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Innovations and Related Reading

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A Revolutionary Technology Dr. Claes H. Dohlman’s most notable achievement is the Boston Keratoprosthesis (KPro), a collar button design keratoprosthesis composed of a front plate with a stem, which houses the optical portion of the device, and a back plate with a slit. Available in Type I and Type...

Recommendations: Boston KPro Follow-up

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Advances in postoperative care have greatly improved the clinical success of the Boston KPro. Common complications such as inflammation and infection are significantly lower with today’s prophylactic drug regimens. Innovative devices have also improved postoperative management of KPro. Soft contact...

Eye Insights Issue 3: The Boston KPro

News: September 30, 2015
The September 2015 issue of Eye Insights™, a clinical advisory newsletter published by Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital, is now available. This issue focuses on the Boston KPro, specifically on how to manage complications associated with implantation, postoperative...

Evangelos Gragoudas, MD, Presents Gass Lecture

News: October 08, 2015
Evangelos Gragoudas, MD, presented the J. Donald M. Gass lecture at the Retina Society Annual Meeting in Paris, France on October 8, 2015. A pioneer and a world authority on the diagnosis and management of intraocular tumors and retinal disease, Dr. Gragoudas and colleagues developed the use of...

Joan W. Miller, MD, FARVO Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

News: October 19, 2015
BOSTON (October 19, 2015) -- Joan Whitten Miller, MD, Henry Willard Williams Professor of Ophthalmology and Chair of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, and Chief of Ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital, has been elected to membership in the prestigious...

Patient Care: Clinical Specialties and Services

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Upholding the Commitment to Quality Care and Clinical Innovation Vision loss is a national public health concern that clearly worries most Americans. In a national poll on health attitudes, every major ethnic and racial group listed fear of vision loss among its top two health concerns. More than 70...