Bio-Tissue to Present Webinar in 3-D Showcasing New Treatment Regimen to Diagnose and Treat Mechanical Dry Eye
Bio-Tissue announced today that it will present a special 3-D webinar on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm EDT, hosted by Neel Desai, MD, who will demonstrate his novel surgical technique known as Reservoir Restoration to treat Mechanical Dry Eye (MDE). He will also discuss how to identify patients living with MDE and how to build physician practices by using Prokera biologic corneal bandage devices and AmnioGraft to facilitate the healing process and recovery for patients diagnosed with MDE.1
“MDE in 3-D: Take A Closer Look” webinar is free to health care professionals however, registration is required and can be done online. This webinar will require 3-D glasses for certain case studies presented during the program. Attendees will be able to request them by visiting the DiscoverMDE site (https://discovermde.com/mde-in-3d). Bio-Tissue customers can also contact their local Bio-Tissue representative to request their 3-D glasses or more information about the webinar.
“Reservoir Restoration is safe, relatively painless, and is performed in an outpatient setting. The procedure takes about 20 minutes and helps expedite the patient’s recovery by providing immediate and lasting relief, and promoting regenerative healing,” TissueTech co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Scheffer C.G. Tseng, MD, PhD, said in a company news release. “With the new tissue in place, a reservoir of tears can form properly to keep the patient’s eye lubricated—thereby eliminating the symptoms that have been affecting them.”
Mechanical dry eye is an age-related disorder often found in individuals over 60. This condition is also known as Conjunctivochalasis (CCh). It can be misdiagnosed or overlooked because the symptoms, including dryness, redness, eye pain, blurry vision, and excessive tearing, are similar to other types of ocular surface diseases. In fact, in a clinical study conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), most CCh patients were diagnosed with more common ocular surface conditions, such as dry eye, blepharitis, or allergic eye disease, before the correct diagnosis.2
References
- Cheng, A.M., Yin, H.Y., Chen, R., Tighe, S., Sheba, H., Zhao, D., … & Tseng, S.C. (2016). Restoration of fornix reconstruction. Cornea, 35(6), 736.
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4155901/