Browse articles from EyeWorld 2014 issues. EyeWorld is the award-winning member publication of ASCRS. The magazine provides news and updates from the Society as well as clinical features in the areas of cataract, refractive, cornea, glaucoma, and practice management. It publishes quarterly with editorial direction from its medical editorial board and staff.
This EyeWorld educational program highlights key principles for optimizing fluidics and power modulation for different stages of nuclear removal in both routine and complicated cases.
Adenoviral conjunctivitis can be tricky for practitioners because of the challenges associated with diagnosing and treating. Patients often come in with non-specific symptoms, so differentiating between bacterial and viral infections, as well as finding a treatment to manage the issue, is vital.
The correction of high myopia is limited, but phakic IOLs do provide a surgical option. "For many years we have been looking for a quality anterior chamber phakic IOL that could be easily performed in a clean room rather than an operating room," said Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, partner at Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island, Rockville Centre, N.Y., and clinical professor of ophthalmology, New York University Medical School.
The best way to treat negative dysphotopsia remains a hot topic among surgeons. Negative dysphotopsia that occurs right after cataract surgery is usually best left to resolve on its own. However, if the problem continues a few months after surgery, ophthalmologists must step in to provide a treatment. Their treatment approach usually depends on what they suspect is the cause.
The visual disturbances exacerbated by ocular surgery can range from annoying to disabling.
Using artificial tears is a fact of life for many patients with dry eye disease, according to Vincent P. de Luise, MD. Debra Schaumberg, ScD, OD, from the Harvard School of Public Health, has reported that between 25 and 40 million Americans have some level of dry eye, Dr. de Luise said, and virtually all of these patients are using artificial tears.
A retrospective analysis suggests oral azithromycin may be beneficial.