Full Description
Leading ophthalmology experts, together with an international team of refractive surgeons, provide practical, clinically focused coverage of the latest advances in this rapidly changing field. Abundant photographs and line drawings offer step-by-step guidance on a wide range of common refractive procedures, and a DVD-included with the text-uses high-quality surgical video clips to demonstrate a variety of surgical techniques. The book's concise and practical format makes it ideal for reference in the OR.Utilizes a highly accessible approach emphasizing the "hands-on" application of refractive surgery techniques. Presents more than 400 high-quality photographs-350 in full color-that facilitate patient evaluation and technique selection. Addresses initial as well as ongoing management of patients. Includes tables of indications, preferences, hot tips, and management of complications throughout, making guidance quick and easy to access.Features a multi-platform DVD-ROM containing video clips demonstrating common refractive surgical techniques performed by experts figures downloadable to PowerPoint for presentations references linked to PubMed and more. Offers new chapters on variations in surface anatomy/topography and gender differences, as well as age and ethnic differences.With over 75 additional contributing experts.
Contents
I. Introduction1. Terminology, classifications and definitions of refractive surgery2. Corneal wound healing following refractive surgery3. Influence of Wound Healing on Refractive Surgery Revealed Through In Vivo Confocal Microscopy4. Corneal diseases of importance to the refractive surgeon5. Patient evaluation for refractive surgery6. Preoperative Selection of Refractive Surgical ProceduresII. Optics, Topography and Wavefront7. Physiological Optics for Keratorefractive Surgery 8. Corneal topography9. Wavefront analysisIII. Lamellar Refractive Surgery10. LASIK: History and update11. Mechanical and Laser Microkeratomes12. Excimer Lasers13. LASIK strategies in myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism14. Custom LASIK, topography and guided lasers15. LASIK complications and managementIV. PRK, LASEK, and Epi-LASIK16. PRK17. LASEK18. Epi-LASIKV. PTK and Topographically-guided Therapeutic Ablations19. Phototherapeutic keratectomy20. Intralamellar PTK21. Topolink and pachylink22. PachylinkVI. Incisional Refractive Surgery23. Radial keratotomy24. The incisional management of astigmatismVII. Corneal Healing, Corneal Inclusions, Orthokeratology25. Conductive Keratoplasty (CK) 26. LTK and custom LTK27. The intrastromal corneal ring for the correction of myopia and keratoconus28. Intracorneal alloplastic inclusions29. Epikeratoplasty and synthetic epikeratoplasty30. OrthokeratoplastyVIII. Refractive Intraocular Lenses and Phakic IOLs31. Phakic and piggyback IOL power calculations32. Preoperative Evaluation of the Anterior chamber phakic IOLs33. Anterior Phakic IOLs34. Iris-fixated phakic IOLS35. Posterior chamber phakic IOLs36. Complications of Phakic IOLsIX. Presbyopia Surgery37. Scleral expansion and relaxation surgery (scleral surgery)38. Monovision and near vision conductive keratoplasty39. PresbyLASIK40. Multifocal IOLs41. Lens filling procedures42. Accommodating IOLsX. Systemic Associations43. Ocular and systemic associations of ametropia44. Refractive surgery in the patient with ocular diseaseXI. Refractive Surgery after Eye Surgery45. IOL calculations after keratorefractive surgery46. Refractive surgery for postkeratoplasty astigmatism47. Combined sequential refractive surgical procedures
