Articles

UP FRONT

• What is Your Perspective of Quality Cataract Surgery?

  By Khiun F. Tjia, MD - Chief Medical Editor

• Ultrasound and Optical Biometry

  Both technologies are needed in the modern cataract and refractive surgery practice.

  By Jack T. Holladay, MD, MSEE

• Combination Workstations

  Authors give an overview on four diagnostic workstations for the excimer laser.

  By Diego de Ortueta, MD, FEBO; Damien Gatinel, MD, PhD; Erik L. Mertens, MD, FEBOphth; AND Patrick Versace, MD

CATARACT SURGERY

• Rayner Celebrates Anniversaries in 2009 and 2010

  An interview with Donald J. Munro, Rayner's Chairman and Managing Director.

  By Donald J. Munro, Rayner's Chairman and Managing Director

• Bimanual Rhexis Using Capsulorrhexis Chopsticks

  A new technique allows creation of the rhexis in the horizontal plane.

  By Thierry Amzallag, MD; and Joel Pynson, MD

REFRACTIVE SURGERY

• Enhancing Ectasia Screening

  Corneal tomography and biomechanics measurement can increase screening accuracy.

  By Renato Ambrósio Jr, MD, PhD

COVER STORIES

• Quality in Cataract Surgery: A Personal View

  We all subscribe to quality, but what does it mean for cataract surgery?

  By David Spalton, FRCS, FRCP, FRCOphth

• Optimizing Cataract Surgery: Lessons from LASIK

  Five strategies to improve your results.

  By Robert K. Maloney, MD

• Preoperative Counseling of the Cataract Patient

  Tailor your counseling method to fit the individual and increase patient satisfaction with the entire process.

  By Colin S.H. Tan, MBBS, MMed(Ophth), FRCSEd(Ophth); Wei Kiong Ngo, MBBS; and Edwin M. Gay

• Technology Required for Quality Cataract Surgery

  The benefits of adopting state-of-the-art equipment are plentiful.

  By Amar Agarwal, MS, FRCS, FRCOphth; and Dhivya Ashok Kumar, MD

• Sub–2-mm Versus 2.2-mm Microincision Coaxial Cataract Surgery

  MICS provides excellent long-term functional and morphologic results.

  By Leonardo Mastropasqua, MD; and Lisa Toto, MD

• Is There an Optimal Incision Size for Routine Cataract Surgery?

  A personal review of incision size in relation to IOL injection and phacoemulsification.

  By Khiun F. Tjia, MD

• Avoiding Phaco Complications

  Strategies to avoid complications and manage them when they arise.

  By Seng-Ei Ti, MMed(Ophth), FRCS(Edin); and Soon-Phaik Chee, FRCOphth, FRCS(Edin), FRCS(G), MMed

• Managing Traumatic Cataracts

  Avoid further damage to the eye at all costs.

  By Simonetta Morselli, MD; Antonio Toso, MD; and Romeo Altafini, MD

DEPARTMENTS

• Innovations

• 5 Questions With Paolo Vinciguerra, MD

  Dr. Vinciguerra is Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Milan, Italy.

  By Paolo Vinciguerra, MD