Browse articles from the EyeWorld September 2022 issue. 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.
Understanding the basic concept of phaco fluidics is important for successful cataract surgery, particularly when differentiating among the systems available and how they can help surgeons and patients. One physician broke it down in a discussion with EyeWorld.
With advanced screening parameters and improved surgical techniques and technologies, the follow-up for refractive surgery has become routine and, in most cases, fairly uneventful. But EyeWorld caught up with two experts for a refresher and some important things to remember in the short- and long-term follow-up with post-refractive patients.
When talking about infectious keratitis in the U.S., this usually refers to bacterial keratitis, which has a higher incidence than fungal keratitis. However, there are reportedly 30,000–40,000 new cases of fungal keratitis annually, so it’s still a significant number.
IOP elevation following intravitreal injections can be divided into short-term and long-term elevations. Short-term elevations are common, and some studies have estimated that they affect greater than 90% of patients.
In a world with significantly more MD job listings than MD applicants, some practices are having difficulty finding a partner-track physician. This article details five potential solutions for this.