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UP FRONT

• Chief Medical Editor's Page

  Another Look at Cataract Complications and Their Management

  By Khiun F. Tjia, MD

REFRACTIVE SURGERY
Bonus Feature: Corneal Collagen Cross-linking and Combination Treatments

• CXL and Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments

  The combination of these two treatments has shown promising results.

  By Efekan Coskunseven, MD

• Topography-Guided PRK and CXL for Keratoconus

  An effective approach for optimum results in the treatment of keratoconic patients.

  By George D. Kymionis, MD, PhD; and Michael A. Grentzelos, MD

• CXL in Clinical Trials

  An overview of results from two US studies.

  By Laura Straub, Editor-in-Chief

Feature Story

• LASIK: Practical Pearls

  These tips can be applied to flap creation with femtosecond lasers as well as mechanical microkeratomes.

  By A. John Kanellopoulos, MD

• Surgeon-Patient

  A personal recollection of undergoing refractive correction.

  By Dean Corbett, BSc, MBChB, FRANZCO

CATARACT SURGERY
Industry Interview

• Fluid-Driven Lens Takes New Approach to Presbyopia Correction

  Interview with Barry Cheskin, PowerVision Cofounder, President, and CEO

COVER STORIES

• The Rhexis: Errant, Compromised, or Smaller or Larger Than Planned

  A review of surgical tactics for managing complications of the capsulorrhexis.

  By Alessandro Franchini, MD

• Complications of the CCC

  One of the easiest ways to avoid difficulty is to completely fill the anterior chamber with an OVD.

  By Oliver Findl, MD, MBA

• The Synechiarrhexis Technique

  One surgical strategy for a dense cataract and a small pupil.

  By Thierry Amzallag, MD

• Pupil Bounce and Posterior Capsule Break

  This devastating complication can occur in a split second.

  By Lisa Brothers Arbisser, MD

• Morgagnian Cataract: A Surgical Challenge

  An occasion for preemptive measures.

  By Alin Stefanescu-Dima, MD, PhD

• Drop and Stop: The Dropping and the Dropped Nucleus

  Techniques for effective management of fallen fragments.

  By Craig Parkes, MBChB; Manish Nagpal, MS, DO, FRCS(UK); Brian C. Little, MA, FRCS, FRCOphth; and Som Prasad, MS, FRCS(Ed), FRCOphth, FACS

TODAY’S PRACTICE

• Pupil Issues in Cataract Surgery

  Mechanical expansion devices should be used when indicated in a stepwise approach to small pupils.

  By Boris Malyugin, MD, PhD

DEPARTMENTS

• Innovations

• 5 Questions With Imola Ratkay-Traub, MD, PhD

  Dr. Ratkay-Traub is the Medical Director at Danube Bend Medical Center, Szentendre, Hungary, and Chief Laser Surgeon at Aura International Clinic, Budapest Margitsziget, Hungary.

• The AT LISA tri 839MP

  The first trifocal preloaded true MICS IOL for real intermediate vision.

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