic treatment

May 02, 2022
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Long-Term LASIK Outcomes in Myopia Beat Out Rival SMILE Procedure

Results point to effectiveness of LASIK in more challenging cases, researcher says

Nov 16, 2021
AAO over a photo of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA.
How to Do Surgery on Mars

Remote surgery ... in space

Apr 22, 2021
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Op-Ed: Gym for Surgeons?

To perform like athletes, surgeons need to train like athletes

Dec 26, 2020
Surgeons practice on a surgical dummy
Arkansas Ballot Issue Pits Ophthalmologists Against Optometrists

Ophthalmologists want to undo law allowing lesser-educated rivals to perform some laser surgery

Sep 11, 2020
A person lies covered in surgical cloth, their eye is held open by forceps, a surgeons gloved hands are moving.
A Real Pain in the Neck: Surgeons' Posture

Wearable tech confirms ergonomic stress of surgery

Mar 11, 2020
A surgeon in the operating room bending over to get closer to his work
Closer HF Assessment Fine-Tunes Surgical Risk Evaluation

Heart failure itself doesn't tell the whole story for non-cardiac procedures

Feb 12, 2019
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Morning Break: Power of MDs' Touch; Polio-Like Disease Returns; Global Mental Warming

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the MedPage Today staff

Oct 09, 2018
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