Ocular Surgery News U.S. Edition Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of Ocular Surgery News U.S. Edition.

Table of Contents

• Demographics and demand spur innovation in ophthalmology
• AAO prepares to meet stage 3 meaningful use criteria for EHRs
• Do not destroy refractive records — give copy to the patient
• Educational project in Prague aims at improving health care in Eastern Europe
• Ethical challenges and education
• Eyes with uveitic macular edema, significant epiretinal membrane likely to fail medical therapy
• New contrast sensitivity test may be reliable in detecting glaucoma
• Novel intraoperative SD-OCT device improves surgical accuracy
• Ophthalmic Premier League Symposium offers friendly competition among surgeons
• Outcomes positive 7 years after keratoprosthesis implantation
• Periocular corticosteroid injections treat uveitis in most patients
• Suction-based levitation of dislocated IOL prevents contact with retina
• Systemic beta-blockers, nitrates may be independently linked with lower IOP
• Eight pearls when hiring a new ophthalmologist John B. Pinto
• Glued IOL implantation can be combined with silicone oil removal in complicated eyes Dhivya Ashok Kumar, MD, FRCS, FICO, FAICO; Amar Agarwal, MS, FRCS, FRCOphth
• Woman referred for progressive blurred vision, difficulty with night driving Jay S. Duker, MD; Bradley A. Hansen, MD
• Add-on sulcus-fixated multifocal IOL, conventional multifocal offer similar outcomes
• Corrective surgery beneficial for adult strabismus patients
• DALK after treatment of keratoconus-associated hydrops improves visual acuity
• HOAs, back-scattered light remain high 6 months after DMEK for Fuchs' dystrophy
• Intraoperative OCT may impact decision-making during vitreomacular traction surgery
• Intrastromal ring improves distance vision, refractive error in eyes with post-LASIK ectasia
• LASIK outcomes not significantly affected by seasonality
• Matrix metalloproteinase-9 test enables reliable dry eye diagnosis
• OCT-guided postoperative posturing protocol improves macular hole closure rate
• Propranolol treatment of hemangiomas produces positive results in infants
• Sclerotomy maintenance with 20-gauge cannula may prevent postoperative hypotony, need for suture
• Subjective estimation of ILM peeling surface without dye improves with experience
• Careful planning can still lead to great opportunities in ophthalmology Richard L. Lindstrom, MD
• Advantages observed with combined OVDs, trypan blue in manual capsulorrhexis
• Anterior corneal aberrations cause suboptimal visual results after DMEK
• Calcification in hydrophilic acrylic IOLs seen after intracameral injections of gas
• Carl Zeiss introduces aspheric monofocal IOL at ESCRS Congress
• Centervue to launch two new products at ESCRS Congress
• Clinical exam first step in dry eye diagnosis
• Combined phaco, CLASS procedure reduces IOP in patients with open-angle glaucoma
• Dermatological ointment used for refractory allergic eye disease
• ESCRS preliminary data: No difference in femto, phaco quality outcomes
• ESCRS president targets education as focus of term
• Femtosecond laser used to correct naturally occurring astigmatism
• Inflammation may link chronic ocular discomfort, mental health disorders
• Lentis LaserLens could improve predictability, precision in femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery
• New Trends in Ophthalmology symposium highlights lens technology developments
• Positive early results of extended-range IOL reported
• Quantel earns CE mark for Vitra PDT platform
• Ridley Medal Lecture highlights progress in cataract surgery over four decades
• Robust market predicted for dry eye products
• Single IOL may be option in some small, highly hyperopic eyes
• Multiple medical options available for dry eye
• Clinical findings and management of neurotrophic keratopathy Ladan Espandar, MD, MS
• Large bore phaco tip, femto laser lens fragmentation reduce effective phaco time Subba R. Gollamudi, MD
• Proper balancing act required for a premier surgeon Mitchell A. Jackson, MD