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CHIEF MEDICAL EDITOR’S PAGE

• Improving the View in Retina

  By Robert L. Avery, MD; and Allen C. Ho, MD

BUSINESS OF RETINA

• RETINA IN THE ASC: Case Study: Assessing the Feasibility of Adding Retina to an ASC

  By Bruce Maller

• FELLOWS’ FOCUS: Establishing a Good Patient-doctor Rapport

  Chair-side manner for the retinal surgeon.

  By Darrell E. Baskin, MD; Jeremy D. Wolfe, MD; and Chirag P. Shah, MD, MPH

RETINA SURGERY

• RETINA PEARLS: Microincisional Sutureless Vitrectomy for Dislocated IOL

  An alternative technique using 23-gauge surgery for refixation of a scleral-sutured lens.

  By Megan. E. Collins, MD; Veeral Sheth, MD; Sunil Raichand, MD; Michael A. Saidel, MD;and Seenu M. Hariprasad, MD

• SURGICAL UPDATES: Improvements in Small-gauge Vitrectomy May Reduce Potential Complications

  By Rohit Ross Lakhanpal, MD

ONCOLOGY

• CASE REPORTS IN OCULAR ONCOLOGY: Giant Choroidal Nevus Followed for 22 Years

  By Laura Borman, BS; Neelema Sinha, BA; and Carol L. Sheilds, MD

COVER STORIES

• The Role of Peripheral Vasculature in AMD

  Ultra widefield fluorescein angiography may provide clues in understanding why patients convert from dry to wet forms of this disease.

  By Michael D. Bennett, MD; Eugene NG, MD, MBA; and W. Kent Demaine

• Detection of Posterior Vitreous Detachment Using B-scan Ultrasound

  The technology plays an important role in clinical trials evaluating the intravitreal carbamide in nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy.

  By Sandrs Frazier Byrne

• Fundus Autofluorescence Imaging

  The Canon CX-1 Hybrid Retinal Camera has proved useful in community-based screenings for early detection of vision-threatening diseases.

  By Ben Szirth, PHD; Anton Kolomeye, BA; Khadija Shahid, OD, FAAO; Albert Khouri, MD; Luke Dordai; and Neelakshi Bhagat, MD

• Utilizing Autofluorescence in Age-related Macular Degeneration

  By Karl G. Csaky, MD, PHD

• Case Report: Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy Responds to Anti-VEGF Injections

  Patient’s vision is stable 11 months after last injection.

  By Szilárd Kiss, MD

• Digital Imaging for Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment

  The RetCam enables clinicians to improve care in pediatric ophthalmology.

  By Audina M. Berrocal, MD

• Refining Imaging for Retinal Disease

  Spectral-domain OCT reveals pathologies overlooked by time-domain OCT

  By David G. Telander, MD

• Photoreceptor Matrix Imaging in the Clinic

  Variable-field SLO and ultrahigh-speed OCT allow close-up views of retinal structures.

  By Richard B. Rosen, MD

• Optimizing the Scanning Density of SD-OCT for Clinical Use

  Decreased density causes minimal change in calculated retinal thickness measurements.

  By Srinivas R. Sadda, MD

MEDICAL RETINA

• Cell Therapies for Dry Forms of Age-related Macular Degeneration

  Therapeutic alternatives are currently in development for atrophic AMD.

  By José-Carlos Pastor Jimeno, MD, PHD; and Girish Kumar Srivastava, PHD

BUSINESS

• Diversification Helps Practice Keep Growing

  Investments and other nonmedical business models provide stability.

  By Pravin U. Dugel, MD

DEPARTMENTS

• Innovations

• 5 Questions with Paul E. Tornambe, MD

  Paul E. Tornambe, MD, is in private practice in San Diego. He is an instructor in the departments of ophthalmology and family practice at the University of California, San Diego.

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