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Category: News
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 …
CHIEF MEDICAL EDITOR’S PAGE: Carpe Diem
Economic discussions have dominated the
national conversation of the past few years.
The current health care system appears to
be unsustainable. Medicare A is projected
to go bankrupt in 2019, health insurance premiums
have doubled since 2001…
Reducing the Preservative Load in Glaucoma Therapy
Despite the many advances in our understanding
of glaucoma, the only available treatments
of the disease are aimed at lowering
IOP, and IOP-lowering medications are usually
our initial therapy. Consequently, unmet needs in glaucoma
treatment …
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…
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…
Why Do I Perform Research?
When my 2 1/2-year-old son asks, “Why are
trees green? Why did Mama sneeze? Why
did baby Alex spit up?” I smile. I smile
because I am amazed at how inquisitive
human beings are, even at such a young age. I smile
because others once had th…
The Ganglion Cell Complex
The measurement of the perifoveal ganglion cell
layer recently emerged as a new diagnostic
parameter in glaucoma. Various manufacturers
of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography
(SD-OCT) systems have released or will soon release
softwa…
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…
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…
Marketing Methodologies for High-Growth Practices
As you are passing between your clinic’s examination
rooms on a tiring Thursday evening—your
back still sore from the previous afternoon’s surgeries—
your assistant grabs your shoulder to
alert you that tonight is the deadline to renew…
Evolutions and Revolutions in Glaucoma Surgery
While I was refining my suturing technique
during the plastic surgery rotation of my
internship, my mentor, a successful plastic
surgeon on the island of Oahu, gave me
some advice. He noticed that I varied my suturing technique
a bit with eac…
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…
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…
The Zhongshan Angle Closure Prevention Trial
By the year 2020, primary angleclosure
glaucoma (PACG) will
account for half of the 11 million
people who are estimated to be
bilaterally blind from glaucoma.sup1/sup China is
home to the majority of people with
PACG worldwide. An estima…
Is Glaucoma Screening Worthwhile?
Glaucoma currently ranks as a leading cause of
irreversible blindness worldwide, but many of
those afflicted are unaware that they have this
painless, progressive neurodegenerative disease.
Visual impairment is costly in terms of lost producti…
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…