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This site offers useful information on keratoconus
September 2003
viewpoint
By: Paul S. Koch, M.D.
Can't Get This Stuff at Blockbuster
September 2003
guest editorial
By: Roger W. Martin
Thank You to the Foot Soldiers in Our Glaucoma Awareness Crusade
September 2003
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The latest news
September 2003
street sense - The Collapse in Stocks Left Scars
By: Jerry Helzner, Senior Editor
The financial fallout from the 2000-2002 market will produce distress for years to come.
September 2003
asc management - Our ASC Is Up and Running
By: Larry E. Patterson, M.D.; Ray Mays
We determine the proper staffing level, make our hires, and learn to operate at peak efficiency.
September 2003
instrument insider
By: Y. Ralph Chu, M.D.
Buratto LASIK Forceps (Katena Products, Inc.)
September 2003
rx perspective - Refractive Surgery Prophylaxis
By: Terry Kim, M.D.
New options in fluoroquinolones spark a fresh, and ongoing, body of research to be evaluated.
September 2003
contact lens business - Cosmetic Lenses and Teens
By: Christopher Kent, Senior Associate Editor
Plenty of outlets still sell these lenses "No prescription needed!" Here's what you can do about it.
September 2003
Custom LASIK: How Big Will It Get?
By: Jerry Helzner, Senior Editor
Surgeons report that the percentage of patients choosing this option is exceeding expectations.
September 2003
LASIK and Ocular Allergy
By: Louis Pilla
A growing number of refractive surgeons are taking into account the possible effects on outcomes.
September 2003
Who Says Internet Ads Don't Work?
By: Tariq Qamar, M.D.
If you've marketed LASIK on the Web without success, consider this advice.
September 2003
Microkeratomes vs. the Femtosecond Laser
By: Christopher Kent, Senior Associate Editor
A discussion of the performance and economic issues.
September 2003
Make Interest-Free Financing Work For You
By: Jim Brocato
Zero-percent financing turns prospects into refractive surgery patients.
September 2003
CK: A One-Year Retrospective
By: Glenn H. Strauss, M.D.
What I've learned after performing more than 600 conductive keratoplasty procedures.
September 2003
Practice-Building with the Array
By: Tom M. Coffman, M.D.
Thanks in part to its effect on presbyopia, the multifocal IOL has done a lot for this practice.
September 2003
Aspheric Ablations Look Promising
By: Manoj Motwani, M.D.
A U.S. surgeon gains experience with a new technique.
September 2003
What E-MAIL Can Add to Your Practice
By: William B. Rabourn
When used appropriately, e-mail can be a productive patient communication tool.
September 2003
Verteporfin Therapy: Comparing Data
By: Peter Kaiser, M.D.
A new Web-based tool lets you view and compare your success rate to that of other practices.communication tool.
September 2003
spotlight on technology & technique - Solid State Revisited
By: Christopher Kent, Senior Associate Editor
The world's first totally solid-state laser cavity extends laser life and shortens refire time dramatically.
September 2003
Marketplace
Focus on Glaucoma Medications
September 2003
stat tracker
Trends in Refractive Surgery: The 2002 ISRS Survey
September 2003
Compliance with Glaucoma Therapy: An Overview
By: Henry D. Jampel, M.D., M.H.S.
Here's what the literature reveals.
September 2003
Techniques for Improving Compliance
By: George L. Spaeth, M.D.
After identifying seven reasons why patients don't take their glaucoma medications -- or don't take them correctly -- this physician developed a plan of action.
September 2003
Choosing an Effective Treatment to Enhance Compliance
By: Howard Barnebey, M.D.
Glaucoma therapy can only be effective when patients follow the prescribed regimen.
September 2003
Choosing the Best Treatment for Your Dry Eye Patients
By: Calvin Roberts, M.D.
Follow these steps to identify and effectively treat every patient enduring this progressive condition.
September 2003
Shifting Paradigms: New Therapies for Dry Eye
By: Robert J. Noecker, M.D., M.B.A.; Lisa Herrygers, M.D.
Your first-line treatment may still be artificial tears, but new options may influence your next steps.
September 2003
Tackling the Challenge of Classifying Dry Eye
By: Milton M. Hom, O.D., F.A.A.O.
An effective treatment plan depends on an accurate assessment. Here's a tool that can help.
September 2003
Managing Contact Lens-Induced Dry Eye
Here's what you can do to diminish your patients' symptoms so they can continue wearing their lenses comfortably.
September 2003
Special Post-ASCRS Report - The Benefits of WhiteStar™ Cold Phaco in Cataract Surgery
By: Randall J. Olson, M.D.
Followability and wound burn advantages are just two attractions of this technology.
September 2003
Hypotensive Lipids: Advancing the Treatment of Glaucoma
By: Louis B. Cantor, M.D.
Offering increased efficacy, better safety and greater convenience, hypotensive lipids are becoming increasingly popular for initial glaucoma treatment.
September 2003
Special Post-ASCRS Report: Taking the Challenge Out of Small Pupil Cases
By: Mark Packer, M.D., F.A.C.S.
The BD Perfect Pupil* makes difficult cataract cases easy.
September 2003
Special Post-ASCRS Report: Putting Pupil Measurement Front and Center
By: James Salz, M.D.
Find out how the NeurOptics Pupillometer works and how it compares to similar devices.
September 2003
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