emWhat do you anticipate laser vision correction
and premium and presbyopiacorrecting
IOL volumes will look like in
your practice, in your geographic area,
or for the nation in 2011?/em
bSTEPHEN COLEMAN,MD/bbrThe peak period …
Category: Refractive
COMPLEX CASE MANAGEMENT: Aphakia After Repair of Ruptured Globe
bCASE PRESENTATION/bbr /A 19-year-old man suffered a traumatic rupture of the
left globe. He underwent a repair of the full-thickness
corneal laceration and removal of the crystalline lens 1 year
before presentation. He is contact lens in…
‘Tis Better to Give Than to Receive
This holiday season, reward yourself with the giftof Eyetube.net. Ophthalmic surgeons across theglobe have uploaded videos to present their surgicalpearls to you. Here are some great newadditions to this growing video resource.bLASER-ASSI…
Top Products of 2010
The year 2010 was another terrific one for new
products. At October’s annual meeting of the
American Academy of Ophthalmology in
Chicago, I reviewed nearly 100 new products that
affect cataract surgeons. This article describes some of
the h…
TOP NEW THINGS I AM DOING TODAY: Beyond the Phaco Machine
It has been said that the only constant is
change, and that adage certainly applies
to cataract surgery. The phaco procedure
that we ophthalmologists perform
today is very different from that of just a
decade or 2 ago, and I anticipate furthe…
CHIEF MEDICAL EDITOR’S PAGE: The Best of 2010
Ilove lists. What is the greatest rock and roll song of
all time, the biggest sports upset ever, and the best
ice cream flavor? My answers are “Stairway to
Heaven,” the 1980 US Olympic hockey team’s triumph
over the Soviet Union’s, and…
Technological Improvements Enhance Patients’ Outcomes
Refinements in phaco techniques and technologies
continue to optimize nuclear and cortical
removal and enhance patients’ outcomes.
Advances in IOL technology continue to allow
for enhanced visual acuity.
bTODAY’S PHACO PLATFORMS…
COMPLEX CASE MANAGEMENT: Decentered LASIK Ablation
bArthur Cummings, Frcsed; Louis E. Probst, Md; And Paul J. Dougherty, Md/bbr /A 27-year-old man underwent bilateral LASIK in March
2010 at another clinic. The surgeon used the IntraLase FS
laser (Abbott Medical Optics Inc., Santa Ana, CA) …
Capsular Cleansing and Primary Posterior Continuous Curvilinear Capsulorhexis
Cataract surgery constantly evolves. I always seek to
improve my surgical outcomes through new methods.
Two recent changes I made are a technique to
meticulously cleanse the capsular bag and the use
of a posterior continuous curvilinear capsul…
The Best of 2010
One of the best ways we at emCataract and Refractive
Surgery Today/em could think of to identify the
ophthalmic highlights of last year was to ask
the opinion of cataract and refractive surgeons
hard at work in practices across the country. …
Improving Safety, Visual Recovery, and Outcomes
Our focus as cataract surgeons usually falls into
three major categories: safety, rapid visual
recovery, and predictable refractive results.
Judging from the interest surrounding femtosecond
laser-assisted cataract surgery exhibited at
this y…
Ophthalmic Business Forecast for 2011
Each year brings with it several new and exiting technologies
in the cataract and refractive surgery market,
and many believe 2011 will be an especially
important , and in some ways revolutionary, year.
With an ever-increasing baby boom popula…
Refining Outcomes, Improving Conversion Rates
During the past year, I have focused on refining
my surgical outcomes with premium
IOLs, improving conversion rates to premium
lenses for the appropriate patients, better
defining who will benefit the most from this technology,
and using newe…
TOP QUOTATIONS
bStephen G. Slade,MD, September 2001/bbr /strongAny suggestions for young refractive surgeons?/strongbr /Go where you want to live, be thankful that you
are in this profession, find the right balance of
medicine to business that suit…
INNOVATIONS: A preview of today’s new products
bPreservative-Free
Garamycin
Ophthalmic Ointment/bbr /Fera Pharmaceuticals (Locust Valley, NY) announced
the launch of preservative-free Garamycin (gentamicin
sulfate) Ophthalmic Ointment for bacterial infections.
Garamycin is indicated…
Help for Haiti
January 12, 2010, is a day no Haitian will ever forget.
For those distant from the day’s horror, it might
already seem like a fading memory, eclipsed by the oil
spill disaster, floods in the Midwest, and what seems
like a never-ending econom…
Flexivue and AcuFocus Among New Options That May Eliminate Need for Reading Glasses
The following new technologies were reviewed at the AAO meeting in October 2010 for addressing presbyopia : an intracorneal bifocal corrective lens called Flexivue from Presbia Corp., which is inserted under the cornea; an implant called AcuFocus that that reduces the…
Gene Linked to Fuchs Corneal Dystrophy Identified
Researchers have identified a gene linked to Fuchs
corneal dystrophy (FCD), the leading cause of corneal
transplant operations, according to a report in the New
England Journal of Medicine.1
A research team led by Albert O. Edwards, MD, PhD,
with the U…
Corneal Lens Implant With Built-In Vision Correction Safe,Effective in Small Study
The Flexivue Micro-Lens (Presbia Coöperatief UA;
Amsterdam, Netherlands) appears to be a safe and
effective treatment for presbyoipa, according to Ioannis
G. Pallikaris, MD, of the University Hospital of Crete. Dr.
Pallikaris presented results of 15 p…
OptiMedica Unveils its Catalys Precision Laser System at AAO
The Catalys Precision Laser system (OptiMedica Corp.,
Santa Clara, California) combining a femtosecond laser,
integrated optical coherence tomography imaging, and
OptiMedica’s pattern-scanning technology, was introduced
at the AAO meeting. The Cataly…