Browse articles from EyeWorld.org related to Journal Club. 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.
Andres Parra, MD, Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, reviewed “Repositioning surgery of different intraocular lens designs in eyes with late in-the-bag intraocular lens dislocation” from the September edition of the ASCRS Journal Club.
Hans Andrews, MD, ophthalmology resident, Vanderbilt Eye Institute, summarized “Aerosol generation during phacoemulsification in live patient cataract surgery environment” from the June edition of the ASCRS Journal Club.
Hetal Ray, MD, ophthalmology resident, Yale Eye Center, provided a summary of “Reoperation for complications within 90 days of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery” from the July edition of the ASCRS Journal Club.
Matthew Santos, MD, ophthalmology resident, Washington University in St. Louis, summarizes “Effect of anti- inflammatory regimen on early postoperative inflammation after cataract surgery” from the March issue of the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.
Sabrina Mukhtar, MD, ophthalmology resident, University of Pittsburgh, provides a summary of “Glued intraocular lens in eyes with deficient capsules: retrospective analysis of long-term effects” from the April issue of the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.
Saira Khanna, MD, and other ophthalmology residents from the University of Chicago, summarize “Management of common iatrogenic iris defects induced by cataract surgery” from the April issue of the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.
Achieving competency in cataract surgery is an essential component of ophthalmology residency training. This ASCRS/EyeWorld Journal Club took a look at a paper by Liebman et al. that evaluates quantification of the resident cataract surgery learning curve and identification of the case threshold at which residents experience marginal educational benefit.
OCT is a quick and non-invasive imaging modality with a high sensitivity in diagnosing macular conditions. The ASCRS/EyeWorld Journal Club reviewed a paper by Leung et al. that analyzed a cases series to evaluate the utility of macular OCT in cataract surgery preop assessments.
The ASCRS/EyeWorld Journal Club reviewed this large, retrospective, non-comparative case series by Leccisotti and Fields that evaluated the incidence, clinical course, and prognosis of DLK in patients undergoing low-energy femtosecond LASIK in combination with sterile techniques to limit interface contamination.
Cataract surgery is one of the most common surgeries performed annually and is only expected to increase in coming decades due to an aging population. Despite advances in surgical technique, which have significantly improved efficiency, patient safety, and predictability of cataract surgery refractive outcomes, postoperative visual disturbances such as dysphotopsias continue to be a significant contributor to patient dissatisfaction, even in routine cases performed by experienced surgeons.
