THE STANDOUTS BY CHARLES D. KELMAN, MD September http://crstodayeurope.com/articles/2006-sep/0906_09-php/?single=true thing formeisthat thisisstillworkinprogress.” phaco technology.Despitethemany advances, hesays,“Theexciting the inventionofcapsulorrhexis,anddevelopment ofmicrocoaxial through theintroduction offoldableIOLstyles and phaco techniques, phacoemulsification performedbyRobertAzar andEricArnottin1978, Description: BY RICHARDB. PACKARD, MD, FRCS, FRCO Going Strong! and in London:Odyssey 27 Years September BY DAVID F. CHANG, MD $15 Cure Blindness for January 2006 http://crstodayeurope.com/articles/2006-jan/0106_10-php/ blindness in developingcountries. cost-effective means toeradicatecataract are themostpromising,efficacious,and Tilganga EyeCenterinKathmandu,Nepal, Aravind EyeHospitalinMadurai,India,and Surgical systemssuchasthoseestablished at cataract blindnessisaformidablechallenge. Description: http://crstodayeurope.com/articles/2006-sep/0906_14-php/?single=true and theassistanceofafictionalphysician, TV’sMarcusWelby,MD,infinallygainingacceptancefor hisradical idea. the momentofinspirationsitting inhisdentist’schair;theresistanceheexperiencedfromelders ofhisprofession; phacoemulsification, thetechnique andtechnologythatwouldgoontorevolutionizecataractsurgery. Hedescribes Description: The author recounts his phaco journey, from first seeing The authorrecounts hisphacojourney,fromfirstseeing «

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2007 September « From April « IOL Power to LASIK: Calculations After A Short History LASIK and PRK BY LUCIO BURATTO, MD BY GIACOMO SAVINI, MD; KENNETH J. HOFFER, MD, FACS; Description: Keratomileusis was a AND MAURIZIO ZANINI, MD truly unique operation: It was the Description: The ideal method of calculating IOL power first time that part of an organ was removed, modified, and after corneal should provide the clinician replaced in its original position. A series of innovations from with the correct corneal power measurement, independent this original corneal refractive procedure led to greater of the availability of perioperative data. Such a method does refinement; the incorporation of lasers; and, finally, to LASIK not exist yet, but this article reviews the many other methods and other modern refractive surgical procedures. Today, available, along with descriptions of their pluses and minuses. flying spot lasers deliver smooth, customized ablations tailored to the individual without the need for a blade. http://crstodayeurope.com/articles/2007-apr/0407_09-php/?single=true http://crstodayeurope.com/articles/2007-sep/0907_18-php/ September « José Ignacio Barraquer: The Father of Refractive Surgery 2008 BY JOAQUÍN BARRAQUER, MD, FACS, FRCOphth September « Lessons From the Description: One member of this ESCRS Study on Endophthalmitis multigenerational, transoceanic ophthalmic family describes the Prophylaxis contributions of his famous sibling, BY PETER BARRY, FRCS the inventor of keratomileusis and keratophakia. José Barraquer laid Description: The landmark ESCRS the foundation for LASIK and other modern Endophthalmitis Study unequivocally demonstrated the forms of corneal refractive surgery with the efficacy and safety of intracameral cefuroxime as prophylaxis development of his techniques for altering against endophthalmitis in . With almost the shape of the human cornea. 16,000 patients enrolled, it also helped to establish the true incidence of endophthalmitis: 0.05% in patients http://crstodayeurope.com/articles/2007-sep/0907_14-php/?single=true receiving cefuroxime in the study, versus 0.35% in those who did not receive perioperative antibiotics. September « The Advent of Excimer http://crstodayeurope.com/articles/2008-sep/0908_12-php/ Refractive Surgery « The History of the BY STEPHEN L. TROKEL, MD November Capsulorrhexis Technique Description: Twenty years after he first aimed an excimer laser at a cornea, one of the developers of laser refractive BY HOWARD V. GIMBEL, MD surgery reflects on subsequent progress. Excimer laser surgery, Description: The original impetus for development of which began as a hotly contested a continuous curvilinear capsulorrhexis was to avoid the multiple capsular hypothesis, has developed into a tears used in can-opener techniques, which could extend to the equator widely accepted approach used to or to the posterior capsule. However, the strength of the circular opening correct refractive errors in millions brought added benefits, including the ability to disassemble the lens in of patients. the capsule, to clean off lens epithelial cells and prevent posterior capsular opacification, and to perform optic capture in the event of capsular rupture. http://crstodayeurope.com/articles/2007-sep/0907_17- php/?single=true http://crstodayeurope.com/articles/2008-nov/1108_07-php/?single=true

