September 2011

Chief Medical Editor's Page

Allen C. Ho, MD, and Robert L. Avery, MD

Feature Stories: First In Vivo Images of Rods Resolved

Researchers have used adaptive optics technology to image the contiguous rod photoreceptor mosaic in living retinas for the first time.

Callan Navitsky, Assistant Editor

Clinical Trials for the Retina Specialist: Clinical Trials in the Anti-VEGF Era

Aaron Shapiro; Peter L. Sonkin, MD; and Robert E. Leonard II, MD

Fellow’s Focus: Surgical Pearls for the Beginning Vitreoretinal Fellow

Alok S. Bansal, MD; Nikolas London, MD; and Andre Witkin, MD

Retina in the ASC: Secrets of a High-volume Retina Surgeon

Relationships and positive interactions with entities ancillary to your facility are key components of success.

Didier Ducournau, MD

Retina Pearls: Scleral Buckling for Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment

An alternative to vitrectomy in uncomplicated cases.

Andres Amaya Espinosa, MD; Gina Baron Mendoza, MD; Maria Alejandro Toro Millan, MD; and Natalia Camacho Espinosa, MD

Global Perspectives: Performance of a Modified Vitrectomy Probe in Small-gauge Vitrectomy

Stanislao Rizzo, MD

Case Reports in Ocular Oncology: Halo Nevus of the Choroid: An Innocent Bystander

Richard Latuska; Neelema Sinha, MD; and Carol L. Shields, MD

Intraoperative OCT and Vitreoretinal Surgery

This technology has the potential to improve clinical outcomes and enhance understanding of the pathophysiology of a wide variety of surgical vitreoretinal diseases.

Justis P. Ehlers, MD

Intraoperative Spectral-domain OCT in Posterior Segment Surgery

A commercially available system can be used for practical applications in the OR.

Nalin J. Mehta, MD

Applications for OCT Enhanced Depth Imaging

The technology is providing previously unavailable insights into choroidal pathologies.
Reviewed by Richard F. Spaide, MD

Ultrasound-guided Plaque Placement for Choroidal Melanoma

A tutorial of a technique that allows immediate intraoperative verification and documentation of plaque placement.

David S. Risner, MD; Rhonda G. Waldron, MMSC, COMT, CRA, ROUB, CDOS; AND Chris Bergstrom, MD, OD

Visualization Issues in Ocular Trauma Surgery

Ferenc Kuhn, MD

Uses of Visualization Aids in Vitreoretinal Surgery

Staining agents and steroids can improve visualization of membranes intraoperatively.

Brian C. Joondeph, MD, FACS

Intravitreal Bevacizumab Therapy for the Treatment of ROP

Although intravitreal bevacizumab has become an increasingly popular therapy for ROP over the past 5 years, more must be learned about its long-term safety and effectiveness.

R.V. Paul Chan, MD, MSc, FACS

5 Questions with Harry W. Flynn, Jr., MD

Dr. Flynn is the J. Donald M. Gass Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmology at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, and a Professor of Ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, Florida.