January 2014

Features

Proper education is paramount, but key clinical decisions also help to keep contact lens wearers comfortable, compliant and complication-free.

It's important to understand the oxygen transmissibility of silicone hydrogels, as we still need to worry about the possibility of corneal hypoxia.

A visual guide to some of the worst complications of the anterior segment.

A structured approach to determining which factors impede healing will lead to success with these often challenging scenarios.

While contact lens wear can lead to presentations of acute red eye, it’s important to first consider other potential underlying causes.

Though an important part of lens care and safety, contact lens solutions have the potential to cause a wide range of complications.

Throughout the years, poor lens comfort has been the number-one cause of contact lens dropout. It still is.

Could drug-eluting contact lenses replace or augment traditional eye drops for chronic conditions?

Here's a snapshot of what's happening in the industry.

Shift your focus from what you 'do' to what you 'can do' for your patients when marketing your practice.

Rho-associated kinase inhibitors may offer new treatment options for our Fuchs’ dystrophy and bullous keratopathy patients.

Address these three common GP lens concerns to ease the minds of your apprehensive patients.