Glaucoma Pipeline: A View Into Ongoing Innovation
From new pharmaceuticals to novel procedures addressing resistance, the 2022 Glaucoma Pipeline Poster provides an inside look at what’s next in glaucoma care.
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The Effectiveness Of Simulation-Based Training For Manual Small-Incision Cataract Surgery
On Clinical Minute, Jeff Pettey, MD, MBA, sits down with Neda Shamie, MD, to discuss a multicenter, investigator-masked, randomized clinical trial designed to determine the effectiveness of a novel simulation-based training curriculum for scleral tunnel construction in manual small-incision cataract surgery. How did it compare with traditional training?
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‘Survey Says’ With I. Paul Singh, Md
Introducing “Survey Says” With I. Paul Singh, MD. In this special edition of GT: The Podcast, Dr. Singh presents real cases from his practice and asks both the GT audience and his episode guests to weigh in on their preferred management approach. In the first episode, Joseph F. Panarelli, MD, and Sahar Bedrood, MD, PhD, share their insights into two surgical glaucoma cases. Did the social media polling results match up with the approaches suggested by Drs. Panarelli and Bedrood? Stay tuned for more audience polls and episodes of “Survey Says” With I. Paul Singh, MD, on GT: The Podcast.
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Glaucoma Research Foundation: Catalyst For A Cure Research Update
“In one experiment, the team used CRISPR DNA-sequencing technology to identify factors that play a role in the death of RGCs. Another experiment found evidence that manipulating a protein called SARM1 offers some protection of both RGCs and axons. Future experiments will test whether cells preserved this way are able to re-form working synapses.”
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Compassionate Care
“I described to the patient and her family the challenges we faced. As gently as I could, I outlined the standards that could be violated if we proceeded with surgery, and I explained the complications that could occur. I then asked the patient why, with so little of her life remaining, she would choose to spend any of it undergoing and recovering from eye surgery.
The patient answered, ‘All I have left now is my family. … I hear their voices. I feel their arms around me, but I can’t see them. … I don’t want to get you in trouble. We will all understand if you say it can’t be done, but it would be the best gift to be able to see my family for as long as I am still here.’”
—Darrell E. White, MD; “Cataract Surgery on a Terminally Ill Patient in Hospice,” Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today March 2022
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