February 15, 2022

Features

Diagnostic Skills & Techniques

Debating the Value of Diagnostic Tests

Four seasoned pros have a freewheeling conversation about whether or not several tried-and-true tools and concepts have run their course and should be modified or replaced.

Elevate Your Dry Eye Practice

Let’s break down every diagnostic test tier by tier to help you decide which ones are best for your patients.

Gonioscopy: A Simple Tool, Too Often Forgotten

Sharpen your skills with this valuable technique.

How to Triage Non-Traumatic Ocular Emergencies

These urgent cases rely on early diagnosis and effective treatment and/or referral for successful outcomes.

Dry Eye

Elevate Your Dry Eye Practice

Let’s break down every diagnostic test tier by tier to help you decide which ones are best for your patients.

Myopia

Tackling the Barriers of Myopia Management

Learn tips to be successful in discussing this topic with patients and their parents.

Retina

Peripheral Retinal Imaging and Disease Assessment

Using the right tools can help differentiate lesions and degenerations in this region.

Departments

Chairside

Word on the Street is Nothing’s Easy

If you’re in need of convincing, you’ve come to the right place.

Clinical Quandaries

Secret Serum

Treating LASIK-induced dry eye requires restoration of the ocular surface.

Cornea and Contact Lens Q & A

Using CXL as ‘Bug Killer’

When meds alone don’t bring resolution, consider photodynamic therapy with rose bengal and UV-A.

Diagnostic Quiz

Oh, That’s Catchy!

Is this a case of garden-variety red eye or something potentially more troubling?

Focus on Refraction

Double the Glasses, Double the Success

The two-pair approach is a major contributor to the healing process post-brain injury.

Glaucoma Grand Rounds

That Time of Year

After the holidays come insurance coverage changes.

Letters to the Editor

Feedback and ideas from the optometric community.

Outlook

There They Go Again

The anti-optometry lobby is repeating the same old tired arguments that the public never falls for.

Retina Quiz

Crystal... Not So Clear

Going through this patient’s medical history proved to be key in finding the correct diagnosis.

Crystal... Not So Clear

Going through this patient’s medical history proved to be key in finding the correct diagnosis.

Surgical Minute

Those Pesky Floaters

Vitrectomy is a safe option to rid patients of vitreous opacities.

Therapeutic Review

Down in the Basement

Numerous options exist to ameliorate symptoms and visually rehabilitate eyes with corneal dystrophies.

Through My Eyes

Spruce Up Your Practice

Focus on new additions that can set you up for further success.