Phakic IOLs and Fish Oil

by | February 2012

When excimer laser refractive surgery burst on the scene 15 years ago, there was some uncertainty over who would perform it. Would it be comprehensive ophthalmologists/cataract surgeons? Cornea specialists? Or would a new subspecialty emerge? The pendulum swung toward general ophthalmologists. Before LASIK came along, the procedure was PRK. As ocular surgeries go, PRK is [...]

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Alert: There Is More to the Retina than Sight

by | January 2012

Those of us who are clinicians rather than vision scientists tend to equate the retina with rods, cones, and sight through the visual cortex. We know, for example, that when a patient has had a stroke in the visual cortex, there will be a homonymous defect in the visual field. Most of us are comfortable [...]

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Smartphones, Photons, and the Future of Eyecare

by | December 2011

It may just be that I’m growing older, but it seems as if the pace of technology-driven change in eyecare continues to accelerate. Over a 30-year span, I have observed transitions in cataract surgery, from intracapsular to extracapsular, to phacoemulsification to small incision surgery, and, most recently, to femtosecond-laser assisted cataract removal.

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Generic vs Brand: What Do We Tell Our Patients?

by | November 2011

For more than a decade I have prescribed Xalatan® (latanoprost ophthalmic solution) and other prostaglandin analogs on a regular basis. Thanks to their efficacy and lack of significant side effects, these drugs have made caring for glaucoma patients a rewarding experience. They are a far cry from the antihypertensive agents I started out with, like [...]

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