April 2014

Scanning the Horizon of Treatments for DME

Allen C. Ho, MD, and Robert L. Avery, MD

A Bittersweet Sign Off

Rachel Renshaw, Editor-in-Chief

MEDICAL UPDATE

A summary of general medical news that affects your patients, your practice, and you.

Can the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Stand Without its Architects?

Four years have passed from the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and some key members of Congress are stepping down in 2014.

Jeffrey J. Kimbell and Kenneth L. Hodge

Investigating Treatment Options for Diabetic Macular Edema

Aron Shapiro with Michael Tolentino, MD, and Edward Quinlan, MD

Looking Back and Forward: Where Retina Has Been and Where it Might Go

As fellows complete their programs, it is important to contextualize their present situation.

Christopher J. Brady, MD; with William E. Benson, MD, FACS; Jay Federman, MD; and David H. Fischer, MD

Complicated Coding Issues in Combined Lens and Retina Surgery

Riva Lee Asbell

Bubble Wrap Retinopathy

An adolescent patient with a history of high myopia and prior retinal detachment has an acute retinal detachment with macrocysts in the fellow eye.

Gwen Cousins, MD; Stanislav Zhuk, MD; and Roy Arogyasami, MD

Diagnosis and Treatment of Myopic Maculopathy

Timothy Y. Y. Lai, MD, FRCS, FRCOphth

Interaction, Innovation Set VBS 2.0 Apart

With Thomas A. Albini, MD; Audina M. Berrocal, MD; and R. Ross Lakhanpal, MD, FACS

Peripheral Exudative Hemorrhagic Chorioretinopathy Simulating Choroidal Melanoma

Naryan S. Sabherwal, BS; Chris J. Lin, BA; and Carol L. Shields, MD

Status of Sustained-release Steroids for Diabetic Macular Edema

With David S. Boyer, MD

Using Aflibercept to Treat Diabetic Macular Edema

Drug shown to be safe and effective in VIVID and VISTA trials.

Diana V. Do, MD

Developments in the Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema

A review of current research involving therapeutic options in the pipeline.

With Quan Dong Nguyen, MD, MSc

Treatments for Retinal Vein Occlusion: A Review of Recent Developments

Lihteh Wu, MD

A Minimalist Approach to Surgery for Diabetic Retinal Detachment

New tools allow evolution of surgical techniques.

Marí,a H. Berrocal, MD

Multispot and Multiwavelength Lasers for Diabetic Retinopathy

Advanced laser technology allows less damaging, more efficient treatment delivery.

Manish Nagpal, MS, DO, FRCS; Chaitanya Shukla, DNB; and Kartikey Kothari, MS

Management of Diabetic Macular Edema in the UK National Health Service

Sahar Al-Husainy, MBChB, FRCS(Ed), MRCOphth, and Jonathan M. Gibson, MB, BS, MD, FRCS(Ed), FRCOphth

Optimizing Treatment for Diabetic Macular Edema With Laser

Combination therapy can enhance the effects of anti-VEGF agents.

Rahul N. Khurana, MD

5Q With Charles C. Wykoff, MD, PhD

Dr. Wykoff is a member of Retina Consultants of Houston and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.

With Charles C. Wykoff, MD, PhD