Editor’s Perspectives – April 2018

Cover vol. 15, no. 2, April 2018

Current Resources for Evidence-Based Practice, March/April 2018.

In November, 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) updated recommendations for breast cancer screening. The new guidelines, based on updated review of the evidence, recommend against routine screening mammography for women aged 40-49 in the general population, call for biennial screening mammography in women aged 50-74, and state that the evidence is insufficient to recommend c...

From the Editors: Perspectives on turnaround time.

Retina Surgery Global Perspectives Section Editors

C urrently there is no established standard of care for central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). The conditions that are targeted by current treatments are neovascularization and macular edema. Panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) is accepted as an established treatment for neovascularization, but a consensus has not yet been reached on the indications for and timing of the procedure. Recent large-s...

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