Articles

• EDITOR’S PAGE: Perfecting Our Surgical Techniques

  By Allen C. Ho, MD; Chief Medical Editor, and Robert L. Avery, MD; Associate Medical Editor

FEATURE STORY

• An Update on Innovative Retina Technologies

BUSINESS OF RETINA

• FELLOWS’ FOCUS: Factors in the Equation of Choosing the Right Job

  Location and practice environment are among the top considerations for ultimate satisfaction.

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

• RETINA IN THE ASC: Ambulatory Surgery Centers And Health Care Reform: Opportunities And Challenges For 2010

  By Michael A. Romansky, JD

• Surgical Repair of Traction Retinal Detachment due to Severe PDR

  In viscodissection, a suitable space is created to dissect fibrovascular tissue.

  By Andres Amaya Espinosa, MD

• SURGICAL UPDATES: Creating Quality Surgical Videos

  By John Kitchens, MD

• GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES: Treatment of Hard Macular Exudates in Diabetic Retinopathy

  By Marco Codenotti, MD; Gisella Maestranzi, MD; Matteo Prati, MD; and Lorenzo Iuliano, MD, FEBO

ONCOLOGY

• CASE REPORTS IN OCULAR ONCOLOGY: Choroidal Melanoma Camouflaged by Extensive Subretinal Hemorrhage

  By Hetal Choxi, BS; Neelema SINHA, BA; AND CAROL L. SHIELDS, MD

• The One-drop Technique for ILM Peeling

  By Wamidh Simawi, MD

• The Interface Vitrectomy Technique

  The use of instrumentation with silicone oil, gas, and PFO is effective for complex vitreoretinal surgical cases.

  By Steve Charles, MD

• Comparing Two 20-gauge Trocar Systems for Sutureless Transconjunctival Vitrectomy

  DORC and Synergetics systems comparable, with ease of trocar insertion.

  By Narcisp F. Atienza JR., MD, DPBO

• Wound Construction in MIVS

  Surgical pearls for the ideal small-gauge incision for vitrectomy.

  By Manish Nagpal, MS, DO, FRCS (UK); and Rituraj Videkar, MS, DO

• A New Treatment for Chronic Central Serous Retinopathy

  Micropulse yellow laser resolves leakage and retinal detachment without scarring or retinal damage.

  By André Maia, MD, PHD

• Happy 25th, Pneumatic Retinopexy

  The non-incisional procedure provides the best post-detachment vision.

  By Paul E. Tornambe, MD

• The Evolution of Small-gauge Incision Surgery

  Improvements to MIVS instrumentation has expanded the indications for small-gauge vitrectomy.

  By Stanislao Rizzo, MD

• Tackling Complex Cases with Smallgauge Vitrectomy: A Personal Approach

  Choice of instrumentation must be tailored to the demands of the individual case.

  By Carl C. Awh, MD

• Our Experience With the PASCAL Laser

  Improved patient comfort, shorter treatments are possible with this semi-automated technology.

  By Dana M. Deupree, MD, FACS; and Mark Erickson, CRA, COT

RETINAL IMAGING

• Retinal Abnormalities in Neurodegenerative Diseases

  OCT is increasingly utilized as an imaging tool in patients with neurodegenerative disorders, especially multiple sclerosis.

  By Szilárd Kiss, MD

DEPARTMENTS

• INNOVATIONS

• 5 QUESTIONS with Seenu M. Hariprasad, MD

  Dr. Hariprasad is Associate Professor and Director of Ophthalmology Clinical Research at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

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