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6 July 2016 EW NEWS & OPINION REFRACTIVE Refractive editor's corner of the world Ophthalmology in the Army 42 Ophthalmologist and colonel discusses refractive surgery in the military by Ellen Stodola 85 58 66 78 GLAUCOMA Glaucoma fundamentals Optic disc hemorrhage: Don't miss the signal 58 Experts reveal how a finding as small as an optic disc hemorrhage may be a big predictor of glaucoma progression by Stefanie Petrou Binder, MD RESIDENTS EyeWorld journal club Review of "Comparison of vitreous loss rates between manual phacoemulsification cataract surgery and femto- second laser-assisted cataract surgery" 60 by David Patterson, MD, and the residents of the Mayo Clinic Department of Ophthalmology Device focus To use or not to use amniotic membrane 66 Cornea experts caution about using the tissue as a cure-all for every corneal disorder by Michelle Dalton RETINA Protocol T: Second year results eradicate clear advantages 72 Second year results found perceived superiority of aflibercept over ranibizumab dissipates, leaving all anti-VEGF drugs with similar results by Michelle Dalton CORNEA Cornea editor's corner of the world Neurostimulation offers a new frontier in dry eye treatment 64 Intranasal device stimulates a reflex pathway that produces natural tears for dry eye patients by Liz Hillman INTERNATIONAL Presentation spotlight Time-tested refractive corrections 76 Specialists discussed tried and true refractive surgical practices at the 20th ESCRS Winter Meeting by Stefanie Petrou Binder, MD MEETING REPORTER Reporting from the BRASCRS annual meeting 78 IN OTHER NEWS From scrubs to skirts 85 Surgeon spends summer weekends with her family on the battlefield and at balls as a Civil War reenactor by Liz Hillman SPECIAL FEATURES JCRS update 11 ASCRS update 11 Monthly Pulse survey 52 DEPARTMENTS Classifieds 83 Calendar 84 Index to advertisers 85 Pharmaceutical focus Harnessing mighty mitomycin-C 68 Using the compound successfully in corneal procedures by Maxine Lipner E Y E W O R L D E D I T O R S Chief medical editor: Eric Donnenfeld, MD Cataract editor: Rosa Braga-Mele, MD Cornea editor: Clara Chan, MD Refractive editor: Steven Schallhorn, MD Glaucoma editor: Reay Brown, MD CATARACT Lisa Arbisser, MD Susan MacDonald, MD Kevin Miller, MD Saras Ramanathan, MD Jonathan Rubenstein, MD Steven Safran, MD Laurence Sperber, MD Richard Tipperman, MD Mitchell Weikert, MD REFRACTIVE John Berdahl, MD Kraig Bower, MD Y. Ralph Chu, MD Thomas Clinch, MD Neel Desai, MD Louis Probst, MD GLAUCOMA Husam Ansari, MD Steven Gedde, MD Jeffrey Kammer, MD Parag Parekh, MD Nathan Radcliffe, MD CORNEA Vincent de Luise, MD John 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 Kerry Solomon, MD, President Robert Cionni, MD, Immediate Past President Richard Lewis, MD, Past President Bonnie Henderson, MD, Vice President/President Elect Thomas Samuelson, MD, Treasurer Nick Mamalis, MD, Secretary Eric Donnenfeld, MD, Medical Editor, EyeWorld Edward Holland, MD, Chair, Program Committee David Chang, MD, Chair, ASCRS Foundation International Committee Stephen Lane, MD, Chair, ASCRS Foundation Domestic Committee Brock Bakewell, MD, Chair, Government Relations Committee Richard Lindstrom, MD, Member at Large Rosa Braga-Mele, MD Chair, Education Committee Warren Hill, MD Member at Large Richard Hoffman, MD Chair, Cataract Clinical Committee Terry Kim, MD Chair, Cornea Clinical Committee Nick Mamalis, MD Editor, JCRS James Mazzo ASCRS Public Trustee Douglas Rhee, MD Chair, Glaucoma Clinical Committee Roger Steinert, MD Chair, Industry Liaison Committee John Vukich, MD Chair, Refractive Surgery Clinical Committee Kevin Waltz, MD, OD Chair, Integrated Practice Committee Steven Charles, MD Chair, Retina Clinical Committee Elizabeth Yeu, MD Chair, Young Eye Surgeons Clinical Committee ASCRS•ASOA spotlight Giving intravitreal injections: When, why, and how 74 Retina specialists shared best practices for treating patients who need these injections by Lauren Lipuma

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