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Dry eye a constantly changing landscape

Dry eye disease affects millions of people worldwide and with that has come a recent greater awareness among patients that it is indeed a problem. As the recognition of the magnitude of dry eye is changing, so too has knowledge of its pathogenesis, the technology facilitating diagnosis, and the drugs that are becoming available to treat it. General ophthalmologists will be increasingly challenged to learn more about the disease and the best ways to treat individual patients.
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Decentered and subluxed IOLs need not be intimidating

Although advancements in IOL designs and management of intraoperative zonular weakness with capsular tension rings have improved our ability to remove cataracts and implant IOLs within the capsular bag successfully, IOL subluxation is still an occasional problem in some patients. Management of these cases may be intimidating but can be easily addressed with a few important principles and simple skills.
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What does 'bimanual' surgery really mean?

Reduction of incision size represents only one of many advantages. The crucial difference is not the size of the incision; it is the separation of inflow and outflow.
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How to choose the best visual field testing strategy for neuro-ophthalmic patients

Visual field testing is a critical part of the neuro-ophthalmic exam and is mandatory for the complete evaluation of unexplained visual loss. The absence of any visual field defect in conjunction with the lack of a relative afferent pupillary defect is strong evidence against an optic neuropathy in a patient complaining of blurry vision.
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Investigations continue into the genetic influences of AMD

The complement factor H gene was recently identified by four separate groups as associated with the risk of the development of AMD.
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