Eyeworld

JUN 2017

EyeWorld is the official news magazine of the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.

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6 June 2017 EW ASCRS NEWS CORNEA YES connect Crosslinking: What the young ophthalmologist needs to know 36 From patient selection to tracking progression, postop care, and future directions by Liz Hillman 42 80 Researchers discover three new genetic risk factors for Fuchs' dystrophy 42 The results of the largest Fuchs' dystrophy study to date could prompt the development of individualized treatment for the corneal disease by Lauren Lipuma REFRACTIVE Pharmaceutical focus Nonsurgical treatment of presbyopia 56 What drops can do by Maxine Lipner High oxygen enhances epi-on PiXL efficacy 62 Preliminary data shows corrections of more than 1.0 D in cases of low-grade myopia using 4 mm epi-on PiXL under high oxygen conditions by Stefanie Petrou Binder, MD Device focus SMILE expected to gain popularity as myopia treatment in the U.S. 64 Surgeons expect SMILE to become more popular with patients as the year goes on by Michelle Stephenson RESIDENTS EyeWorld journal club Toric lens alignment: A review of a digital image-guided system versus traditional manual marking 70 by Erin Boese, MD, Dong-Wouk Park, MD, Bryce Radmall, MD, Hillary Stiefel, MD, Fran Wu, MD, MPH, Afshan Nanji, MD, MPH, and Thomas Hwang, MD GLAUCOMA Glaucoma editor's corner of the world Cutting IOP in half 72 A new option for tough cases, the InnFocus MicroShunt bypasses the primary collecting tubules, giving IOP relief to a wide spectrum of glaucoma patients by Stefanie Petrou Binder, MD LASIK patients benefit from plugs at the time of surgery 60 Symptom questionnaire scores, corneal staining, and osmolarity improve with punctal occlusion by Eric Donnenfeld, MD Presentation spotlight Evolution of tonometry: Are we overdue for a new clinical standard? 74 New tonometers may supplant Goldmann tonometry as a better clinical standard by Tony Realini, MD, MPH MEETING REPORTER Reporting from OIS@ASCRS 78 Reporting from the 2017 ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress 80 IN OTHER NEWS Traveling the world for both music and ophthalmology 97 Surgeon shares his experiences as a keyboard player in Funkadesi, a band that plays a variety of world music by Ellen Stodola SPECIAL FEATURE Monthly Pulse survey 54 DEPARTMENTS Marketplace and classifieds 95 Meetings calendar 96 Index to advertisers 98 RETINA Research highlight Children, teens not screened often enough for diabetic retinopathy 68 Researchers track drawbacks of delayed screening in youths with type 1, 2 diabetes by Vanessa Caceres 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 Glaucoma editors: Reay Brown, MD, and Nathan Radcliffe, MD Refractive editor: Vance Thompson, MD CATARACT Lisa Arbisser, MD Susan MacDonald, MD Kevin Miller, MD Tal Raviv, MD Jonathan Rubenstein, MD Steven Safran, MD Laurence Sperber, MD Richard Tipperman, MD Mitchell Weikert, MD Elizabeth Yeu, MD CORNEA Vincent de Luise, MD John Hovanesian, MD Bennie Jeng, MD Barry Lee, MD Bryan Lee, MD Charles Reilly, MD GLAUCOMA Husam Ansari, MD Steven Gedde, MD Linda Huang, MD Robert Noecker, MD Parag Parekh, MD Valerie Trubnik, MD Dana Wallace, MD REFRACTIVE John Berdahl, MD Y. Ralph Chu, MD Neel Desai, MD Lance Kugler, MD Louis Probst, MD Roger Zaldivar, MD INTERNATIONAL Graham Barrett, MD Maria Jose Cosentino, 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 Bonnie Henderson, MD, President Kerry Solomon, MD, Immediate Past President Robert Cionni, MD, Past President Thomas Samuelson, Vice President/President Elect Nick Mamalis, MD, Treasurer Terry Kim, MD, Secretary Eric Donnenfeld, MD, Medical Editor, EyeWorld Edward Holland, MD, Chair, Program Committee David Chang, MD, Chair, ASCRS Foundation, International Initiatives Stephen Lane, MD, Chair, ASCRS Foundation,Domestic Initiatives 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 William Myers, MD Chair, EyeConnect Committee Douglas Rhee, MD Chair, Glaucoma Clinical Committee John Vukich, MD Chair, Refractive Surgery Clinical Committee Steven Charles, MD Chair, Retina Clinical Committee Sumit Garg, MD Chair, Young Eye Surgeons Clinical Committee OPHTHALMOLOGY BUSINESS To the point: Simple practice tune-ups for complex times Strengthening your mid-level managers for a stronger practice 76 A list of skills that the best mid-level managers possess by Corinne Wohl, MHSA, COE, and John Pinto

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