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BY MARIE-JOSÉ TASSIGNON, MD, PhD, FEBO BY ARTHUR B. CUMMINGS, MB ChB, FCS(SA), MMed(Ophth), FRCS(Edin) Description: When educating residents about refractive cataract surgery, it is best to be forthright about Description: Everyone strives for happiness, yet it is not clear the limits of indications for refractive how to achieve it. Ophthalmologists spend the greatest part lens exchange. The teacher must be sure of their lives in a profession filled with opportunities to create residents understand that refractive lens happiness for their patients. As Dr. Cummings writes, “Perhaps, exchange is not suited for all patients and for ourselves, happiness can start with being grateful: grateful urge them to select candidates who are for our jobs, our families, and our health.”

willing to be patient with the process. http://crstodayeurope.com/articles/2015-feb/the-pursuit-of-happiness-and-learning-to-be-grateful/ http://crstodayeurope.com/articles/2008-nov/1108_15-php/

2009 2013 June « Sutureless Intrascleral May « Operating Posterior Chamber IOL Fixation Under Pressure BY GABOR B. SCHARIOTH, MD; AND DIEGO DE ORTUETA, MD, FEBO BY ARTHUR B. CUMMINGS, MB ChB, FCS(SA), MMed(Ophth), FRCS(Edin); CHRISTOPHER As an alternative to transscleral suturing or Description: GORMAN, BSc, MB ChB(Hons), FRCOphth; AND ROSS HALL, gluing, a posterior chamber IOL may be fixated to the sulcus BSc, MSc, CPsychol through permanent incarceration of the haptics. This sutureless Description: Successful eye surgery is completed technique avoids complications with small, fine, precise, specific, well-controlled, and associated with suturing IOLs to deliberate movements; that is, to use a golf analogy, the ciliary sulcus. It also enables the in putting mode. Like a golfer, a surgeon must learn surgeon to easily recenter the IOL. to suppress adrenaline in stressful situations. Careful surgical preparation can help the surgeon deal http://crstodayeurope.com/articles/2009-jun/0609_03-php/ better with stress.

http://crstodayeurope.com/articles/2013-may/operating-under-pressure/ 2011 January « The Future of Corneal Collagen Crosslinking BY ARTHUR B. CUMMINGS, MB ChB, FCS(SA), MMed(Ophth), FRCS(Edin); SHERAZ M. DAYA, MD, FACP, FACS, FRCS(Ed), FRCOphth; A. JOHN KANELLOPOULOS, MD; ANTONIO LECCISOTTI, MD, PhD; MICHAEL MROCHEN, PhD; ROY S. RUBINFELD, MD; THEO SEILER, MD, PhD; ALEKSANDER STOJANOVIC, MD; AND WILLIAM B. TRATTLER, MD Description: Also selected by Dr. Cummings, this article follows the preferred techniques of nine leaders in CXL.

http://crstodayeurope.com/articles/2011-jan/the-future-of-corneal-collagen-crosslinking/

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HEAD February « Outcomes Analysis in a Clinical Setting

BY NOEL ALPINS, FRANZCO, FRCOphth, FACS; AND GEORGE STAMATELATOS, BSc OPTOM deck? Description: Analyzing surgical outcomes using a systematic approach can help to validate physician adjustments. Analyses AUTHOR should be performed at the corneal plane and on data collected at least 1 month postoperatively. Nomograms should be adjusted any time new equipment or new techniques are adopted.

http://crstodayeurope.com/articles/2015-feb/outcomes-analysis-in-a-clinical-setting/

October « The Evolution November/December of the Capsulotomy « Brain Power BY RICHARD PACKARD, MD, FRCS, BY ARTHUR B. CUMMINGS, MB ChB, FRCOphth FCS(SA), MMed(Ophth), FRCS(Edin) Description: Also selected by Description: Ophthalmologists Dr. Cummings, the article traces the are mainly preoccupied with history of the capsulotomy, from the the anatomic parts of the 18th century to today’s sophisticated eye, but the brain is also an methods. important component of vision. Neuroplasticity, the ability of the http://crstodayeurope.com/articles/2015-oct/the-evolution-of-the- capsulotomy/ brain to make new connections and take on new functions, will have important roles in vision care in the future, the author predicts. Mental exercises or new drugs may serve as software updates for the brain, expanding its potential.

http://crstodayeurope.com/articles/2015-novdec/brain-power/

2016 July/August « Debunked: LASIK Myths and Misconceptions BY ERIC D. DONNENFELD, MD Description: Despite extensive clinical experience and success with LASIK, the procedure’s reputation has eroded, in part because of several myths in circulation today. The truth is that LASIK is the safest, most successful, and most widely studied elective procedure in the world, with the highest patient satisfaction rate of any See As of Now, elective procedure. starting on page 62 for an update http://crstodayeurope.com/articles/2016-julaug/debunked-lasik-myths-and-misconceptions/ to these articles

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