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• The Next Battle

  By Stephen G. Slade, MD

Today's Topics

• Abstinence From Contact Lenses Prior to Refractive Surgery

  By STEVEN J. DELL, MD; MARK A. KONTOS, MD; COLMAN R. KRAFF, MD; LOUIS E. PROBST, MD; JOHN LEHR, OD; DAWN HOLSTED, OD; JO’EL STURM, OD; MITCHELL C. SHULTZ, MD; AND KARL G. STONECIPHER, MD

Inside EyeTube.net

• Eyetube Journal Club and Show Daily

  By WILLIAM B. TRATTLER, MD; ELENA ALBÉ, MD; AND RICHARD M. AWDEH, MD

Cataract Surgery

• Top Surgeons Highlight Key Blades

  By LOUIS D. “SKIP” NICHAMIN, MD; ROGER F. STEINERT, MD; ROBERT H. OSHER, MD; JAMES S. LEWIS, MD; CHARLES S. AHN, MD; AND ERIC D. DONNENFELD, MD

• Characterizing IOLs With Purkinje Images

  A surgeon reflects on what can be learned about an IOL simply by observing its light reflections. This article is the last in a three-part series.

  By DANIEL H. CHANG, MD

• Point/Counterpoint: Are Topical Steroids Necessary

  By KEITH A.WALTER, MD & DAVID A. GOLDMAN, MD

• Scattered Blue Deposits After Cataract Surgery

  By LAMA AL-ASWAD, MD; LAURA K. GREEN, MD; S. ANNA KAO, MD; NICK MAMALIS, MD; SUZANN PERSHING, MD; AND RICHARD TIPPERMAN, MD

Cover Stories

• Is the World’s Leading Innovator of Medical-Technological Advances Losing Its Edge?

  Some say the conditions for medical innovation in this country have never been worse. What happened, and how do we fix it?

  By JAMES J. INCOLLINGO, CORRESPONDING EDITOR

• Sidebar: Would Ophthalmology’s Greatest Technological Breakthroughs Get Approved by Today’s FDA?

• A Brief History of the FDA

  Founded to protect consumers from adulterated and misbranded food and drugs, the agency’s role is now supported by approximately 9,100 people.

  By STEPHEN DAILY, NEWS EDITOR

• The FDA’s Role in Shaping the Future of Eye Care

  By RHEA LLOYD, MD, SONAL WADHWA, MD MALVINA EYDELMAN, MD, AND ROBERT LEE KRAMM, MD

• The EMEA and the FDA: a Comparison

  Although the Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency have similar evaluative processes, the final outcome of the benefit-risk assessment is not necessarily the same in all cases.

  By JENNIFER KREATSOULAS, PHD, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

THERAPEUTICS

• Corneal Hydrops: New Treatment Allows Rapid Visual Improvement

  Nonexpansile retinal gas can rapidly resolve corneal edema in patients with acute corneal hydrops.

  By JOSEPH A. KHELL, MD; GABRIELA PEREZ; AND WILLIAM B. TRATTLER, MD

• Innovations

• 5 Questions with Jack T. Holladay,MD

  Jack T. Holladay,MD, discusses how he stays involved in ophthalmology after retirement and what inspired him to create the Brightness Acuity Test.

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