Overview of Refractive Lens Exchange
8 Overview of Refractive Lens Exchange Kristin Neatrour, MD; Lisa Sitterson, MD; and George Waring IV, MD, FACS Compared with corneal-based refractive surgery, lens-based surgery not only offers the advantages…
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Multifocal Intraocular Lenses
9 Multifocal Intraocular Lenses Jay Bansal, MD Multifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs) have more than one focal point, which enables them to correct near and far vision. They traditionally replace the…
Refractive Inlays
6 Refractive Inlays David I. Geffen, OD, FAAO The latest surgical option for presbyopia, corneal inlay implantation, has been available since 2015 in the United States.1 Corneal inlays have several…
Overview of Presbyopia and Its Medical Management
2 Overview of Presbyopia and Its Medical Management Atalie C. Thompson, MD, MPH; Samuel Passi, MD; and Terry Kim, MD The term presbyopia refers to the gradual loss of accommodation…
Marketing Surgical Treatment for Presbyopia
15 Marketing Surgical Treatment for Presbyopia Shareef Mahdavi, BA; Li Jiang, MD; and Ming Wang, MD, PhD America is aging. Four million people become presbyopic each year. By 2017, the…
Accommodating Intraocular Lenses
10 Accommodating Intraocular Lenses David Varssano, MD An accommodating intraocular lens (IOL) is associated with a dynamic increase in dioptric power with an effort to refocus from distance to near…
Ocular sarcoidosis
Overview Sarcoidosis (from the Greek, meaning “tumor-like”) is a systemic inflammatory condition that may affect many organs. Its hallmark is the noncaseating granuloma, a nonspecific but highly suggestive pathologic finding….
Infectious uveitis
Overview Uveitis can be infectious or noninfectious in origin. Although the most common etiology of uveitis is considered to be immune-mediated in developed countries, there remain many cases of uveitis…
Immunologic mechanisms of uveitis
Overview A deeper appreciation of the pathogenic mechanisms underlying uveitis, or intraocular inflammation involving the uveal tract (i.e., iris, ciliary body, choroid), has contributed to our abilities to treat these…
