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EDITOR'S PAGE

• Blebs: the Bane of Glaucoma Surgery

  By Richard A. Lewis, MD - Chief Medical Editor

RESEARCH RESULTS

• Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure and Glaucoma

  Intracranial pressure may hold the key to understanding why IOP plays a major role in the development of glaucoma.

  By John Berdahl, MD

SURGICAL PEARLS

• Closing the Fornix-Based Flap

  An overview of the requirements for success.

  By Craig Marcus, MD

• Closing the Fornix-Based Flap

  How I achieve a watertight seal.

  By Garry P. Condon, MD

TECHNOLOGY TODAY

• Imaging Optic Nerve Head Drusen With Spectral Domain OCT

  A new algorithm may help clinicians to determine the cause of visual field loss in patients with coexisting drusen and glaucoma.

  By Huijuan Wu, MD, PhD; Johannes F. de Boer, PhD; and Teresa C. Chen, MD

COMPLICATIONS: FOCUS ON THE BLEB

• Bleb Leaks

  Experience-based advice on management.

  By Donald L. Budenz, MD, MPH

• Hypotony due to an Overactive Bleb

  How to proceed when filtering surgery is too effective.

  By Amy Badger, MD; Todd Perkins, MD; Geoffrey T. Emerick, MD; and Michael C. Stiles, MD

• Managing a Failing Filtering Bleb

  An understanding of wound healing and predisposing risk factors will help surgeons in their rescue efforts.

  By Nils A. Loewen, MD, PhD, and James C. Tsai, MD

• Bleb-Related Infections

  Diagnosis, risk factors, and the treatment of blebitis and bleb-related endophthalmitis.

  By JoAnn A. Giaconi, MD

CHALLENGING CASES

• Suprachoroidal Hemorrhage Secondary to Diabetic Gastroparesis

  By Scott J. Fudemberg, MD; Parul Ichhpujani, MD; and Marlene R. Moster, MD

PRACTICE POINTERS

• Adopting New Technology

  Guidelines for incorporating new diagnostic and surgical techniques into an established glaucoma practice.

  By Steven D. Vold, MD

INSIDE EYETUBE.NET

• Blebless Glaucoma Surgery

  By Nathan M. Radcliffe, MD

• 5 Questions With Barbara A. Smit, MD, PhD

  Dr. Smit reveals why she switched professions and describes how she uses laser trabeculoplasty.

  By Barbara A. Smit, MD, PhD

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