August 15, 2018

Features

Annual Contact Lens Report

Dissecting the Soft Contact Lens

The quest for comfort goes beneath the surface.

Polish Up Your Practice: Today’s Contact Lens Surfaces

Sometimes it pays to be superficial—at least when it comes to contact lens advances. These surface treatments can increase patient comfort.

Scleral Lenses: Boom, Don't Bust

These strategies can help you prevent a scleral lens complication surge in your practice.

The Compromised Cornea: Take Cover

Bandage contact lenses are crucial for corneal protection, but can present both clinical and coding challenges. Here’s what you need to know.

Dry Eye

Take Dry Eye Therapy to the Next Level

Here’s how to up your game when treating even the most severe dry eye patient.

Glaucoma

Play a Part in Postoperative Glaucoma Care

For every procedure our patients undergo, optometrists must develop a follow-up routine. Here’s how to get started.

Departments

Chairside

Where are All the Characters?

Kids these days need to step up their game to spice up this profession.

Clinical Quandaries

Playing the Field

Keep an open mind when dealing with tricky neuro cases.

Coding Connection

Corneal—and Coding—Protection

Billing for a bandage contact lens is simple—until it isn’t. Here’s how to do it correctly.

Cornea and Contact Lens Q & A

The Cut After Colonization

When patients have resistant organisms, should clinicians be resistant to LASIK?

Diagnostic Quiz

Starting From Scratch

Seasonal allergies became a major issue for one patient who chose to self-treat.

Focus on Refraction

Emmetropia isn’t Perfect

Hyperopia is expected at distance. This month, we explore its purpose and why it exists in the visual process.

Glaucoma Grand Rounds

A Little of This, A Little of That

A new patient presents with two findings associated with optic nerve disease. Well, maybe two.

Ocular Surface Review

The Dry Eye Misalignment

If dry eye comes with headaches, neck/shoulder pain and eyestrain, it may be trigeminal dysphoria.

Outlook

A Tale of Two States

The battle in Oklahoma shows just how far optometry has come, and how much it has to lose.

Retina Dilemmas

Peel Back the Layers

Managing patients with an epiretinal membrane often requires patience—and knowing when the time is right to refer.

Retina Quiz

A Knuckle Sandwich in the Eye

A patient reports blurry vision after a blow to the eye. What was the damage?

Surgical Minute

Trauma Drama

Ocular injuries can sometimes be a bloody mess. Here’s how to handle them in four steps.

Therapeutic Review

Keep an Eye on NAION

A promising new study is enrolling. Here’s how you can be a part of it.

Through My Eyes

The Canary in the Coalmine

The first dry eye signs typically appear in contact lens wearers—a prime opportunity for ODs to step in and catch it early.