http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/ The latest news stories from Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today Europe. en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:09:18 GMT Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:09:18 GMT BMCToday http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=editors-page-cataract-complications-with-eyetube-video-links Cataract complications courses always attract a lot of attendees at major congresses. Cataract live surgery events also attract many colleagues, some of whom (or possibly many) wait for a complication to occur. Any failure by somebody else rei... Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=editors-page-cataract-complications-with-eyetube-video-links http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=feature-story-thermo-biomechanics-for-treating-keratoconus-and-refractive-errors Over the years, ophthalmic surgeons have introduced many innovations that either caught on like wildfire or crashed and burned before making it off the runway. Developing new technology to address pathologies or refractive errors takes much r... Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=feature-story-thermo-biomechanics-for-treating-keratoconus-and-refractive-errors http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=advanced-training-in-ophthalmology The European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology (ESASO; hosted by the Universitá della Svizzera italiana USI, Lugano, Switzerland) strives to offer the best postgraduate training in ophthalmology available in Europe. ESASO c... Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=advanced-training-in-ophthalmology http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=educational-resources-available-to-residents CRST Europe asked David F. Chang, MD, a Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco, to provide a list of the top 10 educational resources that he advises residents to use. In this article, resident Th. L. Ponsioen, M... Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=educational-resources-available-to-residents http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=what-is-the-best-way-to-train-a-resident? France BY DAMIEN GATINEL, MD, PHD Acceptance to a French residency program in ophthalmology is a competitive process for potential candidates. It is expected that, once accepted, the resident wi... Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=what-is-the-best-way-to-train-a-resident? http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=making-the-most-of-ones-residency-program Training in the United Kingdom BY ELSIE CHAN, MBBS I am currently completing a fellowship at St. Thomas’ Hospital, a large teaching hospital in London. I commenced my ophthalmology training in... Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=making-the-most-of-ones-residency-program http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=a-new-look-at-wound-burn Ever since the availability of ultrasound as a means of cataract removal, it is possible to attain a temperature of 60° C due to the frictional load on the wound when ultrasound is actuated. Unfortunately, at a temperature of 60° C, wo... Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=a-new-look-at-wound-burn http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=wound-gape-two-closure-techniques Thermal injuries during phacoemulsification range from subtle shrinkage of collagen to dramatic gape of a whitened incision. The former is far more common than appreciated and may appear as a thin curvilinear lucency in the incisional tunnel, ... Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=wound-gape-two-closure-techniques http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=repositioning-a-luxated-lens Postoperative luxation of an IOL remains an infrequent but significant sight-threatening complication after cataract surgery (Figure 1). The limited management options include observation and IOL exchange or repositioning. In these situations... Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=repositioning-a-luxated-lens http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=sulcus-fixation-of-an-iol-using-scleral-tunnels In-the-bag implantation is the ideal IOL insertion technique; however, it is not always possible. Complications of cataract surgery, especially in the presence of weak zonules, may make it impossible to securely implant an IOL into the capsular ba... Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=sulcus-fixation-of-an-iol-using-scleral-tunnels http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=capsular-cleaning-to-remove-lens-epithelial-cells Cataract surgery has become an almost routine procedure with low complication rates, and postoperative results have improved for a host of reasons, most of which are due to advances in phacoemulsification technology and new IOLs. Additionally... Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=capsular-cleaning-to-remove-lens-epithelial-cells http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=iatrogenic-zonular-disaster One of my colleagues visits local nursing homes to examine patients who are not easily referred to our hospital, mostly because of poor physical or mental health. From one such screening session, an elderly woman using a wheelchair was referre... Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=iatrogenic-zonular-disaster http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=completing-surgery-with-a-compromised-rhexis If the capsulorrhexis has been torn during cataract surgery while the nucleus is still in the bag, then you are faced with the sizeable challenge of completing surgery without the tear extending around to the posterior capsule. These are hazar... Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=completing-surgery-with-a-compromised-rhexis http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=phaco-forward-chop Surgeons often select a phaco-chop technique1 in patients with hard cataract to reduce the amount of ultrasonic energy in the eye.2 However, many times cases are encountered in which the hard nucleus cannot be completely ... Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=phaco-forward-chop http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=innovations OEM Medical Excimer Lasers OEM Medical Excimer Lasers by Coherent, Inc. (Santa Clara, California), have been available for more than 18 years, with 7,500 units installed in the field. Coherent’s OEM lasers are equipp... Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=innovations http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=5-questions-with-beacuteatrice-cochener-md 1. What have you accomplished during your presidency? I became president of the SFO 2 years ago. I feel that our society has accomplished quite a lot in the past 5 years. We increased the demographics of our membership by... Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2010/03/article.asp?f=5-questions-with-beacuteatrice-cochener-md