January-February 2020 Articles

ASCRS NEWS

  1. What your patient is taking and its effect on the eye
  2. Lowell A. Gess, MD, selected for 2020 ASCRS Foundation Chang Humanitarian Award
  3. ASCRS takes new program series on the road, looking at keys to practice success
  4. Hundreds of patients see clearer during National Sight Week
  5. In the journal: January/February 2020
  6. Review of “Assessment of the accuracy of new and updated IOL power calculation formulas in 10,930 eyes from the UK National Health Service”
  7. Assessment of the accuracy of new and updated IOL power calculation formulas in 10,930 eyes from the UK National Health Service
  8. Review of “The risk of posterior capsule rupture during phacoemulsification cataract surgery in eyes with previous intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections”
  9. The risk of posterior capsule rupture during phacoemulsification cataract surgery in eyes with previous intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections

NEWS

  1. Keeping an eye out for depression
  2. Oculodentodigital dysplasia: Identify eye involvement to prevent blindness

IN FOCUS

  1. Nutraceuticals: Benefits to ocular health and importance of product selection
  2. Alpha-1 blockers, the iris, and ophthalmic surgery
  3. Systemic medications and dry eye
  4. Drugs patients are taking and their impact on the retina, optic nerve

INSIDE THE PRACTICE

  1. Marketing ROI: Measure the true value of your strategy

OUTSIDE THE OR

  1. Ophthalmologists bond over research interests

CATARACT

  1. Keys to sealing phaco corneal incisions
  2. Care coordination key for patients with skin cancer near the eye
  3. Unplanned returns to the OR for pediatric cataracts
  4. Possible new parameters to improve effective lens position estimates

CORNEA

  1. Best of ASCRS 2019: Cornea
  2. Biofilm formation compared among three punctal occluders for dry eye
  3. Successful management of neurotrophic corneal ulcer

GLAUCOMA

  1. Bringing Rocklatan into the glaucoma fold
  2. Exfoliation syndrome, COPD most common among tobacco users

REFRACTIVE

  1. Insights on young eye surgeons’ exposure to laser vision correction
  2. Studying refractive surgery at polar ends of the spectrum