April 2013

What Sequestration Means to Your Practice

Richard Kaiser, MD, and Jonathan L. Prenner, MD

The Election's Health Care Impact

David W. Parke II, MD

Setting Eligibility Criteria

Aron Shapiro; Maureen O'Connell; and Ryan Bouchard

Managing Surgical Complications in Retina Surgery

With preparation and planning, many complications can be avoided or managed.

Rajiv Shah, MD; Francis Char DeCroos, MD; and Adam Gerstenblith, MD

Obtaining Funding for Novel Projects

Aron Shapiro; Maureen O'Connell; and Ryan Bouchard

Removal of 5000-Centistoke Silicone Oil Using 25-gauge Vitrectomy

This technique is associated with a shorter operative time and less involved surgery compared with a 20-gauge approach.

Shlomit Schaal, MD, PhD

Twenty-seven–gauge Sutureless Microincision Vitrectomy Surgery: A New Frontier?

Stanislao Rizzo, MD, and Francesco Barca, MD

Epiretinal Membrane Management

Jordan Heffez, MD; Aziz a. Khanifar, MD; and Byron S. Ladd, MD

Slow Growth of Choroidal Nevus Without Transformation to Melanoma

Michael Ullman, BS; Priya Sharma, BS; and Carol L. Shields, MD;

Management of Refractory DME

The posterior hyaloid is the beginning of the decision-making process.

Tarek S. Hassan, MD

Vitrectomy for Management of Complications of Diabetic Retinopathy

The best technology is the one that works best in your hands.

Virgilio Morales-Canton, MD

Management of Retinal Vein Occlusion: What the Clinical Trials Tell Us

Demystifying the studies for some practical clinical guidelines.

Ron P. Gallemore, MD, PhD; Josh Wallsh, BS; Behnam Sharareh, BS; and Esmeralda Gallemore

Treating Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy

The goal is a treatment with increased success and decreased side effects.

Michael Koss, MD, FEBO

Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Drugs for the Treatment of IJRT

This method of treatment remains controversial but shows promise.

Jay Chhablani, MD; Nishant Radke, MD; and Igor Kozak, MD

Diabetic Macular Edema: The Indian Perspective

Maneesh M. Bapaye, DNB, FRCS(G), FMRF, MBA; Charuta Bapaye MS, DO, DNB(Oph), FRCS(G),FMRF; and Meena Bapaye MS, DOMS

5Q With Jans Fromow-Guerra, MD, MSc, PhD

Dr. Fromow-Guerra is a Staff and Research Committee Member at the Association for the Prevention of Blindness in Mexico, a Surgical and Clinical Consultant at Macula Retina Consultores, and a Surgical and Clinical Consultant at UNOVA Mexico. He is President of the Retina Mexican Association and President of the National Association for Research in Visual Sciences Mexico.