Cornea and External Disease Perspective

• How Sjogren Syndrome Intersects With COVID-19 Physicians Robert Fox and Alan N. Baer discuss the latest research on Sjogren's, presented at the ACR Convergence virtual meeting.
  Medscape Rheumatology, December 24, 2020
• Keeping Eyes Safe From COVID-19: What Works? The latest recommendations on how eyeglasses, contact lenses, face shields, and goggles may be enlisted in the battle against COVID-19.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, December 16, 2020
• How to Combat Post-keratoplasty Infections Isn't Always Clear Dr Christopher Rapuano explores why there is still no consensus on obtaining fungal rim cultures on all endothelial keratoplasty surgeries.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, November 03, 2020
• COVID-19 Strengthens the Case for Same-Day Bilateral Cataract Surgery The many advantages of immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery have only been made clearer during the pandemic.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, October 08, 2020
• How Prevalent Are Adverse Effects in LASIK and PRK? Dr Christopher Rapuano comments on the compelling case for modern laser vision correction techniques made by a recent database analysis.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, August 25, 2020
• Anticipating the Long-term Ocular Effects of COVID-19 A picture of COVID-19's acute ocular symptoms is emerging, but the long-term effects are not clear. Dr Brianne Hobbs explains what we know.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, August 21, 2020
• Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets: How Extensive Are the Injuries?   Drs Robert Glatter, Rohini Haar, and Joseph Sakran discuss the use and important considerations of crowd-control agents.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, July 17, 2020
• Should We Treat or Observe DME With Good Vision? Treating all patients with central-involved diabetic macular edema, regardless of their vision quality, may not be a clinically effective strategy.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, July 14, 2020
• The Considerable Toll of HZO Is Also Avoidable Dr Christopher Rapuano explains how the rising incidence of this debilitating eye disease can be combated by ophthalmologists and other clinicians.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, June 17, 2020
• Skin Changes With COVID-19: What We Know and Don't Know Drs Graeme Lipper and Lindy Fox discuss the firestorm of new information describing dermatologic conditions associated with COVID-19 and the many questions still unanswered.
  Medscape Dermatology, May 13, 2020
• 'COVID Toes', 'Kawasaki' Rash: 5 Cutaneous Signs in COVID-19 The number of skin changes suspected to be associated with COVID-19 keeps growing.
  Medscape Dermatology, May 08, 2020
• COVID and Med Ed: Resident and Student Describe 'New Normal' The COVID-19 pandemic has also changed life for med students and residents who aren't on the front lines. Two siblings--one a student, the other a resident--discuss what they have experienced.
  Medscape Med Students, April 10, 2020
• Catch Mild Keratoconus Before Laser Vision Correction Dr Christopher Rapuano on how a new study potentially moves the field of refractive surgery a bit closer to one of its 'holy grails.'
  Medscape Ophthalmology, March 03, 2020
• A 'Healthy' Baby With Developmental Delay: Could It Be Zika? Infants with congenital Zika virus exposure may appear healthy at birth. How would you monitor such patients? Test your knowledge with these three cases.
  CDC Expert Commentary, January 06, 2020
• 'Suicide Headaches' Drive Doc to Clinical Trial   Dr Richard Isaacson discusses his personal experience with cluster headaches and the benefits of enrolling in a clinical trial.
  Medscape Neurology, December 17, 2019
• Unexpected Cause of Myopathy in Sjogren's: Crack the Case Dr Paget reminds us to keep non-autoimmune-related causes of muscle enzyme level elevation in mind when diagnosing a patient.
  Medscape Rheumatology, October 11, 2019
• Treat Corneal Irregularities Before Cataract Surgery Dr Christopher Rapuano comments on a new study showing that appropriately managing common corneal surface irregularities can greatly aid in improving refractive outcomes after cataract surgery.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, October 09, 2019
• Malpractice Case: Care Coordination Requires Action, Not Just Words Primary care physicians must sometimes take extra steps to coordinate patient care. Failure to do so could result in trouble.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, September 24, 2019
• SMILE May Not Improve Corneal Strength Over LASIK Dr Christopher Rapuano on a new study questioning one of SMILE's key proposed advantages.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, August 12, 2019
• Why Myopia Matters: 5 Things to Know Half of the world's population is projected to be myopic by 2050. Here are two facts to know about this common cause of impaired vision, along with three strategies to respond to its rising incidence.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, July 11, 2019