January/February 2010

EDITOR'S PAGE: Perfecting Our Surgical Techniques

Allen C. Ho, MD; Chief Medical Editor, and Robert L. Avery, MD; Associate Medical Editor

An Update on Innovative Retina Technologies

FELLOWS' FOCUS: Factors in the Equation of Choosing the Right Job

Location and practice environment are among the top considerations for ultimate satisfaction.

Darrell E. Baskin, MD; Jeremy D. Wolfe, MD; and Chirag P. Shah, MD, MPH

RETINA IN THE ASC: Ambulatory Surgery Centers And Health Care Reform: Opportunities And Challenges For 2010

Michael A. Romansky, JD

Surgical Repair of Traction Retinal Detachment due to Severe PDR

In viscodissection, a suitable space is created to dissect fibrovascular tissue.

Andres Amaya Espinosa, MD

SURGICAL UPDATES: Creating Quality Surgical Videos

John Kitchens, MD

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES: Treatment of Hard Macular Exudates in Diabetic Retinopathy

Marco Codenotti, MD; Gisella Maestranzi, MD; Matteo Prati, MD; and Lorenzo Iuliano, MD, FEBO

CASE REPORTS IN OCULAR ONCOLOGY: Choroidal Melanoma Camouflaged by Extensive Subretinal Hemorrhage

Hetal Choxi, BS; Neelema SINHA, BA; AND CAROL L. SHIELDS, MD

The One-drop Technique for ILM Peeling

Wamidh Simawi, MD

The Interface Vitrectomy Technique

The use of instrumentation with silicone oil, gas, and PFO is effective for complex vitreoretinal surgical cases.

Steve Charles, MD

Comparing Two 20-gauge Trocar Systems for Sutureless Transconjunctival Vitrectomy

DORC and Synergetics systems comparable, with ease of trocar insertion.

Narcisp F. Atienza JR., MD, DPBO

Wound Construction in MIVS

Surgical pearls for the ideal small-gauge incision for vitrectomy.

Manish Nagpal, MS, DO, FRCS (UK), and Rituraj Videkar, MS, DO

A New Treatment for Chronic Central Serous Retinopathy

Micropulse yellow laser resolves leakage and retinal detachment without scarring or retinal damage.

André, Maia, MD, PHD

Happy 25th, Pneumatic Retinopexy

The non-incisional procedure provides the best post-detachment vision.

Paul E. Tornambe, MD

The Evolution of Small-gauge Incision Surgery

Improvements to MIVS instrumentation has expanded the indications for small-gauge vitrectomy.

Stanislao Rizzo, MD

Tackling Complex Cases with Smallgauge Vitrectomy: A Personal Approach

Choice of instrumentation must be tailored to the demands of the individual case.

Carl C. Awh, MD

Our Experience With the PASCAL Laser

Improved patient comfort, shorter treatments are possible with this semi-automated technology.

Dana M. Deupree, MD, FACS, and Mark Erickson, CRA, COT

Retinal Abnormalities in Neurodegenerative Diseases

OCT is increasingly utilized as an imaging tool in patients with neurodegenerative disorders, especially multiple sclerosis.

Szilá,rd Kiss, MD

INNOVATIONS

5 QUESTIONS with Seenu M. Hariprasad, MD

Dr. Hariprasad is Associate Professor and Director of Ophthalmology Clinical Research at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.