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…
Category: Cataract
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…
LC-MS Reveals Similarities Between Cataract Incision Procedures
Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis of proteins present in aqueous humour obtained from rabbits following cataract surgery incisions has revealed the technique used has little bearing on the response from the eye. A team of scien…
Curcumin May Fight Cataract Onset
Oral administration of curcumin may suppress cataract onset and progression in animals, according to a new study (Mol Vis. 2011;17:388-94). Researchers from Alagappa University, Karaikudi, India, investigated how oral administration of curcumin affec…
Bone-Repair Drug Failed in Breast Cancer Study
Novartis AG (Basel, Switzerland) will withdraw its US
and European applications for approval of Zometa
(zoledronic acid) for the prevention of breast cancer
recurrence. The decision is based on the 5-year results
of the Adjuvant Zoledronic Acid to Redu…
The US Air Force’s Experience With Premium IOLs
Premium IOLs have been a tremendous addition
to the armamentarium of the ophthalmologists
in the US Air Force. We can now provide a full
range of vision to our patients in the military
health system. The tremendous potential for this technolog…
emPHACO PEARLS/em: Your Sister Needs Refractive Cataract Surgery
I am pleased to be working with William J. Fishkind, MD,
as a section editor of the “Phaco Pearls” column. Like
Dr. Fishkind, I will be inviting well-known cataract surgeons
to share their recommendations on how to handle
various phaco cha…
River Blindness Pioneer Rene Le Berre, Dead At 78
René Le Berre, PhD, an entomologist and pioneer in the
diagnosis and treatment of river blindness, died on
December 6, 2010, in L’Aiguillon-sur-Mer, France, at the age
of 78. Dr. Le Berre was responsible for preserving the sight
of millions of peopl…
Would You Undergo Lens-Based Surgery for Presbyopia?
emWould you yourself choose to receive a
presbyopia-correcting IOL for either
refractive or cataract surgery purposes?
Why or why not, and what type of lens
would you choose if you elected to have
this surgery?/em
bGEORGE BEIKO,…
Refractive Lens Exchange: Who,When,and How?
Iconsider the option of refractive lens exchange (RLE)
most actively for presbyopic hyperopes. Patients
whose needs go beyond the limits of reading vision
LASIK or monovision LASIK are the best candidates
for this procedure.
The Tecnis…
High Levels of HDL Cholesterol May Lower Alzheimer Risk
High levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol
may reduce the risk of late-onset Alzheimer disease,
according to a study in the Archives of Neurology.1
Researchers at Columbia University, New York, studied
data from 1,130 individuals aged 65…
emCOMPLEX CASE MANAGEMENT/em: Vision Correction After Corneal Collagen Cross-linking
bCASE PRESENTATION/bbr /A 26-year-old female law student presents to you with an
inquiry about vision correction surgery.
Her UCVA measures 20/200 OD and 20/400 OS. Her
manifest refraction is +0.50 -5.50 X 85 = 20/20 OD and -3.00
…
emMY MOST DIFFICULT CASE/em: Please Have Your Cataract Removed by My Partner
When a bad outcome occurs in a patient’s
first eye and he or she ultimately decides to
proceed with surgery on the second eye,
the potential for disaster that day in the OR
is palpable. This article details my worst case ever and
how I avoi…
Prostate Cancer Treatment Linked to Cataracts
Patients receiving androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) to
treat prostate cancer may be at a higher risk for cataracts.1\
Side effects associated with ADT such as weight gain,
dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance have been linked to
cataract, according t…
The Ballots Are in
Eyetube.net has proven to be a valuable resource for
eye care professionals, because it allows for the rapid
dissemination of new techniques and ideas for surgical
procedures and patients’ care. Available videos
demonstrate how to safely and…
5 Questions I. Howard Fine,MD
bWhat is your most memorable
experience in this industry?/bbr /My most memorable experiences in
ophthalmology have been delivering
both the Charles D. Kelman Innovator’s
Lecture and the Binkhorst Medal
Lecture at ASCRS meetings. These…
Study Linking Vaccines to Autism Was Fraud
A study published in The Lancet in 1998 linking the
measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism
was “an elaborate fraud,” according to a report in the BMJ.1
The study,2 published February 28, 1998, was authored
by Andrew Wakefield, MD, and …
INNOVATIONS
bTru-Size Diamond Knife/bbr /Bausch + Lomb Storz Ophthalmic Instruments (Rochester, NY)
announced the US release of its Tru-Size Diamond Knife. According to
the company, the knife’s incisional widths engraved on the diamond
blade ensure…
Survey:UK Medical Schools Fall Short in Ophthalmology Teaching
Medical schools in the United Kingdom are falling
short of the recommended curriculum for ophthalmology
established by the International Council of
Ophthalmologists (ICO), according to a survey published
online in the British Journal of Opthalmology.1
…