OCLI Blog – Current Affairs

July 27, 2009
July 27, 2009

US Healthcare Run Amok: Conjunctivitis Treated for a Mere $2500!

I was on call this past week for my local hospital.  This means that I cover the hospital for all eye problems including emergency visits and in patient consults.  Since I do all my surgical procedures in an Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC), and since my hospital call obligations are only once a year, I have…

June 10, 2009
June 10, 2009

New Advisory Issued for Cataract Patients Taking Flomax

I have been advocating a change in practice patterns concerning Flomax patients who have cataracts.  I received an e-mail from the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) containing an Advisory on this subject, which I will share with everyone:  Academy, ASCRS Update Previous Advisory Following New Findings About Link Between Flomax and Post-Cataract Surgery Complications The…

May 20, 2009
May 20, 2009

The Flomax-Cataract Controversary, Continued

In this week’s issue of JAMA is an article titled:  Association Between Tamsulosin and Serious Ophthalmic Adverse Events in Older Men Following Cataract Surgery. The study looked at a group of 96,128 men, ages 66 and older, who had cataract surgery. Among those who had taken Flomax in the two weeks before surgery, 7.5 percent…

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