Main description:

Refractive surgery is eye surgery to improve the refractive state of the eye and reduce or eliminate the need for glasses or contact lenses. The most common type of refractive surgery uses lasers to reshape the curvature of the cornea.

This book is a practical guide to the latest advances in refractive surgery procedures.

Beginning with an introduction to the evolution of refractive surgery, the next section discusses pre-operative workup, patient evaluation, and decision making.

The following sections cover different refractive procedures including corneal ablative, refractive lenticule extraction, lens-based surgeries, enhancements and retreatments, and presbyopia (a condition associated with aging).

The final section covers a selection of miscellaneous topics such as bioptics, collagen cross-linking, intracorneal ring segments, incisional surgery, and challenging scenarios.

Each section is highly illustrated and provides in depth detail on machines and laser platforms, surgical techniques, outcomes, and potential complications and their management.

Key points

Practical guide to latest advances in refractive surgery
Covers numerous different procedures
In depth detail on techniques, outcomes, equipment and complications
Highly illustrated with clinical photographs and figures

Contents:

Historical Perspective

Evolution of Refractive Surgery

Pre-operative Workup and Decision Making

Corneal Wound Healing and Confocal Microscopy
Corneal Topography
Corneal Biomechanics
Aberrometry & Wavefront Analysis
Posterior Segment and Screening
Preoperative Evaluation, Patient Counselling & Decision Making

Corneal Ablative Procedures

Corneal Surface Ablation
Complications of Surface Ablation
Flap-based Corneal Ablative Procedures
Complications of Flap-Based Corneal Ablative Procedures
Customized Ablation

Refractive Lenticule Extraction

Small Refractive Lenticule Extraction
Complications of Refractive Lenticule Extraction

Lens Based Refractive Surgeries

Phakic Intraocular Lenses
Complications of Phakic IOL Implantation

Enhancements and Retreatments

Retreatment after Corneal Ablative Procedures
Retreatment after SMILE

Presbyopia

Overview of Presbyopia Surgeries
Presbyopic LASIK
Corneal Inlays

Miscellaneous

Bioptics
Collagen Cross-Linking and Refractive Surgery
Refractive Surgery in Challenging Scenarios
Intracorneal Ring Segments
Incisional Refractive Surgery