of cataract surgery are worse than we would like them to be. Community-based studies show that up to 40% of eyes have a postoperative presenting vision of <6/60. 1 Eyes with intraocular lenses (IOLs) do better; however, it has been shown that even in prosperous middle-income countries, such as Venezuela, in 20% of pseudophakic eyes presenting vision was <6/60 and in 15% best corrected vision wa...

Hiroshi Murata, Linda M. Zangwill, Yuri Fujino, Masato Matsuura, Atsuya Miki, Kazunori Hirasawa, Masaki Tanito, Shiro Mizoue, Kazuhiko Mori, Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Takehiro Yamashita, Kenji Kashiwagi, Nobuyuki Shoji, and Ryo Asaoka Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan Shiley Eye Institute Hamilton Glaucoma Center, University of California, San D...

Authors Hans E. Grossniklaus MD, MBA, FCAP* Departments of Ophthalmology and Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia Paul T. Finger MD Department of Ophthalmology, The New York Eye Cancer Center, New York, New York J. William Harbour MD Department of Ophthalmology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Tero Kivëla MD Departments of Ophthalmology ...

1. ACGME Outcome Project. General competencies. Available at: http://www.acgme.org/outcome/comp/compFull.asp. Accessed October 10, 2005. 2. Cremers SL, Ciolino JB, Ferrufino-Ponce ZK, Henderson BA. Objective Assessment of Skills in Intraocular Surgery (OASIS). Ophthalmology 2005;112:1236–41. 3. Cremers SL, Lora AN, Ferrufino-Ponce ZK. Global Rating Assessment of Skills in Intraocular Surgery (G...

SIR,-In the light of the article by Messrs D A K Watters and A C Bayley (26 September, p 761) I am concerned at the increasing irrelevance ofsome modern ophthalmic techniques for doctors training in Britain who intend to return to Africa and other countries. Now, even the ancient art of cataract extraction has become high tech. In 1949 at St Thomas's Harold Ridley was the first to replace the c...

Learning disabilities constitute a diverse group of disorders in which children who generally possess at least average intelligence have problems processing information or generating output. Their etiologies are multifactorial and reflect genetic influences and dysfunction of brain systems. Reading disability, or dyslexia, is the most common learning disability. It is a receptive language-based...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate surgical experience among current doctors appointed into ophthalmology training posts since the introduction of the Modernising Medical Careers programme. Additionally, to identify regional variations in surgical experience and training programme delivery. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey. SETTING The UK's four largest deaneries (Schools of Ophthalmology). PARTICIPAN...

1. Chairman and Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology, Shiley Eye Institute and Hamilton Glaucoma Center and Department of Ophthalmology, UC San Diego, California, US; 2. Professor of Ophthalmology, West Virginia University, West Virginia, US; 3. Grace and Emery Beardsley Professor and Chair, USC Department of Ophthalmology; Director, USC Roski Eye Institute, Associate Dean for Strategic Pla...