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Mashup Score: 2Treating Floaters: The Pros, Cons and Techniques - 13 hour(s) ago
By Michelle Stephenson, Contributing Editor F loaters are a common complaint of patie nts of all ages, often caused by myopia in younger patients, and posterior vitreous detachment in older people. Until recently, vitreous floaters weren’ t viewed as something to be treated, and patients just had to cope with them as best as they could. Here, retina specialists discuss the sometimes controversial topic of actually treating these annoying, but sometimes debilitating, opacities. “Historically, floaters were
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Mashup Score: 5
Review of Ophthalmology highlights current, clinically relevant information on surgical techniques, disease diagnosis and management and new technologies
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Mashup Score: 1Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment - 8 day(s) ago
By Albert Yang, BS, and Melinda Y. Chang, MD C ortical/cerebral visual impairment is the leading cause of pediatric visual impairment in the United States and other developed economies. 1 CVI can be challenging to diagnose. In infants with visual impairment, the differential includes inherited retinal disorders, oculomotor apraxia, and delayed visual maturation. In older children, CVI can be confused with autism spectrum disorder or learning disabilities. Here, we’ ll break down the diagnostic cues and
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MRI scan of a 5 y/o with cortical/cerebral visual impairment, with contributing etiologies including hydrocephalus with a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt (artifact on scan), hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy with extensive cerebral volume loss, and seizures. https://t.co/e2HCbi6udi https://t.co/DX9GxKcViQ
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Mashup Score: 18Pearls for Angle-based Surgery - 13 day(s) ago
T he number of minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries performed is increasing every year. Combined with cataract surgery, MIGS offer additional pressure lowering, can reduce patients’ medication burden and also decrease the risk for postop pressure spikes. While complications can occur with the addition of a second procedure to cataract surgery, in the hands of an experienced surgeon, this risk is low. Here, I’ ll share some pearls to set surgeons up for success with angle-based surgery regardless of
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Mashup Score: 1Take a Bite Out of Reimbursement Cuts - 15 day(s) ago
By Walter Bethke, Editor in Chief W e’ ve all known that person — or maybe we’ ve been that person — who avoids going to the dentist at all costs. When a molar on the right side of their mouth starts bothering them when they chew, they just take bites with the left side. Then, when a tooth on the left side starts to hurt, they start to chew in the middle with their front teeth, like beavers. Finally, though, the pain becomes too much, and they drag themselves — or are dragged — kicking and screaming to
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Mashup Score: 2Study Finds Most Patients Who Need Gonioscopy Don’t Get It - 20 day(s) ago
N ew research found that more than 70 percent of patients receiving an initial glaucoma evaluation in the United States do not have record of gonioscopy. 1 In this retrospective, case-c ontrol study, researchers assessed patterns in gonioscopy during initial glaucoma evaluations in the United States. Subjects with a diagnosis of glaucoma suspect, anatomical narrow angle (ANA) or primary/secondary glaucoma were included. Among the 198,995 patients (56 percent female, 44 percent male) in this analysis,
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Mashup Score: 21April 2024 Wills Eye Resident Case Series - 21 day(s) ago
A 71-year-old female presented to her local ophthalmologis t with six months of painless gradual worsening vision in the right eye with associated redness. On examination, she was found to have no light perception and iris neovascularization in the right eye. On B-scan ultrasonography, a retinal detachment with possible intraocular blood or mass was discovered. The patient was then referred for evaluation by the Wills Eye Hospital Ocular Oncology Service. The ocular history was only notable for a prior
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April 2024 Wills Eye Resident Case Series A 71-year-old female presented to her local ophthalmologist with six months of painless gradual worsening vision in the right eye with associated redness. Full case: https://t.co/eiZbnuCLRG @wills_eye #willseye #willseyehospital #retina https://t.co/auSzf5Cyn8
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Mashup Score: 1How Practices Are Making Private Equity Work - 22 day(s) ago
By Christine Yue Leonard, Senior Associate Editor P r ivate equity acquisitions of physician practices have grown rapidly in the last decade. Ophthalmology in particular is an attractive medical specialty for its high procedural volume and the high demand for ophthalmic care among the aging population. In the year leading up to the COVID-19 emergency, monthly acquisitions of ophthalmology and optometry practices averaged 5.71 per month and increased to 8.78 per month from January to September 2021,
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Mashup Score: 0Use of the New “Complexity” Code - 25 day(s) ago
Y ou may have heard about Medicare’s new “complexity” code, but haven’ t gotten many details on it. In this installment of Medicare Q & A, we’ ll answer providers’ common questions about the new code. Q: What is the new ‘complexity’ code? HCPCS code +G2211 states: “Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health-care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related
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Mashup Score: 19Into the Weeds of Refractive Screening - 27 day(s) ago
By Christine Yue Leonard, Senior Associate Editor H olding safety paramount to efficacy is the overarching principle for determining whether a patient is a candidate for corneal-based refractive surgery, according to Gaurav Prakash, MD, an assistant professor of ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. “You will have some patients who are borderline, and you may have to say ‘no’ or offer something else,” he says. “That said, if I randomly see 100 patients, about 60 to 70 percent
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Treating Floaters: The Pros, Cons and Techniques Some retinal surgeons are modifying their stance on treating floaters in certain symptomatic patients. https://t.co/mujcWOF4E4 #retina #ophthalmologist #ophthalmology #RetinaSpecialist https://t.co/zcPO0kJ8ls