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

• Awareness of modifiable risk factors key in addressing age-related eye diseases
• Accommodating IOL enhances near, distance VA in European study
• Anti-VEGF therapy a potential answer for corneal neovascularization
• Better precision, more precise patterns in newer generation retinal lasers
• Cataract surgeons need to embrace refractive strategies
• Combine phaco with pars plana vitrectomy for complex rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, surgeon says
• Complement inhibition may be the future of dry AMD therapy
• Contrast sensitivity test eliminates potential bias due to optical aberrations
• Cytomegalovirus retinitis in patients positive for HIV a significant global problem
• FDA approves once-daily bromfenac ophthalmic solution
• Femtosecond capsulotomy optimizes effective lens position
• Femtosecond laser enables detailed imaging of corneal structures
• Femtosecond laser enhances capsulotomy centration, shape
• Future bleak for new antibiotic development
• Gene therapy a future possibility in glaucoma, clinician says
• Guide to Hand-held Cataract Instruments and Capsular Tension Rings
• ICL safe, effective, US Army study finds
• Lens fragmentation reduces energy required to remove dense cataracts
• Lifetime implications of ROP suggest a looming crisis for ophthalmology, speaker says
• Light-adjusted IOL offers targeted refraction despite higher-order aberrations
• Low night diastolic blood pressure a possible risk factor for glaucoma in migraine patients
• Manual cataract instruments reign despite impending femtosecond revolution
• More on the ‘flip and slice’ technique for cataract surgery Cynthia Matossian, MD, FACS
• New class of glaucoma therapeutics a reason for cautious optimism
• New options for angle assessment could enhance angle-closure glaucoma imaging
• Physicians need unity to weather health care reform
• Premium IOLs contraindicated for some patients
• PRK with cross-linking for keratoconus offers near-perfect VA
• Progressive angle-narrowing may be important detection tool in normal tension glaucoma patients
• Retinol inhibitor slows geographic atrophy, development of CNV at 2 years
• Safety concerns may speak to need for judicious anti-VEGF use, speaker says
• Safety of posterior chamber implants hinges on visualization
• Speaker: Image-guided femtosecond cataract surgery improves refractive outcomes
• Study finds no significant changes in corneal biomechanics following corneal cross-linking
• Study: Regional differences appear to be costliest disparity in US glaucoma care
• Study: Reverse side cut associated with less corneal sensitivity, fewer dry eye symptoms
• Surgeon offers pearls for performing EK in complicated eyes
• Surgeon questions rationale of intracameral prophylactic antibiotics
• Surgeons may want to consider expanded uses of botulinum toxin type A Charles B. Slonim, MD, FACS; Laurie Small, MD
• Vision-threatening consequences of uveitis may be underappreciated
• What recommendations do you make to your AMD patients regarding antioxidant vitamins and supplements specifically formulated to help prevent disease progression?
• Perioperative medications can be beneficial in cataract surgery Uday Devgan, MD
• Ophthalmologists focus on preserving, restoring and enhancing vision in aging patients Richard L. Lindstrom, MD
• Woman presents with progressive loss of vision Thomas R. Hedges III, MD; Jill N. Carmody, MD
• Bausch + Lomb to launch rebate program for Crystalens
• Intrastromal ring segment reduces K values, boosts visual acuity in keratoconic eyes
• Myopic LASIK with monovision boosts reading vision, preserves distance UCVA
• No correlations found between corneal or graft thickness, visual acuity and forward light scatter
• Radiation therapy a plausible strategy in optic nerve sheath meningioma