Waking up Blind: Lawsuits Over Eye
Surgery (Langdon Street Press, 2009)
by Tom Harbin, MD, is a story of how a
respected eye surgeon caused medical
problems for his patients and how
Emory University tried to conceal the
medical scandal. …
With the introduction of phacoemulsification,
Charles Kelman, MD, changed the world of
ophthalmology forever by using a novel
source of energy to break a cataract into
tiny fragments that could be removed through a much
smaller incision. His …
In September 1983, the chairman of the Department
of Ophthalmology at Emory University School of
Medicine in Atlanta, Dwight Cavanagh, MD, performed
a corneal transplant on the wrong eye of a
patient (Sargus Houston), eventually
leaving him b…
Although the newest
presbyopia-correcting
IOLs seem to have a
higher success rate than
previous versions, any surgeon
implanting these lenses will eventually
encounter a patient who
does not achieve the level of
vision expected. The case p…
When combined with minicoaxial small-incision surgery,
the viscosplit and crack technique took less time
and energy than conventional microincision bimanual
chopping methods, reported Dieter Klaas, MD, of
Germany, at the ESCRS in Paris.1
Dr. Klaas com…
Using 6-month follow-up data from 101 eyes that
received an ICRS, Maria-Clara Arbelaez, MD, of Muscat,
Sultanate of Oman, determined that the corneal apex,
mean corneal wavefront, anterior elevation, and posterior
elevation were among the most importan…