April 2019 Articles

ASCRS NEWS

  1. EyeWorld is my world
  2. Introducing the pillars of ASCRS: Educate, advocate, donate
  3. Reflections from past EyeWorld medical editors
  4. ASCRS supports options, choice, and competition in board recertification
  5. ASCRS member spotlight: Jeffrey Whitman, MD
  6. #GiveSight while you learn in San Diego
  7. Review of “Visual outcomes after cataract surgery in patients with type 2 diabetes”
  8. The value of an ASOA member in your practice
  9. In the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery April 2019

NEWS

  1. Fundamentals of anterior vitrectomy for cataract surgeons
  2. Blast-induced ocular trauma Damage sometimes takes weeks to present
  3. Video highlights from the 2019 Surgical Summit
  4. Intravitreal vs. periocular approaches for uveitic macular edema
  5. Myopic view of pigment dispersion syndrome
  6. Study shows IFIS cases more severe in females

PROGRAM PREVIEW

  1. Hear the incredible story of our colleague Hal Kushner
  2. Key events at the ASCRS ASOA Annual Meeting
  3. Subspecialty Day preview
  4. Symposia continue as meeting highlights
  5. Binkhorst Lecture preview
  6. Ron Kurtz, MD, to deliver Kelman Innovator’s Lecture
  7. A look at ASOA General Sessions
  8. Government Relations sessions highlight key legislative and regulatory topics
  9. Two-part Sunday Summit returns to Annual Meeting
  10. 7th annual ASCRS Clinical Survey opens online April 15
  11. 2019 ASCRS ASOA Annual Meeting exhibitor listing

IN FOCUS

  1. Challenging EDOF Extended depth of focus IOLs in non-routine cases
  2. An eye on future vision Adjustable lens technology continues to improve
  3. IOL options for less-than-normal corneas
  4. Bringing small aperture optics to the IOL plane
  5. Needed IOL innovations

IN THE PRACTICE

  1. Ophthalmologists tap into social platforms
  2. 6 FAQs about using a blog to grow your online presence

OUTSIDE THE OR

  1. A third way
  2. Dry eye’s impact on patients’ ability to read
  3. Bird’s eye view of diabetes
  4. Linking eye trauma and falls among the elderly
  5. News in brief
  6. Ophthalmologist competes in equestrian competitions in spare time

CATARACT

  1. EDOF fundamentals What they are, how and when to use them
  2. FLACS adoption among young eye surgeons
  3. Correlation in capsule complications, operation volumes in Sweden
  4. Does tamsulosin remain on cataract practitioners’ radars?
  5. IOL preferences in long eyes and their complications

CORNEA

  1. Contact lens-assisted crosslinking approach refined, expanded
  2. DMEK after radial keratotomy
  3. Macular choroidal thickening in keratoconus patients
  4. Use of intranasal tear stimulation
  5. Ocular surface and diabetes Diagnostics and evolving treatments

GLAUCOMA

  1. Tailoring glaucoma medications for patients
  2. Studying IOP changes in glaucomatous eyes undergoing FLACS
  3. Patients interested in whether CBD has a role in eye health

REFRACTIVE

  1. IOL formulas improve refractive accuracy
  2. Unique SMILE complication Sterile multifocal inflammatory keratitis
  3. Choosing between monovision and multifocals
  4. Refractive and cataract surgical trends in Holland
  5. Progressive improvements in NHS refractive outcomes over 15 years
  6. Monovision methods