From personal cameras and video recorders to mainstream
television, imaging in every aspect of our
lives has moved to a digital platform. In the ophthalmic
OR, procedures are commonly viewed and
recorded in two dimensions through secondary vie…
Category: News
Word From the Cutting Edge
Early in March 2011, emGlaucoma Today/em held the
third annual Cutting Edge: Innovative Glaucoma
Surgery Symposium. Iqbal Ike Ahmed, MD, and
Richard Lewis, MD, served as the course directors
of this 1-day event that brought together clinic…
RETINAWS 2010
RETINAWS was presented on Saturday evening,
May 1, 2010, in the Fort Lauderdale Convention
Center. Below you will find a brief description of
cases presented. RETINAWS was recorded live
and can be watched on www.eyetube.net/Retinaws. We
would like to t…
Increasing Efficiency in the Office and OR
One topic that all of us have a significant financial
interest in is improving office and OR efficiency.
Implementing a few simple strategies to
streamline examinations in the office and
ensure safety in the OR will increase your efficiency an…
Optimizing Glaucoma Practice Models
h3After the Accountable
Care Act, physicians face
a new world./h3
strongBy William L. Rich III, MD/strongbr /
The passage of the Patient Protection and
Accountable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 marked
the culmination of the US government…
Standing Inside the Eye
Retina Today eminterviewed Szilárd Kiss, MD, of Weill
Cornell Medical College to learn about how an interactive,
3-D virtual reality technology, is being used to better
understand disease processes in the eye./em
h3Q: What is the CAVE?/h3
Szilárd Kis…
Video Education for the Surgeon
Ophthalmic surgery cannot be learned from the
podium. Nor can it be mastered from a textbook.
Although there is nothing as valuable as
sitting at the microscope and actually performing
a procedure, it is not so easy on a trainee’s coronaries…
Highlights of the AGS Annual Meeting
Every year, the AGS meeting features presentations of
the best in glaucoma research. This year, more than
600 registrants enjoyed 68 poster and 24 paper presentations
as well as a glaucoma surgery day, several
symposia, roundtables, workshops,…
Improving OR Efficiency
Here are six tips to improve the efficiency of the
cataract surgery OR.
bNo. 1. Single-specialty facility./b In terms of overall
efficiency, safety, and specialized service, I believe that
there are many advantages to a single-speci…
INDUSTRY NEWS AND INNOVAT IONS
h4Merck to Acquire Inspire
Pharmaceuticals, Inc./h4
Merck and Co., Inc. (Whitehouse Station, NJ), and Inspire
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Raleigh, NC), announced that they
have entered into a definitive agreement under which
Merck will acquire I…
Steps to Ensure Safety Save Time in the Long Run
When my surgical team and I work to
improve the efficiency of cataract surgery,
safety is actually the primary concern.
Many of the steps that we incorporate
purely for safety may add time or cost to the procedure,
but they will prove to incr…
The Role of Surgical Simulators
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education has six core competencies that are
required for resident training accreditation in ophthalmology.
sup1/sup The American Board of
Ophthalmology has recommended including surgery as
t…
Learn to Ask Yourself the Essential Questions
emThe “Landmark Studies” column will focus on the main
findings of historic studies in glaucoma and how their results
should change physicians’ practices./em
h4WHAT IS A LANDMARK STUDY?/h4
A landmark study asks a compellin…
INNOVATIONS
h4Osher Toric
Alignment System/h4
Haag-Streit USA Inc. (Mason, OH) introduced the new Osher Toric
Alignment System to assist surgeons with accurately placing toric IOLs.
The system was conceived by
Robert H. Osher, MD, of the
Cincinnati …
PHACO PEARLS: What IOP Should You Achieve at the End of a Cataract Surgical Case?
emHabitually overlooked, the IOP typically is not measured at the end of a cataract procedure. The IOP may be exploited, however, as a tool to prevent problems. Therefore, not only is the absolutely best IOP important, but the best IOP for a uni…
The Cost-effective Use of Diagnostic Technologies
Primary open-angle glaucoma currently
affects at least 2.2 million
individuals over the age of 40 in
the United States.sup1/sup Considering
the disproportionate growth of the elderly
population, the incidence of glaucoma is
expected to r…
Cataract Surgery in the Keratoconic Patient
emHow do you treat cataracts in patients
with keratoconus? What is the role of
toric IOLs in these cases, and when are
they contraindicated? How do you
treat the patient if he or she has previously
received a corneal transplant?/em
…
Senior Residents’ Perspectives on Cataract Surgery
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…
Management of Angle Closure in the Nanophthalmic Patient
h4CASE PRESENTATION/h4
A 48-year-old white woman presented to Credit Valley
Eyecare in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, with nanophthalmos
and acute chronic angle-closure glaucoma in her
right eye. The latter was caused by a combination of
m…
Comparison of Commercially Available Femtosecond Lasers in Refractive Surgery
This new review explores the different types of lasers on the market for refractive surgery. Expert Review of Ophthalmology