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…
Forecasted Volumes of LASIK and Presbyopiacorrecting IOLs for 2011
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 …
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…
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…
ADHD Rates Rose Among US Children
Nearly one in 10 children in the United States aged 4 to
17 years has been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD), according to a recent survey by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).1
The results suggest that a…
Bevacizumab Reduced Incidence of Postoperative Recurrent Vitreous Hemorrhage in Small Study
One intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (Avastin,
Genentech) reduced the incidence of recurrent postoperative
vitreous hemorrhage after diabetic vitrectomy,
according to a study in Retina.1
Rizwan A. Cheema, MD, FRCS, FRCOphth, of the
Dhahran Eye Spe…