Bill Harvey: Revolution

When is an eye care professional (ECP) intervention described as a treatment or therapy? Surely, this is the case when an intervention results in anatomical changes in a target tissue or structure. If so, then occlusion therapy resulting in visual cortex changes, surgical excision of rogue tissue, or reduction in cellular activity after a drug is introduced might all be classed as medical treatments. And is it, therefore, unreasonable to describe the use of orthokeratology, atropine or dual focus lenses to reduce axial length growth as medical treatments too?

In a recent comment, I mentioned the excellent online Virtual Perspectives conference hosted by CooperVision, which offered a snapshot of current ECP practice in myopia management and likely future trends in this area. This got me thinking.