EyeWorld Asia-Pacific September 2012 Issue

September 2012 6 EWAP TABLE OF CONTENTS P U B L I S H I N G S TA F F Publisher APACRS Charity Wai apacrs@snec.com.sg Donald R. Long don@eyeworld.org APACRS Editorial Kathy Chen kathy.chen@apacrs.org Summer Ng EyeWorld@apacr.org Christine Shimmon Senior Staff Writer Chiles Aedam R. Samaniego ASCRS Editorial Editor Jena Passut Production Graphic Designer Julio Guerrero Production Assistant Daniela Galeano Contributing Editors Vanessa Caceres – Lakeland, Florida Michelle Dalton – Reading, Pennsylvania Rich Daly – Arlington, Virginia Enette Ngoei – Singapore Matt Young – Malaysia September 2012 Volume 8 • No.3 Senior Contributing Editor Maxine Lipner – Nyack, New York Advertising Sales ASCRS Media 4000 Legato Road Suite 700, Fairfax, VA 22033 (1-703) 591-2220 • fax: (1-703) 273-2963 eyeworld@eyeworld.org • www.eyeworld.org Director Donald R. 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EyeWorld Asia-Pacific Chinese Edition (ISSN 1521-7566) is jointly published quarterly by the Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (APACRS), c/o Singapore National Eye Centre, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751, telephone (65) 6322-7469, fax (65) 6327-8630, email apacrs@snec.com.sg; and the Chinese Ophthalmological Society (COS), c/o Chinese Medical Association, 42 Dongsi Xidajie, Beijing 100710, PR China, telephone (86-10) 6524-9989 ext 2456, fax (86-10) 6512-3754. Printed in Beijing, PR China. Editorial Offices : EyeWorld Asia-Pacific Edition: Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (APACRS), c/o Singapore National Eye Centre, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751, telephone (65) 6322-7469, fax (65) 6327-8630, email apacrs@snec.com.sg. 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APACRS Secretariat 11 Third Hospital Avenue Singapore 168751 Fax: (65) 6327 8630 Email: apacrs@snec.com.sg Website: www.apacrs.org KDN number: PPS 1776/07/2013(022955) MICA(P)079/02/2012 SPECIAL UPDATE: GLAUCOMA Using selective laser trabeculoplasty in pseudoexfoliation glaucoma: Pros and cons 43 SLT offers several advantages over argon laser, and that may alter when it’s used in the treatment algorithm by Michelle Dalton The ‘latitude effect’ and pseudoexfoliation glaucoma 45 Hope for patients may lie in the link between genes, environment, and disease development by Faith A. Hayden Is cataract surgery alone enough? 47 EyeWorld talks to the authors of two important papers on lowering IOP with cataract surgery by Enette Ngoei DEVICES At the heart of corneal biomechanics: Tomography and a study group 49 Brazil-based group shines spotlight on technology and methods to prevent ectasia by Matt Young Clarity for KAMRA 51 This small aperture optic for presbyopia is gaining traction around the world by Daniel S. Durrie’ SMILE for laser vision correction 52 Clinical results with this femtosecond laser-based refractive surgery technique by Wang Yan, MD EndoGlide inserter technique for DSAEK surgery 53 Donald Tan, FRCOphth, takes a detailed look at the technique for using the single- use tissue insertion device he helped develop by Donald Tan, FRCOphth PHARMA FOCUS The appeal of fixed glaucoma combinations 55 Dynamic duos: Combination glaucoma agents getting results by Maxine Lipner MEETING REPORTER Milan 2012: The XXX Congress of the ESCRS 57 EyeWorld reports from Milan 2012 44 51 49 47