January 2001
Features
Contact Lenses 2000
By: Elise Brisco, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Our yearly snapshot of the contact lens industry, including major events, new products and glimpses into the future.
Mail Order Contact Lenses: A Telephone Survey
By: Michael G. Harris, OD, JD, MS
Calls to a mail order supplier resulted in orders filled without a valid prescription and 60 percent of operators offering advice.
Managing Sunken Corneal Grafts
By: Randall S. Collins, OD, FAAO; Trent J. Tate, OD, FAAO
Post-penetrating keratoplasty corneas with sunken grafts are challenging to fit. Learn the option for fitting this fragile surface.
Disinfection Efficacy of MPS Against Pseudomonas
By: Ruth A. Rosenthal, MS; Cindy L. McAnally, BS; Ralph P. Stone, PhD; Barry A. Schlech, PhD
This multi-purpose solution's disinfecting efficacy was tested against 25 strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Departments
Editor's Perspective
By: Elise Brisco, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Heading into the New Millennium
Prescribing for Presbyopia
By: David W. Hansen, OD, FAAO, (DipCL)
It's time to Minimize Monovision
RGP Insights
By: Edward S. Bennett, OD, MSEd
RGP Bifocal Lenses are Easy as
1-2-3
Discovering Dry Eye
By: Barbara Caffery, OD, MS, FAAO
A Winter Warning for Contact Lens Wearers
Contact Lens Primer
By: Timothy B. Edrington, OD, MS; Elise Brisco, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Rigid Contact Lenses-Why Fit'Em?
Contact Lens Economics
By: Antonio Calossi, DIP OPTOM IT, FAILAC, FBCLA
You Want COntact Lenses with Your Burger?
Readers' Forum
By: Palmer R. Cook, OD
Meeting the .com Challenge
Treatment Plan
By: Timothy McMahon, OD, FAAO
Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis Revistied
Contact Lens Case Reports
By: Patrick J. Caroline, FAAO; Mark P. André, FAAO
A Soft Lens Fit for a Difficult Keratoconus Case