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UP FRONT

• EDITOR’S PAGE: The Allure of Auxiliary Technologies

  By Laura Straub, Editor-in-Chief

INSIDE EYETUBE.NET

• 2011: An Eyeball Space Odyssey

  The quest for new ideas and technologies continues.

  By ELENA ALBÉ, MD; WILLIAM B. TRATTLER, MD; AND RICHARD M. AWDEH, MD

CATARACT SURGERY

• BONUS FEATURE: IOL Explantation: Indications and Strategies for Multifocal IOL Explantation

  Successfully navigating the seven Cs can lead to happier patients.

  By ALLON BARSAM, MD, MRCOPHTH; AND ERIC D. DONNENFELD, MD

• Patient Counseling for IOL Explantation

  An explanation of the surgical plan and its likely outcomes will help patients feel confident about undergoing another procedure.

  By RICHARD PACKARD, MD, FRCS, FRCOPHTH

• Choosing the Right Replacement Lens

  Factors to consider when planning IOL exchange.

  By FREDERICO F. MARQUES, MD, PHD; AND DANIELA M.V. MARQUES, MD, PHD

• FEATURE STORY: Surgical Technique: Bowl and Snail for Soft Cataract

  This endocapsular approach reduces stress on the zonules.

  By AHMED GOMAA, FRCS, PHD; AND CHRISTOPHER LIU, FRCOPHTH

• A New-Generation Hydrophilic Acrylic IOL

  The Softec HD IOL increases IOL power precision and provides excellent optical clarity.

  By STEVEN D. VOLD, MD

REFRACTIVE SURGERY

• FEATURE STORY: CXL for the Treatment of Post-LASIK Ectasia

  This management strategy may arrest or delay disease progression, but longer-term results are needed.

  By JOSEFINA P. SALGADO, MD; RAMIN KHORAMNIA, MD; AND CHRISTOPH WINKLER VON MOHRENFELS, MD

COVER STORIES

• Femosecond Lasers for Cataract Sugery: When Will Laser Cataract Surgery Be a Routine Procedure?

  Only a few surgeons have experience using femtosecond lasers for cataract surgery.

  By LAURA STRAUB, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

• Four Laser Cataract Surgery Technologies

  By CALLAN NAVITSKY, ASSISTANT EDITOR

• Intraoperative Measurement Devices: Optimizing Surgical Results With Callisto Eye and Z Align

  Video overlay supports toric IOL alignment.

  By MICHEL PEREZ, MD

• Holos Surgical Wavefront Aberrometer

  This device supplies a continuous stream of refractive data intraoperatively.

  By DAVID F. CHANG, MD

• The Advantages of Intraoperative Aberrometry

  The aberrometer helps to optimize cataract surgery and thus avoid the need for an enhancement.

  By FARRELL “TOBY” TYSON, MD

• INTRAOPERATIVE ABERROMETRY IN POST-LASIK CATARACT SURGERY EYES

  By Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD

• SG300 for Toric Lens Implantation

  This tool provides increased accuracy for toric IOL orientation.

  By NIENKE VISSER, MD; AND RUDY M.M.A. NUIJTS, MD, PHD

• Today’s Surgical Microscopes

  New and improved microscopes optimize surgical visualization.

  By DAMIEN F. GOLDBERG, MD; AND JAMES KHODABAKHSH, MD

• Operate With Your Head Up

  TrueVision enables high-definition, 3-D surgical display on a monitor positioned near the surgeon.

  By ROBERT J. WEINSTOCK, MD

• CTRs: Indications and Complications

  In the presence of zonular dialysis, cataract surgery is easier when a capsular tension ring is placed.

  By MONIA CHÉOUR, MD; HÉLA MAZLOUT, MD; AMAL MARRAKCHI; JIHANE BROUR; MOUNIR BOUGHANMI; WAFA TRIKI; HOUDA LAJMI; AND ABDELHAFIDH KRAIEM, MD

• Optimal Implantation Time for a Capsular Tension Ring

  Late implantation reduces zonular stress and increases IOL support and centration.

  By MIKEL MIKHAIL; KHALID HASANEE, MD, FRCSC; AND IQBAL IKE K. AHMED, MD, FRCSC

• CTR Insertion

  Two surgeons share their capsular tension ring implantation techniques.

  By BONNIE AN HENDERSON, MD; AND RUPERT MENAPACE, MD

TODAY’S PRACTICE

• The Basics of Ultrasound

  Fluidics and phaco power control have revolutionized ultrasound techniques.

  By DANIELE TOGNETTO, MD; PAOLO CECCHINI, MD; PIA LEON, MD; AND GIUSEPPE RAVALICO, MD

• INNOVATIONS

  A preview of today’s new products

• 5 Questions with Fritz H. Hengerer, MD

  Dr. Hengerer is Head Physician at the Center for Vision Science, Ruhr University Eye Hospital, Bochum, Germany.

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