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/ December 2016

December 2016

Concussion Care

This month’s feature looks at sports-related concussion and what should happen on the sidelines—and afterward.

The December CME supplement from MedEdicus can be found here: Advances in the Science and Management of Dry Eye Disease.

Ophthalmic Pearls

Management of Bitot’s Spots

Written By: Umesh Krishna, MD, Sumana J. Kamath, MD, and Madhurima K. Nayak, MD
Edited by Sharon Fekrat, MD, and Ingrid U. Scott, MD, MPH

How to uncover and address the root causes of this manifestation of vitamin A deficiency. Web Extra: Table listing vitamin A requirements.

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Clinical Update

Simple Limbal Epithelial Transplant: Promising Results in the Right Patients

Written By: Annie Stuart, Contributing Writer, interviewing Guillermo Amescua, MD, Ali Djalilian, MD, and Bennie H. Jeng, MD

A practical look at this novel technique for unilateral limbal stem cell deficiency.

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How to Use Low-Dose Atropine to Slow Myopic Progression in Kids

Written By: Nicola Parry, Contributing Writer, interviewing K. David Epley, MD, R. Michael Siatkowski, MD, and Donald Tan, MD, FRCS, FRCOphth

Experts discuss their use of low-dose atropine for treatment of rapidly progressing myopia in children. Web Extra: Learn about a possible biomarker for pathological myopia.

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Morning Rounds

The Senior With Bilateral Disc Edema

Written By: Lisa Chung, Andrew Jilwan, and Gerald G. Striph, MD
Edited by Steven J. Gedde, MD

This 65-year-old had few health problems, though he mentioned that he had “a mild flu” a few months ago. Web Extra: The optometrist’s funduscopy images.

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Blink

Choroidal Tuberculoma

Written By: Inês Coutinho, MD, Cristina Santos, MD, and Manuela Bernardo, MD, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal
Photo by Susana Teixeira, Hospital Prof. Fernando Da Fonseca E.P.E., Lisbon, Portugal

A 39-year-old African woman, 30 weeks pregnant, presented in the emergency room with blurred vision in her right eye.

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Journal Highlights

Pediatric Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, OCT-Assisted DSAEK, and More

Our editors summarize the most exciting studies from Ophthalmology, American Journal of Ophthalmology, JAMA Ophthalmology, and other journals.

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News in Review

Intraoperative OCT With Fiberoptics

New fiberoptic OCT probe gives retina surgeons a better intraoperative view.

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Risk Factors for NAION Identified

Large study identifies modifiable risk factors for nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.

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Optic Nerve Growth in Kids

First in vivo study of normal growth of the optic nerve in childhood.

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Vessel Density & Visual Fields

Linkage between RNFL vascular density and severity of visual field damage.

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Academy Notebook

News, Tips, Resources

Dr. Osher’s “Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is!” ■ Board of Trustees’ election results. ■ Troutman prize winners. ■ D.C. Report: Landmark report on vision health. ■ And more.

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Practice Perfect

Going Lean, Part 3: Improve Patient Wait Times

Written By: Leslie Burling-Phillips, Contributing Writer, interviewing Denise C. Fridl, COT, COE, CPPM, OCS, Dennis P. Han, MD, Aneesh Suneja, MBA, and Joy Woodke, COE, OCS

Dr. Han’s practice used lean principles to reduce patient wait times by 85%. Learn how to put the lean approach into practice.

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Savvy Coder

Best Coding Tips of 2016—Testing Services and Cataract Surgery

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

Here’s what you should know about documenting testing services and cataract surgery. Web Extra: The latest audit trigger involves fundus photography (CPT code 92250) and SCODI (92134).

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Opinion

Science + Magical Thinking

Ruth D. Williams, MD, Chief Medical Editor, on how ophthalmologists are great clinicians, scientists, surgeons—and magicians.

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Current Perspective

Now What?

Written By: David W. Parke II, MD, CEO

I’m writing this on November 9—one day after a historic election. I can’t count the emails I’ve received basically asking, “What does this mean for ophthalmologists?” I don’t pretend to have sufficient information to answer, but here are a few ruminations (that may prove wrong by the time December’s EyeNet is mailed).

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