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AUG 2017

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

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6 August 2017 EW ASCRS NEWS REFRACTIVE Research highlight More than a drop in the bucket 60 Bromfenac use in femto LASIK by Maxine Lipner GLAUCOMA Glaucoma editor's corner of the world Toric IOLs in glaucoma patients 62 Toric IOLs are highly effective in the correction of astigmatism in glaucoma patients, and the most satisfied patients are usually the ones who understand what to expect, glaucoma specialists say by Stefanie Petrou Binder, MD Presentation spotlight Don't be fooled by artifacts in retinal nerve fiber layer OCT 64 Knowing what to look for can aid interpretation of scans in glaucoma patients by Tony Realini, MD, MPH To the point: Simple practice tune-ups for complex times How to address leadership gaps 69 Ways to offset the dilemma of management gaps until you replace the missing leadership by Corinne Wohl, COE, and John B. Pinto YES connect Crosslinking paperwork: Clearing up confusion 74 What's going on with coding, coverage, and reimbursement? by Liz Hillman CORNEA Device focus Artificial corneas still needed 82 True artificial corneas remain under development while patients continue to rely on donor-assisted options by Rich Daly Research highlight Study compares standard crosslinking protocol to iontophoresis-assisted epi-on technique 84 Using an electrical charge to drive riboflavin deeper into the corneal layers resulted in biomechanical strengthening and several other promising factors by Liz Hillman OPHTHALMOLOGY BUSINESS Thriving in modern day medicine Team culture and the patient experience 66 Dr. Thompson kicks off a series dedicated to the people in ophthalmologists' professional lives: their work family and patients by Vance Thompson, MD Presentation spotlight English cataract surgeons maintain a free hand 89 New study accounts for the large variability in antibiotic prophylaxis of postoperative endophthalmitis in cataract surgery in England by Stefanie Petrou Binder, MD Presentation spotlight Pinhole vision 92 Innovative pinhole implant used in pseudophakic patients with corneal scarring and irregular corneal astigmatism resulted in improvements in uncorrected visual acuity by Stefanie Petrou Binder, MD IN OTHER NEWS Ophthalmologist to the pro athletes 97 Team ophthalmologists share what it's like to be on the sidelines by Liz Hillman SPECIAL FEATURE Monthly Pulse survey: Steroids roundup 56 DEPARTMENTS Marketplace and classifieds 95 Meetings calendar 96 Index to advertisers 98 RESIDENTS EyeWorld journal club Review of "Incidence of pseudophakic cystoid macular edema and OCT-detectable changes in central macular thickness in patients receiving prostaglandin analogues in the perioperative period: a prospective observational study" 78 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 Thomas Clinch, MD Neel Desai, MD Lance Kugler, MD Louis Probst, MD Blake Williamson, 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 Presentation spotlight Study shows military readiness improves after refractive surgery 60 Readiness of members of the U.S. military improved after they underwent refractive surgery, according to recent research by Rich Daly INTERNATIONAL Presentation spotlight Doctors in short supply 88 Statistics reveal significant differences in ophthalmic care between rural and urban areas of Germany by Stefanie Petrou Binder, MD RETINA Research highlight Red light, green light 94 Using certain colors in imaging may help identify cysts in macular edema by Maxine Lipner

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