EyeNet Magazine, January, 2010


	January 2010
	Feature

	•	Avastin: New Hopes and Hesitations

	Clinical Insights

	•	Repair of Bilateral Upper Eyelid Colobomas in Infants

	•	Sleep Disorders in Blind Patients: News From the Lab, for the Clinic

	•	A Post-DSAEK Danger: Epithelial Downgrowth

	•	The Implantable Miniature Telescope, Part One: The Device and the Surgery

	Clinical Challenges

	•	Morning Rounds: What's Your Diagnosis?

	•	Blink Mystery Image



	News


	•	Journal Highlights
	•	News in Review
	•	Academy Notebook
	•	Products & Services

	Practice Management


	•	The Office of Inspector General’s Antifraud Campaign for 2010
	•	Informed Consent, Part Two: The Physician-Patient Dialogue

	Opinions

	•	Trust: Will You Muse With Me About It?
	•	Letters

Physician leaders from EyeNet's editorial board were busy blogging during last year's Joint Meeting in San Francisco. Be sure to check out www.eyenetmagazine.org/blog to read about the buzz.

NEW TO EYENET MAGAZINE:
Academy members can now use the commenting feature located at the bottom of each EyeNet story to share thoughts about a particular topic and see what their colleagues have to say.

Avastin: New Hopes and Hesitations

This drug has inspired scores of new uses, along with a few qualms. Six ophthalmologists offer their own particular enthusiasms and concerns for Avastin. To read more, click here.

Ophthalmic Pearls

Repair of Bilateral Upper Eyelid Colobomas in Infants
Learn a clever technique for a tricky procedure, from the preoperative planning to the specifics of the surgery and postop care. To read the article in its entirety, click here.

Hit the play button above for Dr. Charles B. Slonim's demonstration of a bilateral upper eyelid coloboma repair in an infant.

Blink

Mystery Image
What do you see?

Clinical Update

A Post-DSAEK Danger
Some corneal transplant surgeons are reporting sporadic cases of epithelial downgrowth after DSAEK. (more)

Morning Rounds

The Bitter Taste of Whiplash
After his car accident, the teen underwent a CT, which was negative. But his mother worried that his left eye seemed "sunken in." What's your diagnosis?. (more)

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