EyeWorld Asia-Pacific September 2012 Issue

Letter from the Editor 3
Table of contents 4
Refractive 8
Managing post-keratoplasty vision 8
Addressing the post-RK hyperopic shift 10
When patients strike an unhappy pose 12
Doubling up 18
Cataract/IOL 20
Japan’s view on cataract surgery: Combine it with vitrectomy 20
Trumping endothelial fate 22
Bag-in-the-lens technique goes toric 24
New computer-based simulation technology allows users to safely practice phaco cataract surgery in real-world scenarios 26
Phaco with weak zonules: Part 1 27
Phaco with weak zonules: Part 2 31
Refractive 33
Tools for aligning toric IOLs 33
Crosslinking and LASIK: Prophylaxis of the future 36
A refractive surgery case study 38
Retina 40
Expanding indications for the use of anti-VEGF drugs 40
Using OCT to diagnose retinal disorders 41
SPECIAL UPDATE: Glaucoma 43
Using selective laser trabeculoplasty in pseudoexfoliation glaucoma: Pros and cons 43
The ‘latitude effect’ and pseudoexfoliation glaucoma 45
Is cataract surgery alone enough? 47
Devices 49
At the heart of corneal biomechanics: Tomography and a study group 49
Clarity for KAMRA 51
SMILE for laser vision correction 52
EndoGlide inserter technique for DSAEK surgery 53
Pharma focus 55
The appeal of fixed glaucoma combinations 55
News and opinion 57
Milan 2012: The XXX Congress of the ESCRS 57

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