Daily Audio Coverage of the 2008 ASCRS Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois
PRE-SHOW PODCAST: Ophthalmology Times Group Editor Mark Dlugoss provides an overview of the meeting.
Also, Megan Gaus, marketing intelligence manager of the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau, shares a few tips to make your visit to the Windy City fun and interesting.
DAY ONE: Allan R. Slomovic, MD, shares recent developments in the management of pterygium, and Francis Mah, MD, discusses new and emerging anti-infectives.
Also, Garry P. Condon, MD, talks about a potential way to improve on trabeculectomy, Robert S. Feder, MD, speaks about when cultures are helpful in treating corneal ulcers, and Michael B. Raizman, MD, relays the role of anti-inflammatories in acute infectious disease.
DAY TWO: Kevin M. Miller, MD, discusses an approach that can help cataract surgeons simplify the way they offer deluxe IOLs to their patients.
Also, Joshua C. Teichman, MD, talks about visual outcomes and complications related to scleral-sutured and iris-sutured repositioning of dislocated IOLs, and Daniel Z. Reinstein, MD, relays results of a recent study that may mean that ophthalmic surgeons can perform LASIK in eyes that previously would have been excluded as candidates for the procedure.
DAY THREE: Ella G. Faktorovich, MD, relays results of a recent study aimed at identifying risk factors for symptomatic binocular vision disorders related to the procedure and also discusses the methods and effectiveness of vision therapy in these patients.
Also, Daniel S. Durrie, MD, talks about how the results of sub-bowman keratomileusis compare with those of advanced surface ablation, and Randall J. Olson, MD, speaks about the performance of the fluidics systems of newer generation phacoemulsification machines, as well as potential safety concerns related to the technology.
Additionally, Steven C. Schallhorn, MD, discusses the process that NASA went through to approve LASIK for use on U.S. astronauts.
DAY FOUR:
Philip C. Roholt, MD, discusses a new technique of peripheral bed epithelial removal that could reduce the incidence of epithelial ingrowth after LASIK enhancement, and Richard B. Packard, MD, discusses perioperative measures that can reduce the incidence of endophthalmitis to minute numbers, even in high-volume hospitals and regardless of the skill level of the surgeons involved.
Also, Simon P. Holland, MD, talks about the association between surgical gloves and toxic anterior segment syndrome, and Suzanna Airiani, MD, relays a technique that could provide ophthalmologists with increased control during surgery to treat pediatric traumatic cataract.
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