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TODAY’S TOPICS

• PRK Touchup on LASIK-Treated Eyes

  Do you perform PRK over previous LASIK? If so, what technique do you use, and what

  By SANDY T. FELDMAN, MD; Louis E. Probst, MD; William B. Trattler, MD; and Stephen A. Updegraff, MD

INSIDE EYETUBE.NET

• Novel Techniques and Technologies

  By William B. Trattler, MD

PEER REVIEW

• Toric IOLs

  By Malaika David, Associate Editor

CATARACT SURGERY

• Feature Story: Top Products of 2009

  The surgeon who received the 2009 Innovator’s Award from the ASCRS and the AAO’s Kelman Award shares his picks from last year.

  By Robert H. Osher, MD

• Complex Case Management: Iritis and Elevated IOP After Piggyback IOLs

  By Kevin J. Denny, MD; Jeremy Z. Kieval, MD; Kevin M. Miller, MD; and Michael Wong, MD

REFRACTIVE SURGERY

• Focus on the Lasik Flap’s Creation: Point/Counterpoint: Is It Safer to Create the LASIK Flap With Femtosecond Technology Than a Mechanical Microkeratome?

  By Mitchell A. Jackson, MD, and James S. Lewis, MD

• Why I Use a Microkeratome

  Two surgeons discuss the creation of the LASIK flap.

  By Mark E. Johnston, MD, FRCSC, and L. Shawn Wong, MD

• LASIK Flap-Related Complications

  Common sense in the face of a complication will nearly always ensure an excellent outcome.

  By Richard Foulkes, MD

• Complex Case Management: Double Vision After Toric IOL Implantation

  By Uday Devgan, MD; Michael Ehrenhaus, MD; and Warren E. Hill, MD

COVER STORIES

• The Consequences of Not Offering Premium Lenses

  It’s all relative.

  By John F. Doane, MD, and James A. Denning

• Why I Am Not Implanting Multifocals

  Each surgeon must determine the approach to premium-channel IOL surgery that will work for him or her.

  By J. E. “Jay” McDonald II, MD

• How to Perform Excimer Laser Enhancements After Premium IOL Implantation

  Making a good thing even better: a primer for cataract surgeons.

  By Jonathan H. Talamo, MD

• Relaxing Incisions With Premium IOLs

  Advice for getting started.

  By Louis D. “Skip” Nichamin, MD

• Future Premium IOLs

  Ophthalmologists can expect to see new technology in the next decade.

  By Mark Packer, MD

DEPARTMENTS

• Innovations

  A preview of today’s new products

• 5 Questions with Bonnie An Henderson,MD

  Dr. Henderson discusses challenging cases, women in ophthalmology, and her personal goals.

• Making the Most of One’s Residency Program

  Trainees share their experiences.

  By Elsie Chan, MBBS; Guenal Kahraman, MD; Leonoor S. Koetsier, MD; Eugene Y.J. Ng, MRCOPHTH; and Charl G. Weitz, MBCHB

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