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UP FRONT

• Editors Page: Technology, Doctors, Ethics, and Integrity

  By Sheraz M. Daya, MD, FACP, FACS, FRCS(Ed), Chief Medical Editor

UP FRONT

• Technology, Doctors, Ethics, and Integrity

CATARACT: MINI FOCUS

• Our Phaco Technique With Whitestar

  Chopping with the Signature platform requires minimal ultrasound.

  By I. Howard Fine, MD; Richard S. Hoffman, MD; and Mark Packer, MD, FACS

• Phaco Techniques for EasyPhaco Technology

  Platform provides a stable anterior chamber even with high vacuum and flow settings.

  By Florian Sutter, MD

• Vertical Phaco Chop With the Infiniti

  This technique uses minimal energy to fracture the nucleus.

  By Ramón Lorente Moore, MD, PHD; and Victoria DE Rojas Silva, MD, PHD

• MICS With the Stellaris

  Microincision technology reduces the risks associated with surge and high aspiration settings.

  By Roberto Bellucci, MD; and Simonetta Morselli, MD

CATARACT SURGERY: INDUSTRY INTERVIEW

• Swiss Company Reaches Out to the World

  New management structure for an established name in European ophthalmology.

CATARACT SURGERY: FEATURE STORY

• A New Way to Treat Pediatric Cataracts

  The Sulcoflex may be explanted or exchanged when the child’s refraction changes.

  By Michael Amon, MD

• Lentis Mplus: An Innovative Multifocal Lens Technology

  The lens features a near-vision add segment rather than a symmetric optic design.

  By Gerd U. Auffarth, MD

REFRACTIVE SURGERY: FEATURE STORY

• Laser Refractive Surgery After Multifocal IOL Implantation

  Special considerations are needed when correcting residual refractive errors in this population.

  By Orkunn MUFTUOGLU, MD

• The Mono-Multi Treatment Method

  Implanting a multifocal IOL in the nondominant eye results in good vision at all distances for plano presbyopes.

  By Baha Toygar, MD

COVER STORY

• Overview of Phakic IOLs

  Encouraging clinical and visual results are widening their indications for use.

  By Francesc Duch, MD

• LASIK and Phakic IOLs

  Surgeons should view these procedures as complementary.

  By Roberto Pinelli, MD

• The Safety of Iris-Fixated Designs

  Strict inclusion criteria for implantation must be applied.

  By Muriel Doors, MD; and Rudy M.M.A. Nuijts, MD, PHD

• Anterior Versus Posterior Phakic IOLs

  What is the best lens?

  By Jose L. Güell, MD; and Roberto Zaldivar, MD

• Special Indications for the Use of Phakic IOLs

  Posterior chamber phakic IOLs can be used in patients with stable keratoconus and other indications beyond myopia and myopic astigmatism.

  By Alaa El Danasoury, MD, FRCS

• Surgical Pearls for Implanting the Artisan/Artiflex

  Good results depend on proper patient evaluation and a good surgical technique.

  By Tova Lifshitz, MD; and Jaime Levy, MD

• Surgical Pearls for Implantation of the AcrySof Cachet

  Surgical experience with a phakic angle-supported IOL.

  By Antonio Toso, MD; and Simonetta Morselli, MD

• Surgical Pearls for Toric ICL Implantation

  The recent clinical trial for FDA approval indicated good predictability with this lens.

  By José F. Alfonso, MD, PHD

TODAY’S PRACTICE

• Medical Technology Collaboration: Getting the Balance Right

  Eucomed promotes a culture of integrity and ethical business practices across the health care sector.

  By John Wilkinson and Aline Lautenberg

DEPARTMENTS

• Innovations

  A preview of today's new products

• 5 Questions with Paul Rosen, BSc(Hons), MB ChB, FRCS, FRCOphth, MBA

  Mr. Rosen is Immediate Past President of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS). He is also a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Oxford Eye Hospital / University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

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