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Surgery With a Shallow Anterior Chamber
Success in these challenging cases depends upon a series of pre- and intraoperative steps.

Evacuating Excimer Laser Plume Smoke
The motivations and means for removing plume smoke.

Cataract Challenge
Unilateral Cataract With History of Trauma

Refractive Challenge
Treating a Decentered PRK Ablation

Keratorefractive Surgery and the Pupil
Where should we center the ablation, and how should we postoperatively evaluate a patient’s optical system?

ASCRS 2003
2003 “Best of Paper Session Winners” in Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Corneal Reinnervation After PRK
Jay Erie, MD, describes the 3-year analysis that provides a system to measure nerve density in human eyes.

Mesopic Visual Function After LASIK
Understanding the effect of pupil size, optical zones, and aberrations.

Retail Pricing in Refractive Surgery, Part II
How discounting has hurt physician providers.

Can an Aspheric IOL Improve Visual Performance?
Comparing the results obtained with three IOLs.

Foreign Body-Induced Corneal Decompensation
A retained IOL fragment necessitates corneal transplantation after a pseudophakic lens exchange.

CK After Cataract Surgery
In an interview with Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today, Louis D. Nichamin, MD, discussed an off-label study that has yielded promising findings for patients with residual hyperopia.

The Art of Customer Service
It begins with “hello” and never really ends.

Should Marketing Take a Summer Vacation?
A marketer’s thoughts on the mystery of reduced summer surgical volume.

Moxifloxacin: The Choice of the New Generation?
A newer-generation fluoroquinolone strengthens ophthalmologists' ability to prevent and treat ocular infectious diseases.

Innovations
A preview of today’s new products

5 Questions
Dr. R. Bruce Grene reflects upon his 20 years as an ophthalmologist and the insights he has gained.