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Analysis of: Intravitreal Bevacizumab for the Management of Choroidal Neovascularization in Age-related Macular Degeneration. (www.ajo.com)
While the authors caution that further studies are required to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Avastin, it is clear that there is a huge interest in this therapy for macular degenration due to its apparent effectivity and relative low cost in relation to other similar anti vgef therapies. ...
Analysis of: Costs of Refractive Correction of Distance Vision Impairment in the United States, 1999–2002 (www.ophsource.org)
It is interesting to see that the government is analyzing the cost of correcting refractive errors in the USA across the entire population. While the military considers it cost effective and safe to offer refractive surgery to a large percentage of its active recruits at a minimal expense to the patient,...
Analysis of: Hormone therapy and age-related macular degeneration: the Women's Health Initiative Sight Exam Study. (archopht.ama-assn.org)
This study demonstrates that many labs are working on finding other new methods to treat earlier forms of macular degeneration before it progresses to the wet form.  The use of hormone replacement, already a common practice since years, may also show to be useful for management of macular dege...
Analysis of: Intravitreal triamcinolone for refractory diabetic macular edema: two-year results of a double-masked, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
This study shows that other NON-anti VGEF medicines continue to have a role in treating macular swelling and will not likely be completely abandoned in favor of the more expensive options now available.  Given its likely affectivity as an adjunct or possible replacement for many patients, and its...
Sanjay Rao, MD, Medical Director
Sanjay Rao, MD, Medical Director
Lakeside Eye Clinic
Analysis of: Better PK results forseen with custom overlapping incision shapes (www.ophthalmologytimes.com)
This article describes early experience with Intralase enabled keratoplasty.  Conventional keratoplasty, or corneal transplantation, is performed using specialized blades called trephines.  These blades are limited in that they can produce only a single type of cut.  Intralase enabled...
Vincent de Luise, MD, Head of Cornea Service
Vincent de Luise, MD, Head of Cornea Service
Opticare Eye Health Center P.C.
Analysis of: Pfizer to Cut Its U.S. Sales Force by 20% (www.nytimes.com)
What is the effect of downsizing sales representatives on drug sales for Pfizer?  
Sanjay Rao, MD, Medical Director
Sanjay Rao, MD, Medical Director
Lakeside Eye Clinic
Analysis of: Multifocal IOL provides high-quality vision for patients (www.ophthalmologytimes.com)
This article describes the experience of 3 European surgeons with the Tecnis multifocal intraocular lens.  Currently, the only two FDA approved multifocal lenses in the U.S. are Alcon's Restor and AMO's Rezoom.  The Tecnis multifocal is unique among current multifocal options in that it incorporates...
Sanjay Rao, MD, Medical Director
Sanjay Rao, MD, Medical Director
Lakeside Eye Clinic
Analysis of: Femtosecond laser technology enhances corneal grafting (www.OSNSuperSite.com)
This article describes how the Intralase laser can be used to perform corneal transplantation.  The Intralase femtosecond laser has traditionally been utilized to create a corneal flap in the LASIK procedure.  This article describes the experience of a team of Italian corneal surgeons utilizing...

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