Surgery

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ADA 2009: Bariatric surgery for type 2 diabetes: Reaching too far?

Although bariatric surgery is becoming an increasingly accepted option to reverse type 2 diabetes, lifestyle interventions, including smoking cessation, improved nutrition, and increased physical activity, coupled with appropriate pharmacotherapy, remain the mainstays for the management of type 2 diabetes.

LATEST ARTICLES

Dexamethasone: Data show implant improves vision in patients with RVO

New data from phase III clinical trials of dexamethasone 0.7 mg intravitreal implant reaffirm that this novel pharmacotherapeutic intervention is well-tolerated and effectively improves vision in patients with macular edema secondary to a branch or central retinal vein occlusion.

New Product Focus: Platform yields optical quality

New state-of-the-art wide-angle fundus imaging system offers vitreoretinal surgeons advantages of optical quality and improved workflow efficiency.

Laser enables fast ablation; increases safety, efficacy

New excimer laser affords a safe, controllable, efficient procedure.

Novel analytic model gauges progression

A novel analytic model, the Markov model, allows ophthalmologists to gauge the probability of progression of glaucoma in their patients over time simply by knowing their current mean deviation value.

From bedside to bench

Selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) is effective in lowering IOP in patients with glaucoma, but in combination with certain topical therapies, SLT may be less effective in lowering IOP.