Articles

Chief Medical Editor's Page

• Selling Coal

  By Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD

Peer Review

• Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery

  By Malaika David, Senior Associate Editor

Cataract Surgery

• The Role of Cataract Surgery in Glaucoma Therapy

  Cataract surgery is an effective stand-alone treatment modality in primary acute and chronic angle-closure glaucoma, but in primary open-angle glaucoma, the treatment effect of cataract surgery alone is less established.

  By Norman Zabriskie, MD

• Toric IOLs

  These lenses can benefit many patients with glaucoma provided that surgeons take extra steps to ensure a successful outcome.

  By Kathryn B. Freidl, MD, and Marlene R. Moster, MD

• Lifestyle IOLs

  Are these lenses appropriate for patients with concurrent cataract and glaucoma?

  By Bradford J. Shingleton, MD

• Update on New Glaucoma Surgical Devices

  The trend toward less-invasive procedures continues.

  By Robert J. Noecker, MD, MBA

• Improving the Trabeculectomy

  A glaucoma surgeon offers advice for those who wish to begin using the Ex-Press.

  By Richard A. Lewis, MD

• Endoscopic Cyclophotocoagulation

  Our current knowledge of this useful treatment option.

  By Mina B. Pantcheva, MD; Leonard K. Seibold, MD; and Malik Y. Kahook, MD

• Phaco Pearls: Methods of Ocular Anesthesia and Sedation for Cataract Surgery

  How do you modify your standard routine for a particularly anxious patient?

  By Y. Ralph Chu, MD; Randall E. Cole, MD; James P. Gills, MD; R. Bruce Wallace III, MD; and D. Scott King, CRNA

• COMPLEX CASE MANAGEMENT: Subluxated IOL After Pupillary Dilation

  By David F. Chang, MD; D. Michael Colvard, MD; Alan S. Crandall, MD; Matthew D. Kuhnle, DO; Alan N. Carlson, MD; Samuel Masket, MD; and Steven G. Safran, MD

REFRACTIVE SURGERY

• Complex Case Management: Refractive Enhancement 10 Years Later?

  By Carlos G. Arce, MD; Gaston O. Lacayo III, MD; and George O. Waring IV, MD

• Current European Guidelines for Refractive Surgery

  Ophthalmologists from across Europe describe their countries’ standards or accepted norms.

  By Damien Gatinel, MD, PhD; Suphi Taneri, MD; Saskia Oehler, Dipl Ing; Simonetta Morselli, MD; Antonio Toso, MD; Daniel Elies, MD; and David P .S. O'Brart, MD, MB, BS, FRCS, FRCOphth

Cover Stories

• Why I Left Academics

  Still waiting for that exit interview.

  By R. Doyle Stulting, MD, PhD

• Femtosecond Laser: Buy Now or Later?

  When should the average cataract surgeon consider a femtosecond laser?

  By Kevin J. Corcoran, COE, CPC, FNAO

• Should You Build Your Own ASC?

  Evaluate the variables and make the decision based on the right reasons.

  By R. Bruce Wallace III, MD

• How Should You Position Your Practice by 2015?

  Strategy and discipline will help you to succeed.

  By Bruce Maller

Departments

• Innovations

  A preview of today’s new products.

• 5 Questions With Elena Albé, MD

  Dr. Albé discusses how her passion for visual arts sparked her interest in ophthalmology and how she guarantees each of her patients receives the best treatment possible.

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