This case has stuck in my mind due to the
unique circumstances of the patient, her
eye, and some of the unexpected events that
occurred during surgery. In many ways, this
case is the classic example of Murphy’s Law: If anything
can go wrong…
Month: February 2013
Chief Medical Editor’s Page
I am resigning as chief medical editor of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today. I have served some 6 years,
way beyond the usual term of 2 years, and CRST has
a terrific replacement for me: Steven Dell, MD. I also
have served out my term as pre…
ACIOL and UGH Syndrome
h3Alan N. Carlson, MD/h3
This patient has undergone complex cataract surgery
with additional surgery resulting in a torn iris
and iris sphincter, a Kelman-style ACIOL, a tucked iris
temporally, an irregular and eccentric pupil and UGH sy…
Premium Services: a Conversion Rate Study With Consideration to Sex and Age
Strategies for boosting conversion rates for premium
services abound, ranging from increasing the
surgeon’s time spent with patients to hiring sales
personnel to make the pitch.sup1/sup Practices need an
accurate system to define and tra…
Lens Tilt Induced by Zonular Dialysis
emZonular weakness or absence from
undetected conditions such as pseudoexfoliation
or undocumented eye trauma
can present the cataract surgeon
with unexpected lens tilt, even at the
beginning of nuclear removal. Having
a plan to handle suc…
US Ophthalmologists’ Wish Lists
emWe at Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today asked four surgeons to identify five devices and/or technologies that are
in use overseas but currently unavailable stateside that they wished they could have brought home from Milan 2012, the
Europe…
Update on Surface Ablation Procedures: Part Two
emRefractive excimer laser surface ablation offers an alternative to LASIK in eyes with corneal disease or in
eyes that have undergone previous corneal surgery such as a corneal transplant. In such cases where the cornea
is already abnormal, a…
Innovations
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New in the Cataract Toolbox
h3Thierry Amzallag, MD/h3
To protect the corneal epithelium
during cataract surgery, I
present a technique called “corneal
on-demand irrigation system”
that allows the surgeon to irrigate
the cornea as often as necessary
without t…
How to Attract Young Patients to Laser Vision Correction
In the mid-to-late 90s, more laser vision correction
(LVC) procedures were performed than they
are today, despite advances in laser technology.
Interestingly, the average age (39) of patients undergoing
LVC has not changed, but the demographic…
The Intracameral Antibiotics Debate
emDo you use intracameral
antibiotics
routinely, for specific cases, or never in
your practice?/em
h3Elizabeth A. Davis, MD/h3
In our practice at Minnesota Eye Consultants, we have
been using vancomycin in the irrigating f…
Why I Chose to Practice Ophthalmology in Europe
My background is quite international. I was
born in Chicago, a child of immigrant parents
(engineer father and architect mother)
from Greece and Italy that re-immigrated
back to Europe when I was 6 years old. I went to elementary
and high sch…
Alcon Launches Ilevro, NSAID for Pain, Inflammation Associated With Cataract Surgery
Alcon, Laboratories, Inc., announced the launch of
Ilevro (nepafenac ophthalmic suspension), a new oncedaily
treatment option for pain and inflammation associated
with cataract surgery. In two double masked, randomized
clinical trials, nepafenac ophtha…
Lensar Laser System Receives FDA Clearance for Corneal Incisions
The Lensar Laser System (Lensar Inc.) has received
510(k) clearance from the FDA for the creation of corneal
incisions during cataract surgery.
The Lensar Laser System is approved by the FDA for
all of the major components of laser cataract surgery,
i…
Paul Sternberg Jr, MD, Begins Term as American Academy of Ophthalmology President
Paul Sternberg Jr, MD, has begun his term as the 116th
president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
(AAO), according to a news release. Dr. Sternberg will hold
the office for 1 year.
Dr. Sternberg is a retina specialist who currently
serves as t…
Light Exposure During Pregnancy Key to Normal Eye Development
New research in Nature concluded that the eye needs
light to develop normally during pregnancy.sup1/sup
According to a news release from the UCSF, scientists
reported that the unexpected finding offers a new basic
understanding of fetal eye developmen…
UCSF Teams Tackle Childhood Mortality and River Blindness
Two teams of researchers from the University of
California San Francisco (UCSF) have received more than
$16 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to
study new ways to significantly reduce childhood mortality
and disease in developing natio…
Possible Negative Side Effects of VEGF Inhibition Therapy?
A report in Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual
Science revealed that increasingly aggressive therapies
that block vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)
could cause damage in treating eye diseases.1 Scientists
discovered inhibiting anti-VEGF mig…
First Patient Treated With Ocriplasmin at Wills Eye Hospital
Allen C. Ho, MD, treated the first patient with ocriplasmin
(Jetrea; ThromboGenics) at the Wills Eye
Hospital in Philadelphia. Dr. Ho is a professor of ophthalmology
at Thomas Jefferson University Retina Service and Wills Eye Hospital and Chief Medical Editor of Advanced Ocular Care’s sister publication Retina Today.
…
Warburg to Hire Goldman Sachs to Sell Bausch + Lomb
Warburg Pincus LLC hired Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.,
to explore the sale of Bausch + Lomb, according to several
news reports.
Warburg may seek at least $10 billion for the business,
according to a Bloomberg News report, which cited two
unnamed sources …