Welcome to This Week in Ophthalmology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning the intersection of systemic disease and the eye, new insights in pediatric ophthalmology, and updates in both anterior and posterior segment disease management. Let's dive in.

This week's papers:

1. Global Consensus on Keratoconus and Ectatic Diseases-Edition 2. — Cornea 2026
2. Diabetic retinal disease cure accelerator: Modernizing staging and endpoints. — Progress in retinal and eye research 2026
3. When Dry Eye Is Pain: Frequency and Characteristics of a Pain Phenotype. — Ophthalmology 2026
4. Semaglutide-associated risk of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. — PLoS medicine 2026
5. Diagnostic Accuracy of a Retinal Birefringence Scanning Device Compared With a Traditional Autorefraction Device. — JAMA ophthalmology 2026
6. Prevalence of Strabismus and Decreased Stereopsis in Parents of Children with Strabismus. — Ophthalmology 2026
7. Amniotic Membrane in Ophthalmology: Historical Perspectives, Biological Properties, and Clinical Applications. — Progress in retinal and eye research 2026
8. Early Optic Nerve Head Swelling Rate is Associated with Worsening of Visual Outcomes in Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy. — Ophthalmology 2026
9. Association of Atopic Dermatitis with Retinal Detachment and Postoperative Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Risk. — Ophthalmology. Retina 2026
10. Postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection on ophthalmic diseases: a binational cohort study. — The British journal of ophthalmology 2026

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