Full Description
This book will serve first as a review of latest technology and refractive surgical procedures. The book follows a case-based approach with respective management and learning points. It serves as a visual reference encompassing not only common but also rare complications of refractive surgery. Each chapter discusses a different pathologic entity, including a summary of the most recent updates (pathophysiology, presentations, risk factors, preventions, and management) followed by pictures showing these pathologies. Pictures are combined into cases that include patient history, clinical description of the pictures, management and leaning points. The end of each chapter includes take home messages that summarizes the leaning aspects of the aforementioned cases.
Refractive Surgery Atlas is a must-have resource for all cornea and refractive surgery specialists as well as medical students, ophthalmology residents, and fellows in cornea and refractive surgery.
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Surgical Techniques.- Chapter 3. Flap Related Complications.- Chapter 4. Gas Related Events in LASIK.- Chapter 5. Flap Striae.- Chapter 6. Epithelial Disease in Refractive Surgery.- Chapter 7. Epithelial Ingrowth.- Chapter 8. Corneal Haze.- Chapter 9. Infectious Keratitis.- Chapter 10. Non-infectious Keratitis.- Chapter 11. Diffuse Lamellar Keratitis.- Chapter 12. Miscellaneous Refractive Surgery Complications.- Chapter 13. Complications of SMILE Surgery.- Chapter 14. Corneal Implants.- Chapter 15. Phakic Intraocular Lens Implants.- Chapter 16. Incisional Surgeries.- Chapter 17. Topographic and Tomographic Abnormalities.- Chapter 18. Ectasia after Small-Incision Lenticule Extraction: Management and Lessons Learned (Black-Box Thinking).
