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

• Corneal surgeons overcoming challenges, maximizing outcomes with DMEK
• Challenges of pterygium surgery overcome using bare sclera technique with MMC
• Decentered multifocal IOLs may be cause of worsened vision
• FDA panel recommends approval of riboflavin/UVA cross-linking system
• Laser trabeculoplasty should be considered in elderly glaucoma patients Savak Sev Teymoorian, MD, MBA
• Latest generation formulas yield more accurate refractive outcomes in small adult eyes
• Nanotechnology under study to provide long-term treatment of glaucoma
• Pazopanib eye drops fail to reduce frequency of Lucentis injections for neovascular AMD
• Surgeon-bent cystotome simplifies prechop technique in cataract surgery
• Take posterior cornea into account when correcting astigmatism
• Visual prognosis poor in older patients with open globe injuries
• What is your practice’s fragility score? John B. Pinto
• Coexisting conditions can alter aniridia approach Dhivya Ashok Kumar, MD, FRCS, FICO, FAICO; Amar Agarwal, MS, FRCS, FRCOphth; Soosan Jacob, MS, FRCS, DNB
• Light for Sight 21 raises awareness, promotes detection and treatment of keratoconus in children with Down syndrome
• Woman presents with white retinal lesions Kendra A. Klein, MD; Jay S. Duker, MD
• Choroidal thickness reduced in most regions of eyes with full-thickness macular holes
• Computer program may offer second opinion at bedside for plus disease
• Glued transscleral IOL fixation shows long-term stability
• Good results seen with air injection, tissue plasminogen activator in eyes with submacular hemorrhages due to AMD
• Latanoprost may preserve visual field in patients with glaucoma
• Posterior corneal elevation, irregular astigmatism affect vision in childhood glaucoma
• Povidone-iodine may have led to decrease in postoperative endophthalmitis over 20 years
• Vitrectomy for lamellar macular hole may not require air tamponade
• DMEK will eventually show superiority in hands of expert surgeons Richard L. Lindstrom, MD
• Custom sequence testing may accurately define glaucoma severity
• Early studies examine neuroregeneration in optic neuropathies
• Fixed-dose combination reduces diurnal IOP better than individual components
• Fixed-dose combination therapy outperforms prostaglandin alone in reducing diurnal IOP
• Graft thickness has little effect on refractive shift after DSEK, phaco
• Hydrus plus cataract surgery maintains decreased IOP without medications
• Increased risk of angle closure, elevated IOP possible after anti-VEGF injection
• IOP outcomes may not be affected by postop steroids after combined cataract, trabecular micro-bypass surgery
• Micro-lumen aqueous shunt may prevent persistent hypotony
• NASA looks at visual impairment intracranial pressure risk in astronauts
• Patient management individualized by presentation in normal tension glaucoma
• Pattern scanning laser trabeculoplasty compares well with selective laser trabeculoplasty
• Prevalence of normal tension glaucoma varies with ethnicity
• Progressive retinal nerve fiber layer loss associated with quality of life measure changes
• Speaker: Diabetic retinopathy screening may be possible at hemodialysis centers
• Uveal metastasis from lung cancer has high mortality rate
• Zeiss announces launch of Humphrey Field Analyzer 3
• More studies comparing placement sites of tube shunts needed Julia Polat, MD
• Surgeon experiences ‘humanness’ of fear during LASIK John P. Berdahl, MD
• PDEK can be combined with glued IOL technique Amar Agarwal, MS, FRCS, FRCOphth; Priya Narang, MS
• Utilize advanced diagnostics in an efficient manner for best outcomes Mitchell A. Jackson, MD