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17 EW NEWS & OPINION September 2018 his study: "I don't think it should change clinical practice—there are six positive studies and one negative study." 3,4 As a result, cataract surgeons may be forewarned (decades late, better than never) in operating on patients with a history of PTSD, especially if they are veterans. Their sleep medicine might be the stuff of your nightmares. EW References 1. Raskind MA, et al. Trial of prazosin for post-traumatic stress disorder in military veterans. N Engl J Med. 2018;378:507–517. 2. Ressler KJ. Alpha-adrenergic receptors in PTSD – failure or time for precision medicine? N Engl J Med. 2018;378:575–576. 3. Joseph A. A drug widely used to treat PTSD symptoms has failed a rigorous trial. Scientific American. February 2018. 4. Joseph A. This drug has been used to treat PTSD symptoms. What happens when it fails a trial? STAT. February 2018. 5. Hendrickson RC, et al. Evidence for altered brain reactivity to norepinephrine in veterans with a history of traumatic stress. Neurobiol Stress. 2018;8:103–111. 6. Onton JA, et al. In-home sleep recordings in military veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder reveal less REM and deep sleep <1 Hz. Front Hum Neurosci. 2018;12:196. 7. Koola MM, et al. High-dose prazosin for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. Ther Adv Psychopharmacol. 2014;4:43–7. 8. Abrams TE, et al. Geographical diffusion of prazosin across Veterans Health Administra- tion: examination of regional variation in daily dosing and quality indicators among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2015;52:619–27. 9. Chatziralli IP, Sergentanis TN. Risk factors for intraoperative floppy iris syndrome: a me- ta-analysis. Ophthalmology. 2011;118:730–5. 10. Issa SA, et al. Alpha antagonists and in- traoperative floppy iris syndrome: a spectrum. Clin Ophthalmol. 2008;2:735–41. 11. Lunacek A, et al. Ten years of intra- operative floppy iris syndrome in the era of alpha-blockers. Cent European J Urol. 2018;71:98–104. 12. Zhang Y, et al. Assessment of urologists' knowledge of intraoperative floppy iris syn- drome. Urology. 2016;97:40–45. Contact information Parker: jack.parker@gmail.com Editors' note: Dr. Parker is affiliated with Parker Cornea, Birmingham, Alabama, and the Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery. Ms. Pier- paoli Parker, PhD candidate of clinical psychology, studies at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. They have no financial interests related to this article. visit willseye.org/aao2018 Meet the Experts A T A A O 2 0 1 8 C H I C A G O — B O O T H # 1 1 3 11 am Unusual Visual Symptoms and OCT in Neuro-Ophthalmology: Do You or Your Patients Have Alzheimer's? R O B E R T C . S E R G O T T, M D D I R E C T O R , N E U R O - O P H T H A L M O L O G Y 3 pm Academic Global Ophthalmology: A Novel Strategy Towards Blindness Elimination B R A D H . F E L D M A N , M D D I R E C T O R , C E N T E R F O R A C A D E M I C G L O B A L O P H T H A L M O L O G Y 12 pm Techniques for Secondary IOL Fixation B E E R A N M E G H P A R A , M D C O R N E A & E X T E R N A L D I S E A S E 1 pm Periocular and Intravitreal Injections in the Treatment of Ocular Inflammatory Disease J A M E S P. D U N N , M D D I R E C T O R , U V E I T I S U N I T 2 pm Iris Replacement B R A N D O N AY R E S , M D C O R N E A & E X T E R N A L D I S E A S E Sunday, October 28 11 am 5 Major Advances in Ocular Oncology 2018 C A R O L L . S H I E L D S , M D D I R E C T O R , O N C O L O G Y S E R V I C E J E R R Y A . S H I E L D S , M D D I R E C T O R E M E R I T U S , O N C O L O G Y S E R V I C E 2 pm Management of Retinal Venous Occlusive Disease: Update 2018 J U L I A A . H A L L E R , M D O P H T H A L M O L O G I S T- I N - C H I E F 12 pm Addressing the Atypical Cornea in Cataract Surgery T E R R Y K I M , M D A L U M N I S E R I E S C H I E F, C O R N E A & E X T E R N A L D I S E A S E D U K E U N I V E R S I T Y S C H O O L O F M E D I C I N E 3 pm Clinical-Pathologic Correlations: Pearls and Pitfalls TAT YA N A M I L M A N , M D P A T H O L O G I S T 1 pm Decision-Making in Glaucoma Surgery T H O M A S S . S A M U E L S O N , M D A L U M N I S E R I E S P R E S I D E N T, A M E R I C A N S O C I E T Y O F C A T A R A C T A N D R E F R A C T I V E S U R G E R Y Saturday, October 27 Presenters, topics, and times are subject to change. These presentations are not affiliated with the official program of the 2018 AAO Annual Meeting.

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