EyeWorld Asia-Pacific June 2011 Issue

June 2011 EW TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 Feature June 2011 Combined Surgery 7 - 19 Co-morbidities demand different approaches 7 Treatment strategies for patients with more than one ocular issue are not so straightforward by Michelle Dalton Winning combination: Phacoemulsification and DSEK? 12 Phaco and DSEK make a natural combination for cataract patients with conditions such as Fuchs’ dystrophy by Maxine Lipner Glaucoma drainage devices have increasing role in advanced disease 15 For patients with both cataract and glaucoma, new drainage devices may provide a more definitive solution by Jena M. Passut Fixing astigmatism: Toric lens or LRI? 18 Experts weigh in on the better option for combination with cataract surgery by Enette Ngoei Letter from the Editor 3 REFRACTIVE Femtosecond procedures may result in complications 20 Despite high predictability, complications, such as cutting an epithelium-only flap, can still occur by Matt Young Considering femtosecond flap complications 22 Investigators turn their focus on intraoperative complications with femtosecond surgery by Maxine Lipner 7 CATARACT/IOL Preventing PCO 26 ESCRS Ridley Medalist David Spalton, FRCS, discusses current and future methods of PCO prevention by David Spalton, FRCS Dealing with zonular dehiscence 28 Brock K. Bakewell, MD, discusses the approach to the management of loose zonules by Brock K. Bakewell, MD Glaucoma surgery Glaucoma: A global scope 31 A worldwide perspective on this most challenging and exasperating ocular condition by Faith A. Hayden 12 On the lookout for choroidal neovascularization after LASIK 24 Even healthy patients can develop rare complications such as choroidal neovascularization after surgery by Maxine Lipner Stressing over striae 25 How one surgeon handled her longest case of traumatic flap striae by Maxine Lipner 28 29 34 Targeting TASS 29 Questionnaires and site visits reveal causes of TASS by Vanessa Caceres New strategies for glaucoma surgery 34 Blebless procedures and adjuncts to trabeculectomy allow some surgeons to consider surgery earlier in their management strategy by Michelle Dalton Moving beyond the ‘gold standard’ for glaucoma 38 Alternatives to trabeculectomy may be better suited to some patients and particular treatment goals by Rich Daly Energy settings in SLT: How much is enough? 40 SLT is generally considered kinder and gentler to ocular tissue; now surgeons are considering ramping up their energy settings to achieve greater IOP reductions by Tony Realini, MD 35