EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT PHACO FLUIDICS

Thursday, January 29, 2015

  Fluidics play an important part in phacoemulsification and should be understood clearly by  the beginner surgeon. Flow and vacuum both attract pieces towards the probe whereas  phaco power repels pieces.  FLUID INFLOW: Fluid enters the anterior chamber (AC) from the infusion bottle. This flow  may be regulated by adjusting the bottle height when it […]

LASIK IN JAPAN

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Japan’s sometimes troubled relationship with refractive surgery suffered another complication following the release of a government report critical of LASIK. The report, issued by Japan’s Consumer Protection Agency in late 2013, was based on an internet survey of 1,200 people in Japan, 600 of whom had undergone LASIK and another 600 who were considering having […]

GLAUCOMA AND KPRO

Monday, January 19, 2015

Because glaucoma is the most significant vision-threatening complication following Boston Keratoprosthesis Type 1 (B-KPro) surgery, it requires careful preoperative evaluation and postoperative follow-up, said Elena Arrondo MD at the 5th EuCornea Congress in London, UK. Data from various series show glaucoma is present in as many as 75 per cent of patients who present for […]

INTRAOPERATIVE OCT SYSTEM

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Haag-Streit Surgical says that new technical features will enhance the intraoperative OCT system.“A number of recent innovations have made handling easier and simplified the surgical workflow,” said a Haag-Streit spokesman. “The intraoperative optical coherence tomography (or iOCTTM) allows the surgeon to directly assess structures within the tissue while performing the surgical operation.

A NEW ERA FOR RETINAL DIAGNOSTICS

Thursday, December 11, 2014

The recently published EURETINA guidelines (Schmidt-Erfurth et al, BJO 2014; 98: 1144-1167) provide comprehensive recommendations for the diagnosis and management of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). This includes a comprehensive discussion of diagnostic procedures, including fluorescein angiography, autofluorescence imaging and optical coherence tomography (OCT). “Retinology and vitreoretinal surgery are some of the most exciting fields in medicine. The progress in these sub-specialties in the last few years has been immense, particularly […]

TRUST YOURSELF

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

“OK, so I’ll go ahead and plan your cataract surgery,” I said to my patient, a friendly woman of about 75 years old. She nodded in agreement. “Would you like me to do the operation?” I asked. She looked around the examination room, as though she were looking for someone else. She then looked back […]

EXPERTS DEBATE RETINAL SURGERY

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Two vitreoretinal surgeons debated the role of surgery in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) during the Amsterdam Retina Debate at the 14th EURETINA Congress in London. Dr Marco Mura MD, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, made the case for operating as a last resort in patients with severe visual loss due to AMD. […]