October 23, 2003

Researchers Conclude Moria M2 is Better Than Hansatome and ACS Microkeratomes

Quality assessment model of 3 different microkeratomes through confocal microscopy Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2004; 30:1300–1309. 2004 ASCRS and ESCRS Jaime Javaloy, MD, PhD, Marı´a T. Vidal, MD, Antonio Quinto, OA, Victoria de Rojas, MD, PhD, Jorge L. Alio´, MD, PhD Purpose: To study the quality of the cut created by 3 microkeratomes from 2 different generations using corneal confocal microscopy. Setting: Department of Refractive Surgery, Instituto Oftalmolo´ gico de Alicante, Alicante, Spain. Methods: Two different studies were...
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October 01, 2003

A Profession of Clamoring Scum and Anonymous Splendor

by Mark Johnson, M.D., F.A.C.S. To be a professional is different from just having a job or even from doing your job well. This distinction has been lost and blurred during recent decades. Workers want to claim to be professionals, as a mark of excellence and ability. Professionals want to claim to be no more than businessmen and capitalists, and escape obligation to standards and goals more lofty than the pursuit of the almighty American dollar. The classic professions: Law,...
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