The National Eye Institute (NEI) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are sponsoring a conference to determine how functional vision-related endpoints for clinical trials of visual prostheses will be analyzed and correlated with objective measures of…
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Curious Snapshot Of Powerful Retinal Pigment And Its Partners
Science fiction novelist and scholar Issac Asimov once said, “The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny.’ ” This recently rang true for an international team of researchers whe…
EndoSerter for Corneal Endothelium Delivery OK’ed in USA
Ocular Systems of Winston-Salem, NC has received FDA clearance for its EndoSerter corneal endothelium delivery device. The EndoSerter delivers an endothelial allograft ≤ 8.5mm in diameter and ≤ 175µm in central thickness via a 4mm incision.
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…
Improving Patients’ Adherence to Glaucoma Therapy
Patients’ adherence to drug therapy to control
chronic diseases is notoriously poor, particularly
when the disease is asymptomatic. Moreover,
self-reporting of adherence correlates very
poorly with reality. How can you improve this situation…
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…
Reconsidering the Gold Standard of Tonometry
IOP is one of the key metrics used to monitor the
health of an eye, especially an eye with glaucoma.
Tonometry is the act of estimating the IOP. It is not a
measurement of eye pressure, only an estimate. An
exact measurement of IOP requires li…
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…
The Role of Surgical Intervention in Reducing Costs
Several years ago, when a senior
official at the FDA was asked why
there was such a difference in getting
licensing for glaucoma medicines
compared to glaucoma devices, the
answer, slightly in jest, was, “The device
has only got to show it…
An Industry Perspective
Anyone reading Glaucoma Today knows that
some 3 million Americans suffer from this neurodegenerative
disease. Thanks to its size, this
market continues to attract extensive investment
in drug development, which has provided physicians
and the…
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…
The Literature
h4SHORT-TERM REPEATABILITY OF DIURNAL
INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE PATTERNS IN
GLAUCOMATOUS INDIVIDUALSsup1/sup/h4
emRealini T, Weinreb N, Wisniewski S.*br /
Ophthalmology/em, January 2011
strongDo patients treated for primary …
Sidebar: Holding on to Goldmann Tonometry
The problems of a lack of precision and accuracy with
Goldmann tonometry, still the gold standard for better or
for worse, have been discussed for decades. Although
pointing out its shortfalls and contemplating the development
of more accurate…
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…
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 …