One of the most challenging cases we encounter
in clinical practice is a patient with a chief complaint
of diplopia that only occurs in one direction
of his or her gaze. After obtaining a detailed
history, conducting the pertinent preliminary …
Sidebar: An Unpredictable Journey
The implementation of laser cataract surgery has been
an unpredictable journey for our practice. Our practice
was the second in the country to offer this surgery and
our surgeons have since used multiple laser platforms.
There is always a stee…
Meeting the Educational Needs for an Evolving Surgery
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The expected rise in the number of patients seeking
cataract surgery has been well documented.
Sources such as Prevent Blindness America suggest
that …
Chief Medical Editor’s Page
It has been well documented that the baby boomer population
is just starting to reach the age when lens extraction
is a viable vision correction option, regardless of the cataract’s
severity. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. This
gro…
5 Questions with Soosan Jacob, MS, FR CS, DNB
What attracted you to medical
practice and to ophthalmology?
I liked three things about ophthalmology:
interacting with people, working
with my hands, and using the technology.
Ophthalmology in the early 1990s took
a quantum leap,…
Premium Cataract Surgery Goes Mainstream
Recent advances in cataract surgical technology
offer new opportunities for patients to achieve
good spectacle-free vision across all ranges, and
they provide cataract surgeons with the tools to
serve these needs. Discussions of these new tech…