January/February 2014

Two Sides to Every Story

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

ChannelR: A New Video Discussion Website for Retina Specialists

With Kourous A. Rezaei, MD

Medical Update

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

Understanding and Preparing for Audits: CERT, RAC, and ZPIC

Doctors can better prepare for different audits when they understand the differences between them.

George A. Williams, MD

Running a Tight Ship: Pearls for Conducting a Clinical Trial

Aron Shapiro

The Road Ahead: A Primer on the Changing Health Care Landscape

John D. Pitcher III, MD

Surgical Pearls for Implantation of the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis

Marco Mura, MD, and Giulio Bamonte, MD

Experience With 25-gauge Vitrectomy Systems

Advances in small-gauge vitrectomy have improved efficiency and patient outcomes.

Pedro Romero-Aroca, MD, PhD; Marc Baget-Bernaldiz, MD; and Javier Reyes-Torres, MD

Vitreous Hemorrhage as the Initial Sign of Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastasis

Zachary C. Williamson, BA; Sruthi Arepalli, BA; and Carol L. Shields, MD

Controversies in Vitreoretinal Surgery: Is Scleral Buckling an Important Mainstay in the Treatment of Retinal Detachment in 2014?

Gaurav K. Shah, MD; Baseer Ahmad, MD; and Szilárd Kiss, MD

Controversies in Vitreoretinal Surgery: Is Vitrectomy an Appropriate Treatment for DME in 2014?

Tarek S. Hassan, MD and Julia A. Haller, MD

Facedown Positioning is Not Necessary in Idiopathic Macular Hole Repair

Change from current standard of care reduces morbidity and improves patient experience.

Raymond Iezzi, MD, MS

Surgery for Retinal Detachment With Giant Retinal Tears: An Update on Surgical Approaches

Roberto Alejandro Guerra Garcia, MD; Omar Díaz Arencibia, MD; and Frank Eguía Martínez, MD

Panretinal Navigated Laser Photocoagulation for PDR

Ken Y. Lin, MD, PhD, and Stephanie Y. Lu, MD

Multispot Laser Photocoagulation

This laser technology is well tolerated by patients, produces fewer side effects, and is safer than conventional laser photocoagulation.

Sebastien Guigou, MD

Clinically Useful and Cost-effective Mobile Retinal Screening

Veronica Kon Graversen, MD, and Pooja Jani, MD

Fluorescein Angiography and Optical Coherence Tomography Correlation in Various Retinal Diseases

It is important to know the strengths and weaknesses of imaging modalities and their unique uses for diagnosing different retinal diseases.

Jay Chhablani, MD, and Aditya Sudhalkar, MD

Emily Y. Chew, MD

Dr. Chew is the Deputy Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications and the Deputy Clinical Director for the National Eye Institute at the National Institutes of Health.