October 2013

ORBIS: Not Just the Flying Eye Hospital

Rachel M. Renshaw, Editor-in-Chief

New Meeting Encapsulates Significant Data and Information for Best Practices

The Best of Retina 2013 meeting, December 5-7, will feature named award lectures, peer-reviewed articles, and hot-topic issues from throughout the year.

Rachel M. Renshaw, Editor-in-Chief

CDC Releases Report on Antibiotic Resistance in the United States

A summary of general medical news that affects your patients, your practice, and you.

Section Editor: David S. Boyer, MD

Medical Claims Audits

A panel of experts offers insight on the best ways to lower your practice's risk of being audited and to minimize the fallout when subjected to an audit.

With Lawrence S. Halperin, MD; Michael X. Repka, MD; Trexler M.Topping, MD; Stephen A. Kamenetzky, MD; and Cherie L. McNett

The Importance of Adverse Event Reporting

Aron Shapiro

Choosing Between Academia and Private Practice

Michael Dollin, MD; With Carl D. Regillo, MD, FACS; and Sunir J. Garg, MD, FACS

Surgical Pearls for Retained Intraocular Foreign Bodies

Rajvardhan Azad, MD (Ophth), FRCSed, FICS, FAMS

Valve Timing Intelligence for Vacuum Flow Control

A combined flow and vacuum system compensates for the shortcomings of traditional pumps.

Eduardo B. Rodrigues, MD; Simon Prosser, Eng; and Peter Stalmans, MD, PhD

Novel Techniques for Diabetic Vitrectomy

Smaller gauges allow new approaches.

Marí,a H. Berrocal, MD

Vortex Vein Varix Simulating Choroidal Melanoma

Kaitlin A. Patrick, BS, and Carol L. Shields, MD

Evaluating Age-related Macular Degeneration With Ultra-widefield Fundus Autofluorescence

Patterns in the periphery may offer prognostic clues regarding progression.

SriniVas R. Sadda, MD

AMD Risk Alleles Predict Response to Nutritional Supplementation

Genotype-directed nutritional therapy could result in improved outcomes for individuals with moderate AMD.

Tim Donald, Reviewed by Carl C. Awh, MD

Office-Based Temporary Scleral Buckle

New in-office approach to retina reattachment offers potential advantages over existing methods.

Nikolas J.S. London, MD; Paul E. Tornambe, MD, FACS; and Joseph Asilis, MD

Dislocated Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens Management

A new technique using buried-suture and buried-knot transscleral suture fixation without a scleral tunnel or flap.

Steven M. Cohen, MD

Improving Upon the Advantages of Small-gauge Vitreoretinal Surgery

A transparent PMMA cannula and other modifications are proposed for small-gauge vitrectomy instrumentation.

Pradeep Venkatesh, MD, and Yograj Sharma, MD

Step Therapy Undermines Physician Choice of AMD Treatment

Some insurance companies mandate use of less-expensive off-label therapies before approved treatments.

Tarek S. Hassan, MD

Treating DME with Fovea-Friendly Micropulse Laser Therapy

Patrick Caskey, MD

Making the Most of EHR Data

Why you should maintain control of your data and capture more of its economic value.

David F. Williams, MD, MBA; Nicholas G. Anderson, MD; and John Pollack, MD

Thomas Albini, MD

Dr. Albini is an Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami and a member of the Retina Today Editorial Board.