| | Prepare for hyperopic shift following DSAEK graft surgery
| | A retrospective study including 45 eyes that underwent Descemet?s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) found an average refractive change of +0.88 D after surgery. That hyperopic shift after DSAEK has implications for management of patients undergoing cataract surgery simultaneously with or after DSAEK and for anticipating refractive outcomes in pseudophakic patients undergoing DSAEK. | |  |
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| Changes to surgical routine cut risk of postoperative endophthalmitis
| Intracameral cefuroxime major factor in reduction of cases in data analyses
| | Ophthalmology Times | | A cluster of cases of postoperative endophthalmitis at the Prince Charles Eye Unit, King Edward Hospital, Windsor, England, over a 4-month period led to a thorough investigation of etiologic factors and multiple changes in the perioperative routines. |
| | | Imaging system takes OR microscope to next level
| Digital platform provides physicians with improved visualization during microsurgery
| | Ophthalmology Times | | As imaging continues to move in the direction of digital technology, one such vision platform (3-D HD, TrueVision) takes a stereoscopic view of a surgical microscope, converts it to a three-dimensional, high-definition digital image, and displays it on a projection screen. The technology, according to surgeons who have used it, affords a defined depth of field, offers the ability to play back and share images, and results in less neck and back strain. |
| | Vision system enables easy transition to coaxial MICS
| Platform lets surgery be performed with higher levels of vacuum, less dependence on ultrasound
| | Ophthalmology Times | | A prospective evaluation of the first 50 cases of coaxial microincision cataract surgery performed with a vision enhancement system (Stellaris, Bausch & Lomb) shows that the platform facilitates adoption of this new surgical technique and allows surgery to be performed with higher levels of vacuum, less dependence on ultrasound, and excellent anterior chamber stability. |
| | Reduced phaco time observed with use of oscillation device
| Difference may mean less energy used in eye, less intraoperative trauma, more rapid visual rehab
| | Ophthalmology Times | | Use of an oscillation device (NeoSoniX handpiece, Alcon Laboratories) results in a shorter phacoemulsification time compared with the time in cases in which a conventional handpiece was used. This difference may result in less phaco energy use in the eye, less trauma during surgery, more rapid visual rehabilitation postoperatively, and perhaps less loss of endothelial cells. |
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| UV rays don't just damage skin
| | Ophthalmology Times | | Prevent Blindness has dedicated May as UV Awareness Month in an effort to educate the public on the best way to protect their eyes. |
| | IOL technology focuses on implant orientation, rotation
| | Ophthalmology Times | | A retrospective study of eyes with a spherical IOL implanted found the lens haptics maintained a stable position in most eyes, but significant rotation was observed in a small proportion. This information is important to consider when implanting toric IOLs where orientation and rotation can affect vision outcomes. |
| | Important eye health issues examined in Ophthalmology journal
| | Ophthalmology Times | Three studies on eye health examine the role of antioxidant supplements, the relationship of visual acuity and mortality, and the causes of glaucoma in the May 2008 issue of Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
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| How to conquer your first solo phaco
| | Ophthalmology Times | | In every phacoemulsification procedure, the critical factors remain the common goals: the care and respect bestowed on the patient and the commitment to obtaining the best possible outcome. There is no place for cynical, business-as-usual attitudes (which are found in some operating rooms) in today's environment of refractive cataract surgery and presbyopia-correcting IOL implants. An expert offers 10 steps to help post-residency ophthalmologists conquer their first solo phacoemulsification procedures. |
| | Protein adhesion studies aim to explain PCO rates
| | Ophthalmology Times | Oulu, Finland-Adhesion of soluble fibronectin differs significantly between IOLs of different materials, and that variability may explain differences between IOLs in rates of posterior capsule opacification (PCO), according to Reijo Linnola, MD. |
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