EyeWorld Asia-Pacific March 2012 Issue

Letter from the Editor 3
Table of contents 4
2012 APACRS-CCS Program Highlights 5
2012 APACRS-CCS Program Highlights 7
What Lies Ahead 8
EyeWorld Asia-Pacific Roundtable: Perfecting cataract surgery with femtosecond lasers 8
Femtosecond lasers take center stage 13
International advantage: Surgeons enjoy more premium IOL options, but still look to the U.S. for innovative ideas 16
Aligning toric IOLs 20
KAMRA corneal inlay: Pinpointing success near and far 24
Implantable telescope gives hope to end-stage AMD patients 26
Cataract/IOL 29
Pursuing invention 29
Will ECCE become a vanished art? 30
Uncovering the mystery of negative dysphotopsia 33
Refractive 36
A fine line of difference between PISK and DLK 36
Reciprocal zonular action 37
Cornea 39
Anxiously awaiting corneal crosslinking 39
Focusing on FLAK: Femtosecond technique compared to PK 40
Special Update: Retina 42
Consider the macula in pre-op cataract patients 42
Retinal ramifi cations on the phaco edge 45
Cataract surgery and diabetic retinopathy 46
Evaluating the risks of retinal detachment in cataract patients 48
Preventing and treating CME 49
Therapy on the anti-VEGF frontier 52
Devices 54
Laser systems for refractive cataract surgery 54
Pharma focus 56
Not just a drop in the phaco bucket 56
News and opinion 57
The software revolution in ophthalmology 57

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