h3A deceptively simple procedure./h3
bMatthew M. Wessel, MD/b
During my medical school subinternships, my
intern-year electives, and my first 2 years of residency,
I watched attending surgeons perform
dozens of cataract extract…
Category: Cataract
COMPLEX CASE MANAGEMENT: Late Post-LASIK Enhancement
h3CASE PRESENTATION/h3
A 22-year-old woman had a 10-year history of rigid gas permeable
(RGP) contact lens wear. She had wanted to undergo LASIK
since watching her mother’s procedure 9 years earlier. The visual
acuity of her right and le…
Laser Cataract Surgery: the Next New Thing in Ophthalmology
MARCH 2011 CATARACT and REFRACTIVE SURGERY TODAY 83
In 2010, ophthalmologists became aware of the next
big revolution in the field: using a femtosecond laser to
perform cataract surgery. Seemingly out of nowhere,
four companies emerged with anno…
2011: an Eyeball Space Odyssey
The “Inside Eyetube.net” column is soaring into a
new decade with lots of interesting tips and
tricks for choosing an IOL, improving your phaco
technique, entering the cross-linking world, and
staying up to date on the latest technologies …
The Business Course I Wish I’d Had
Practicing in the real world—whether the setting is
private, academic, or corporate—makes ophthalmologists
wish they had learned a lot more than
how to diagnose and treat eye disease. A 2006 survey
of recently graduated ophthalmology resid…
OR Safety and Efficiency: Preparation and Customization
In Canada today, a large percentage of cataract surgery
is still performed in multidisciplinary public hospitals.
The significant economic pressure on Canadian surgeons
during the past 2 years has resulted from
reduced net funding for these ho…
The Origins of Laser Cataract Surgery
This year, the technology behind one of the most
anticipated advances in years—laser cataract
surgery—begins its transition from testing laboratories
to physicians’ offices. The precision of femtosecond
lasers in cataract surgery is expe…
Crosslinking Improved Visual Acuity in Keratoconic,Ectatic Eyes
Corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL) improved distance
UCVA, distance BCVA, and maximum and average keratometry
values in patients with keratoconus and
corneal ectasia, according to a study in the emJournal of
Cataract and Refractive Surgery/em.sup1/sup…
Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty
emThis installment of “Peer Review” highlights the most recently published articles on Descemet stripping
endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) and Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK).
Because of the volume of current p…
TIPS AND TRICKS FOR OR SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY: Practical Methods for Surgical Excellence
Every time I visit another surgeon’s ambulatory surgery
center (ASC), I learn new ways to run my OR
more efficiently and more safely. To return the
favor, here are a few things my guests have found
helpful about the way I run my facility./p…
Corneal Inlay Improved Reading in Presbyopic Patients
The Kamra corneal inlay (AcuFocus Inc., Irvine,
California) improved reading performance in emmetropic
presbyopic patients implanted with the device, according
to a study in the emJournal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery/em.sup1/sup
The study, conduc…
COMPLEX CASE MANAGEMENT: Delayed Onset of Postoperative Inflammation
h3CASE PRESENTATION/h3
A 75-year-old woman is referred to you by her local optometrist for a 2-week history of anterior uveitis in her right eye that is
unresponsive to hourly prednisolone acetate. She had uneventful bilateral cataract surge…
5 Qusetions with Manus C. Kraff,MD
h4You have had an extremely successful
career as an ophthalmic
surgeon.What is your secret?/h4
Being diligent, always being honest,
and projecting that to my patients certainly
are prerequisites to success in any
field and definitely in …
Carl Zeiss Meditec Opens Research Center in India
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (Jena, Germany) announced it
has opened a research and development center in
Bangalore, India, in an effort to expand innovation in highgrowth
markets, according to a company news release.
At its Center for Application and Researc…
FEATURE STORY: Sutureless Surgery
Phaco technology joined forces with the breakthrough
clear corneal incision more than a
decade ago, establishing the gold standard for
cataract surgery in the United States. The procedure
became more comfortable for patients, with a faster
po…
Letters
Dear Dr. Daya,
I just read the entire roundtable discussion that took
place at the XXVIII Congress of the European Society of
Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS), in Paris, in the
article “The Future of Corneal Collagen Crosslinking” (CXL;
Jan…
The Patient’s Perspective
In my career, I have learned always to pay attention
to the patient’s perspective: what does he or she
want? Especially in refractive surgery, it is usually
the patients’ preferences that ultimately drive the
market and steer what we do su…
TrueVision 3D Systems Receives Clearance for Image-Guided Ophthalmic Surgery
TrueVision Systems, Inc. (Santa Barbara, California),
received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) to market the TrueVision 3D
Visualization and Guidance System, according to a company
news release.
Launched in 2008, the Tru…
RESIDENT TRAINING: The Importance of Mentoring
Laurence A. Parks Daloz points out, “What we
model for our students is not our knowledge but
our curiosity, the journey, not the destination.”1
This sentiment is worth considering in the context
of the great privilege ophthalmologists have…
CHIEF MEDICAL EDITOR’S PAGE: Resident Education
Certain indelible moments define who we are
and have profound consequences (good or
bad) on our lives. For example, I will never forget
being in the OR when the World Trade
Center was attacked or when my wife, Marleen, roused
me at 3:00 AM ou…