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6 January 2016 EW NEWS & OPINION RESIDENTS EyeWorld journal club Review of "Comparison of sutured vs. sutureless scleral fixated intra ocular lens – A retrospective analysis" 32 by Deepak Mangla, MD, Allison Ramsey Soneru, MD, Caroline L. Minkus, MD, Anne Michael Langguth, MD, and Dmitry Pyatetsky, MD 48 52 64 CORNEA Cornea editor's corner of the world Finding the right treatment niche for LSCD 48 Restoring ocular surface health is key to avoid further damage by Vanessa Caceres REFRACTIVE Refractive editor's corner of the world Laser or inlay? Helping patients with a new decision 52 Careful preop screening and education as well as some adjunctive treatment should precede inlay use by Rich Daly INTERNATIONAL Global cataract blindness: a burden and an opportunity 58 Individual surgeons can use their skills to help clear the worldwide backlog of cataract surgeries by Lauren Lipuma Hope in catching keratoconus early 60 System is verified and employed rigorously in Singapore by Matt Young and Gloria D. Gamat SPECIAL FEATURES JCRS update 11 ASCRS update 11 Monthly Pulse survey 42 GLAUCOMA Pharmaceutical focus Are today's cannabinoids therapeutic for glaucoma? 56 Considering marijuana use for glaucoma by Maxine Lipner E Y E W O R L D E D I T O R S Chief medical editor: Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD Cataract editor: Rosa M. Braga-Mele, MD Cornea editor: Clara C. Chan, MD Refractive editor: Steven C. Schallhorn, MD Glaucoma editor: Reay H. Brown, MD CATARACT Lisa B. Arbisser, MD Susan MacDonald, MD Saras Ramanathan, MD Steve G. Safran, MD Richard Tipperman, MD Mitchell P. Weikert, MD REFRACTIVE John P. Berdahl, MD Kraig S. Bower, MD Y. Ralph Chu, MD Thomas E. Clinch, MD Neel Desai, MD Elizabeth M. Hofmeister, MD Louis E. Probst, MD GLAUCOMA Husam Ansari, MD Garry P. Condon, MD Steven J. Gedde, MD Jeffrey A. Kammer, MD Parag Parekh, MD Nathan M. Radcliffe, MD CORNEA Vincent P. de Luise, MD John A. Hovanesian, MD Bennie Jeng, MD Barry Lee, MD Bryan Lee, MD Chaz Reilly, MD INTERNATIONAL Graham Barrett, MD Oliver Findl, MD Michael Knorz, MD Boris Malyugin, MD Ronald Yeoh, MD Roberto Zaldivar, MD E Y E W O R L D E D I T O R I A L B O A R D A S C R S E X E C U T I V E C O M M I T T E E A S C R S G O V E R N I N G B O A R D Robert J. Cionni, MD, President Richard A. Lewis, MD, Immediate Past President Kerry D. Solomon, MD, Vice President/President Elect Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, Past President Bonnie An Henderson, MD, Treasurer Thomas W. Samuelson, MD, Secretary Brock K. Bakewell, MD, Chair, Government Relations David F. Chang, MD, Chair, ASCRS Foundation International Committee Edward J. Holland, MD, Chair, Program Committee Stephen S. Lane, MD, Chair, ASCRS Foundation Domestic Committee Richard L. Lindstrom, MD, Member at Large Rosa Braga-Mele, MD, International Representative Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD Medical Editor, EyeWorld Warren E. Hill, MD Member at Large Richard S. Hoffman, MD Chair, Cataract Clinical Committee Terry Kim, MD Chair, Cornea Clinical Committee Nick Mamalis, MD Editor, JCRS James V. Mazzo ASCRS Public Trustee Douglas J. Rhee, MD Chair, Glaucoma Clinical Committee Roger F. Steinert, MD Chair, Industry Liaison Committee John A. Vukich, MD Chair, Refractive Surgery Clinical Committee Kevin Waltz, MD, OD Chair, Integrated Practice Committee Keith A. Warren, MD Chair, Retina Clinical Committee Elizabeth Yeu, MD Chair, Young Eye Surgeons Clinical Committee DEPARTMENTS Classifieds 62 Calendar 63 Index to advertisers 64 Device focus Treating keratoconus 50 Outside the U.S., corneal crosslinking and intracorneal ring segments for higher levels of keratoconus are viable treatments by Michelle Dalton 56 60 IN OTHER NEWS Paying it forward 64 Corneal specialist goes back to Myanmar a second time to continue skills transfer training by Michelle Dalton digital.EyeWorld.org Stay connected! Read it, Watch it, Share it