Astigmatism (uh-STIG-muh-tiz-um) is a type of refractive error where one or more of the eye’s surfaces are not smooth and/or ...

Background The aetiology of keratoconus (KC) remains poorly understood. KC has typically been described as a non-inflammatory disorder of the cornea. Nonetheless, there is increasing presumptive ...

Background/Aims To report the 10-year outcomes of modified microkeratome-assisted lamellar keratoplasty (LK) for keratoconus. Methods In this single-centre interventional case series, 151 consecutive ...

Nikpoor shared that there has been an uptick on Hawaiʻi Island in cases of keratoconus, an eye condition that causes the cornea to thin and bulge into a cone shape — creating blurred vision. The ...

Keratoconus (KC) is a bilateral, asymmetric, and progressive corneal ectasia, which causes corneal thinning and steepening because of its biomechanical instability.

Kim, MDItchy eyes (also known as ocular pruritus) can happen for several reasons, ranging from allergies and environmental irritants to infections and underlying conditions that affect the eyes or ...

Keratoconus is an ocular disease that causes progressive corneal thinning. This irreversible thinning distorts the curvature of cornea, impairs visual acuity and sometime leads to loss of vision.

The average per-person inflation-adjusted lifetime cost of keratoconus treatment in 2019 was nearly $29,000, with a cumulative economic burden of $3.8 billion, a large retrospective cohort study ...

Keratoconus consists of corneal thinning and steepening from a bilateral corneal ectasia, or when the cornea thins and bulges outward. The general population has a prevalence of 50 to 230 cases ...

Epion Therapeutics (Epion) announced the commencement of its Phase 3 Apricity trials for EpiSmart™, the company’s minimally-invasive keratoconus therapy.