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August 2015

2-Surgeon Cataract Procedures

Some early adopters of femtosecond cataract surgery are finding surgical efficiencies in their use of the laser. Pros and cons of this approach.

Ophthalmic Pearls

Intraocular Lens Power Selection in Eyes With Axial Myopia

Written By: Nicholas Behunin, MD, and Seth M. Pantanelli, MD, MS
Edited by Sharon Fekrat, MD, and Ingrid U. Scott, MD, MPH

Standard power calculations often leave long eyes hyperopic. Several newer formulas and adaptations can help to improve accuracy.

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Clinical Update

Eye Care Apps: Find What Works for You

Written By: Lori Baker-Schena, MBA, EdD, Contributing Writer
Interviewing Steven M. Christiansen, MD, Iltifat Husain, MD, Shizuo Mukai, MD, Bakul Patel, MS, MBA, and Vinay A. Shah, MD

Ophthalmic apps are transforming smartphones into medical devices and challenging ophthalmologists not only to keep pace with their rapid development but also to differentiate the good from the questionable.

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Keratoconus: New Consensus, New Goals

Written By: Peggy Denny, Senior Editor
Interviewing Michael W. Belin, MD, Christopher J. Rapuano, MD, and Donald T.H. Tan, MD

In a first-ever collaboration, 4 supranational cornea societies joined forces in a complex, multistep process to develop the Global Consensus on Keratoconus and Ectatic Diseases.

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Morning Rounds

The Boy With a Growth Spurt and a Growing Shadow

Written By: Enchun M. Liu, MD, Bradley T. Smith, MD, and J. William Harbour, MD
Edited by Steven J. Gedde, MD

His vision was blurry in his right eye, and he said it felt like “a shade” was covering the superior aspect of his visual field. Web Extra: Fluorescein angiogram showing early stippled hyperfluorescence.

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Blink

Exophiala Xenobiotica on a Contact Lens

Written By: Atalie C. Thompson, MD, MPH, Niaz Banaei, MD, and Douglas Fredrick, MD, and photographed by Huynh Van, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif.

A black fungus was visualized on the 45-year-old man's contact lens.

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Journal Highlights

Ophthalmology

Prevalence of myopia in Europe. ■ Kinetics of geographic atrophy progression in AMD. ■ Phantom eye syndrome. ■ AMD, intravitreal injections, and IOP.

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American Journal of Ophthalmology

Ocular surface squamous neoplasia treatment. ■ Acupuncture as treatment for glaucoma. ■ Punctal plug retention rates in treatment of dry eye. ■ Strabismus surgery reoperation with adjustable vs. conventional sutures.

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JAMA Ophthalmology

Disorganization of retinal inner layers and vision after DME. ■ NAION and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. ■ Clinically meaningful low vision rehabilitation outcomes.

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Roundup of Other Journals

Preserving MMC’s reliability. ■ Gene therapy for Leber congenital amaurosis. ■ Intraoperative aberrometry and toric IOLs.

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News in Review

Diabetes Control & Rates of Eye Surgery

In a striking sequel to a landmark diabetes study, researchers reported that early intensive glycemic control markedly lowers the long-term risk of having ocular surgery in patients with type 1 diabetes.

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Panel Advises Fewer Combined Procedures

Phacoemulsification and IOL implantation alone—without concurrent glaucoma surgery—appears to be a reasonable and safe surgical option for certain glaucoma patients whose disease is well controlled with 1 or 2 medications.

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Laser, Higher Drug Dose Add No Benefit in RVO Tx

The best way to sum up the RELATE Trial? More isn’t better.

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Accuracy of Snellen Apps

Just how accurate are inexpensive smartphone apps at measuring Snellen VA? They might be close enough to use in a pinch—but only if the optotypes are the correct size.

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Academy Notebook

News, Tips, Resources

What’s Happening: New York society holds its first YO program. ■ Academy Board nominees. ■ New Medicare data release—physician drug payments. ■ Ophthalmology World News. ■ The 2015 Academy Award winners.

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Destination AAO

Get Ready for Las Vegas: Part 3

Orbital Gala honors Marilyn T. Miller, MD. Subspecialty Day—what’s hot at the Cornea, Neuro-Ophthalmology, and Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus meetings. And more.

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Savvy Coder

Making an ICD-10 Superbill—A Practice Converts Its 20 Most-Used ICD-9 Codes

Written By: Sue Vicchrilli, COT, OCS, Academy Director of Coding and Reimbursement

A comprehensive ophthalmology practice tackles one of the most challenging tasks on its ICD-10 to-do list—creating a paper superbill. Here’s how its top 20 ICD-9 codes were converted to ICD-10 codes.

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Opinion

Time and Person: Which Is Leading Whom?

Richard P. Mills, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Editor, on the human construct of time.

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Letters

Thoughts From Your Colleagues

On stem cells and ethics. ■ Paying for generic drugs. ■ Postoperative endophthalmitis: some suggestions. ■ When diagnosing Merkel cell carcinoma.

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