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March 2023
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Difficult Cataract Cases

What would you do if you were faced with one of these 18 challenging cases? The experts provide advice on handling device misadventures, subluxated IOLs, aqueous misdirection, wound burn, suprachoroidal hemorrhage, and more.

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Ophthalmic Pearls

Orbital Compartment Syndrome

By Alexander Engelmann, MD, and Katherine Duncan, MD
Edited by Jeremiah Tao, MD, FACS

What you need to know about orbital compartment syndrome, a true ophthalmic emergency.

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Clinical Update

Are Medications Triggering Acute Angle Closure?

By Rebecca Taylor, Contributing Writer, interviewing Anthony Khawaja, MD, Ken Y. Lin, MD, PhD, and Thasarat S. Vajaranant, MD, MHA

Systemic drugs and the risk of acute angle closure. Web Extra: Discussion of the need to communicate risk factors to patients and other care providers.

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Monitoring AMD With Home-Based OCT

By Annie Stuart, Contributing Writer, interviewing Diana V. Do, MD, Judy E. Kim, MD, Farvo, Fasrs, and Claus Von Der Burchard, MD

Home-based OCT for monitoring AMD: has the time come?

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Morning Rounds

Is It One Anomaly or Two?

By Viren K. Govindaraju, MD, Matthew G.J. Trese, DO, MA, Lauren Fletch-Morehouse, DO, Daniel Fain, MD, and Michael T. Trese, MD
Edited by Ahmad A. Aref, MD, MBA

The 6-month-old patient had a brain MRI, which suggested septo-optic dysplasia. The ophthalmic exam uncovered something more.

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Blink

Can You Guess March's Mystery Condition?

Make your diagnosis in the comments, and get the answer to last month’s mystery.

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Journal Highlights

High-Dose Vitamin D and Cataract Risk, Choroidal Changes During Spaceflight, and More

Key findings from Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology Retina, AJO, JAMA Ophthalmology, and more.

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News in Review

Bioprinted 3D Model Uncovers Drivers of AMD

Researchers bioprinted a 3D model of the outerblood-retina barrier to study the role of the retinal pigment epithelium and choriocapillaris in the development of age-related macular degeneration.

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Consensus on Treating Thyroid Eye Disease

An international team of endocrinologists and ophthalmologists has issued a consensus statement on the evaluation and management of thyroid eye disease.

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Inkjet Drug Printing Onto Contact Lenses

Researchers have come up with a novel method of drug delivery: using an adapted commercial inkjet printer to place drugs onto contact lenses.

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COVID’s Impact on the Residency Match Process

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the residency match process switched from in-person to virtual interviews. Going forward, should specialty residency programs offer a fully virtual match process, return to prepandemic ways, or forge a hybrid approach?

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Academy Notebook

News, Tips, Resources

Rebecca Hyder is the new Academy vice president of Governmental Affairs. Academy leaders take implicit bias training. Discounted registration for Mid-Year Forum ends March 13. Dr. McPherson dies at 96. And more.

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Practice Perfect

Ergonomics Simplified

By Camille V. Palma, MD

Tips to boost your performance and extend your career. Web Extra: Ergonomic pearls and a course suggestion from AAO 2022.

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Savvy Coder

Three Reasons Why Cataract Practices Failed SMRC Audits—and Three Solutions

By Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR, Academy Director of Coding and Reimbursement

Three reasons why cataract practices failed a CMS audit—and three solutions.

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Opinion

Why Parental Leave Is Good Medicine

Ruth D. Williams, MD, Chief Medical Editor, on why taking adequate parental leave isn’t just good for younger colleagues, it’s good for all of us.

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