Prephaco chopping or prechop, as it was first
described about 20 years ago by Takayuki
Akahosi, MD, is a technique for fracturing the
nucleus under viscoelastic material prior to
phacoemulsification. As other advocates of prechopping
have no…
Ophthalmologists understand that quality of
vision after refractive surgery matters, but there
is no clear consensus on how best to define or
measure it. Surgeons appreciate, however, that
it goes beyond simple Snellen acuity. Options for obje…
RICHARD E. BRAUNSTEIN, MD
This woman has traumatic iridodialysis, cataract, and
likely zonular damage with reduced vision necessitating
surgical intervention. In addition to the normal workup
and testing prior to cataract surgery,…
Most providers pursued the medical profession
because of their passion for helping
patients. I certainly can relate to this
mission-driven mindset; my dream of
financially empowering clients led me to found my
independent asset management fir…
In the 1930s Phillips Thygeson and his associates were performing experiments to prove that the elementary bodies from the Halberstaedter-Prowazek inclusions were the infectious agent of trachoma. Using epithelium scraped from the eyes of infected chil…
We read with interest the article by Hsu and associates on ocular flora and antibiotic resistance in patients undergoing cataract surgery. As the authors indicated, the most common prophylactic practice in many countries outside Europe is perioperative…