Main description:

This illustrated guide is written by international opinion leaders with extensive experience in the practice of refractive surgery. It is the first book devoted to refractive complications (with practical hints and case reports on outcomes) to provide ophthalmic surgeons with the most adequate solutions for the most frequent problems. All complications are described and lavishly illustrated. The book provides ophthalmic surgeons with the most adequate solutions for the most frequent problems they face in their daily practice.

Contents:

Refractive Surgery Outcomes and Frequency of Complications.- Influence of Refractive Surgery Complications on Quality of Life.- LASIK: Intraoperative (Flap) Complications.- LASIK: Early Postoperative Complications.- LASIK: Late Postoperative Complications.- Refractive Miscalculation with Refractive Surprise.- Optical Aberrations.- Optic Neuropathy and Retinal Complications after Refractive Surgery.- Femtosecond Laser.- Corneal Haze after Refractive Surgery.- Complications of LASEK.- Complications of Refractive Keratotomy.- Phakic Intraocular Lens Complications.- Complications of Refractive Lens Exchange.- Complications of Radial Keratotomy and Conductive Keratoplasty.- Complications of Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments.- Corneal Inlays (Synthetic Keratophakia).- The Patient.- Peer-Reviewed Literature.- Epilog: Preventing Complications in Refractive Surgery - Present and Future.- Optical Aberrations.