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/ August 2014

August 2014

Perspectives on Presbyopia: Four Patients, Five Experts

How can clinicians help presbyopic patients achieve their visual goals? Five experts present their preferred approaches in a case-based discussion. Web Extra: "Looking to the Future" sidebar and more.

Be sure to check out EyeNet's mobile-optimized digital edition—all the benefits of the print edition, plus digital enhancements. Read on a break at work, kicking back at home with your iPad, or on your phone while in line at the grocery store.

Ophthalmic Pearls

Healing a Persistent Corneal Epithelial Defect

Written By: Shipra Gupta, MD, Pankaj Gupta, MS, MD, and Rony Sayegh, MD
Edited by Sharon Fekrat, MD, and Ingrid U. Scott, MD, MPH

Managing a recalcitrant nonhealing defect may require a stepwise escalation of therapies to avoid corneal perforation and visual loss.

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Clinical Update

FDA Update: Next-Generation IOLs

Written By: Elaine A. Richman, PhD, Contributing Writer
Interviewing David F. Chang, MD, Malvina B. Eydelman, MD, Douglas D. Koch, MD, William H. Maisel, MD, PhD, and Thomas A. Oetting, MD

Multifocal and accommodative IOLs and the FDA approval process.

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Retinoblastoma: Genetics That Affect Treatment and Lifelong Follow-Up

Written By: Denny Smith, Contributing Writer
Interviewing David H. Abramson, MD, Danielle Novetsky Friedman, MD, Brenda L. Gallie, MD, and Livia Lumbroso-Le Rouic, MD

Genetics of retinoblastoma: effect on treatment, lifelong follow-up.

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Morning Rounds

A Distressing Case of Waxing and Waning Bilateral Keratitis

Written By: Surbhi Bansal, MD, and Sandra L. Everett, MD
Edited by Steven J. Gedde, MD

The 35-year-old had been painting a bridge when he experienced a foreign body sensation bilaterally. Within months, one eye was enucleated.

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Blink

Optic Pit and Morning Glory Disc Anomalies

Written By: Timothy Kao, MD, and Sandra R. Montezuma, MD, and photographed by Mark Cohen, University of Minnesota Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences, Minneapolis

A 64-year-old woman presented for a routine eye examination. Fundus examination revealed a large excavated optic disc with features of both optic pit and morning glory disc anomalies.

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Journal Highlights

A Review of the Literature

Ophthalmology: Three-year results for dexamethasone implant in DME. ■ AJO: Progression of presbyopia after LASIK. ■ JAMA Ophthalmology: Atropine vs. patching: follow-up at 15 years of age. And more.

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News in Review

Commentary and Perspectives

Comprehensive: Double vision? Double-check the readers. ■ Cataract: Multifocal IOL explants. ■ Glaucoma: Nocturnal hypotension speeds NTG progression. ■ Retina: AMD and blood pressure drugs—Is there a link?

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Academy Notebook

News, Tips, Resources

What’s Happening: This year’s Laureate—Jerry A. Shields, MD. ■ D.C. Report: Take advantage of Congress’ recess. ■ The 2014 Academy Awards.

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Destination AAO

Get Ready for Chicago

In each issue leading up to AAO 2014, EyeNet will provide you with the information you'll need to hit the ground running when you arrive in Chicago—including a heads-up on deadlines, event previews, interviews, sneak peeks, and more.

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Practice Perfect

Narrow Networks: How to Stay Part of the Plan

Written By: Laura B. Kaufman, Contributing Writer
Interviewing Jodi Black, Brett Johnson, Cynthia Mattox, MD, and Robert E. Wiggins Jr., MD, MHA

Insurers are using (and abusing) physician profiling—here’s what you can do.

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Savvy Coder

What You Don’t Know Could Hurt Your Practice—Get Up to Speed

Written By: Sue Vicchrilli, COT, OCS, Academy Coding Executive

Get up to speed on some frequently misunderstood issues.

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Opinion

Does It Seem Too Slick? Could Be Health Insurance Jargon.

Richard P. Mills, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Editor, on health insurance euphemisms.

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Current Perspective

Fútbol and Global Ophthalmology

David W. Parke II, MD, Executive Vice President/CEO, on the global community of ophthalmology.

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Letters

Thoughts From Your Colleagues

Low vision support groups. ■ A cataract surgery poem.

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