COPHy 2024: Should all patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension have a lumbar puncture?
March 16th 2024Andrew G. Lee, MD, outlines his stance on whether all patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension should have a lumbar puncture, emphasizing clinical judgment and treatment strategies.
Intraocular inflammation: A major risk factor resulting from use of anti-complement agents for GA
March 15th 2024The good news for patients is that GA is transitioning from an untreatable disease to a potentially treatable one with development of new therapies to reduce the growth rate, and use of anti-complement therapies have caused the growth rate of GA lesions to decrease.
COPHy 2023: Debating the value of home monitoring as a management option for AMD
March 25th 2023The various aspects of home monitoring for patients with age-related macular degeneration are discussed in this point/counterpoint by Prof. Rufino Silva, University of Coimbra / Coimbra Hospital and University Centre, Portugal, and Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Robert P. Finger, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Germany, during the 14th annual Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology in Lisbon, Portugal.
COPHy 2023: Weighing the merits of offering teprotumumab for all patients with thyroid eye disease
March 25th 2023Pedro Fonseca, MD, Coimbra Hospital and University Centre, Portugal, and Andrew G. Lee, MD, Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist, Texas, USA, discuss the various pros and cons of offering teprotumumab for all patients with thyroid eye disease.
COPHy 2023: New restorative therapies
March 24th 2023In a keynote lecture at the 14th Annual Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology in Lisbon, Hendrik Scholl, MD, co-founder and director of the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel, discussed its mission to unravel the mysteries of vision and human eye disease.