Articles

• CHIEF MEDICAL EDITOR’S PAGE

  Escaping Our War Zone Mentality

  By Steven D. Vold, MD, Chief Medical Editor

• The Literature

  By NATHAN M. RADCLIFFE, MD

• Clinician Scientist’s Corner

  By Felipe A. Medeiros, MD, PhD

LANDMARK STUDIES

• Optic Discs of the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study

  By LINDA M. ZANGWILL, PHD; FELIPE A. MEDEIROS, MD, PHD; AND ROBERT N. WEINREB, MD

GRAND ROUNDS

• Narrow Angles in High Myopia

  By NANCY BUCHSER, MD, AND EIYASS ALBEIRUTI, MD

THERAPEUTICS UPDATE

• Are You Confused by Pharmacokinetic Speak?

  Concepts in pharmacokinetics are applied in practical ways to the management of ocular infections. However, the selection of bacterial minimum inhibitory concentrations that are artificially low may skew certain parameters used to predict antibacterial efficacy.

  By SUSANNE GARDNER, PHARMD

SURGICAL PEARLS

• Treating Bleb Dysesthesia

  Our modified technique for flattening the bleb while maintaining its function and a low IOP.

  By NINA A. GOYAL, MD; HO SUN CHOI, MD; AND STEVEN V. L. BROWN, MD

COVER STORIES

• Optimizing Medical Therapy for Glaucoma

  Advice on selecting the appropriate medication and verifying that choice.

  By ALAN L. ROBIN, MD

• Keeping Glaucoma Laser Therapy on Target

  Strategies for avoiding and managing the complications involved in three common glaucoma laser procedures.

  By HYLTON R. MAYER, MD

• Minimizing Problems With Filtering Surgery

  By SANDRA M. JOHNSON, MD, and JONATHAN S. MYERS, MD

• Averting Tube Trouble

  By James Paauw, MD, and Steven J. Gedde, MD

• Don’t Let Angle Surgery Back You Into a Corner!

  Minimizing and managing the complications associated with this group of procedures.

  By BENJAMIN P. KRONBERG, MD, AND DOUGLAS J. RHEE, MD

• Be Prepared for a Challenge

  Even a routine cataract case can become complex. A surgeon’s readiness makes successful management more likely.

  By ALAN S. CRANDALL, MD

PRACTICE POINTERS

• Wait a Minute. That Was My Product Idea!

  How to capture the deserved value from your technological idea.

  By TIMOTHY BUCKLEY, MBA, BSME

• INDUSTRY NEWS AND INNOVATIONS

• 5 Questions with William L. Rich III, MD

  Dr. Rich discusses health policy and the merits of unplugging from technology

• Letters