Articles

UP FRONT

• EDITOR’S PAGE: Cataract Complications With Eyetube Video Links

  By Khiun F. Tjia, MD

REFRACTIVE SURGERY

• FEATURE STORY: Thermo-Biomechanics for Treating Keratoconus and Refractive Errors

  Surgeons say initial results for Keraflex and annular CXL are encouraging.

  By Laura Straub, Editor-in-Chief

TODAY'S PRACTICE

• Advanced Training in Ophthalmology

  BONUS FEATURE ON RESIDENT TRAINING: The European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology offers physicians postgraduate training in a variety of subspecialties.

  By Giuseppe Guarnaccia, MD; and Jose L. Gü, MD

• Educational Resources Available to Residents

  A trainee evaluates a variety of didactic tools for ophthalmology.

  By TH. L. Ponsioen, MD, PHD

• What is the Best Way to Train a Resident?

  Authors from across Europe describe residency program requirements.

  By Damien Gatinel, MD, PHD; Roberto Bellucci, MD; EWA Mrukwa-Kominek, MD, PHD; and Florian Sutter, MD

• Making the Most of One’s Residency Program

  Trainees share their experiences.

  By Elsie Chan, MBBS; Guenal Kahraman, MD; Leonoor S. Koetsier, MD; Eugene Y.J. Ng, MRCOPHTH; and Charl G. Weitz, MBCHB

COVER STORIES

• A New Look at Wound Burn

  Long ultrasound runs at full power are potentially dangerous.

  By RANDALL J. OLSON, MD

• Wound Gape: Two Closure Techniques

  A radial or horizontal stitch can produce watertight closure after thermal injury.

  By Robert H. Osher, MD; and James M. Osher, MD

• Repositioning a Luxated Lens

  The glued IOL technique maintains a closed system and minimizes incision size, trauma, surgical time, and intraocular pressure fluctuation.

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

• Sulcus Fixation of an IOL Using Scleral Tunnels

  This strategy achieves secure sutureless intrascleral haptic fixation.

  By Som Prasad MS, FRCS(ED), FRCOPHTH, FACS; and Gabor G.B. Scharioth, MD

• Capsular Cleaning to Remove Lens Epithelial Cells

  Results of Nd:YAG laser photolysis at 3 years are promising.

  By Wolfram Wehner, MD; George O. Warning III, MD, FACS, FRCOPTH; RUDOLPH WALKER, PHD; AND REINHARDT THYZEL

• Iatrogenic Zonular Disaster

  Sometimes disaster appears in front of your eyes.

  By Khiun F. Tjia, MD

• Completing Surgery With a Compromised Rhexis

  A range of techniques is available to safely remove the nucleus under these challenging conditions; however, if in doubt, do not do it.

  By Brian Little, MA, DO, FRCS, FRCOPHTH

• Phaco Forward-Chop

  This technique is useful following incomplete nucleus division in hard cataracts.

  By Koju Kamoi, MD, PHD

DEPARTMENTS

• INNOVATIONS

  A preview of today’s new products

• 5 Questions with Beatrice Cochener, MD

  Dr. Cochener is President of the French Ophthalmology Society (SFO). She is also a Professor and Chairman of the Ophthalmology Department at Brest University Hospital, France.