Refractive Surgery

Amar Agarwal MS FRCS FRCOphth Chairman and Managing Director, Dr Agarwal's Group of Eye Hospitals and Eye Research Center, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• SECTION ONE: BASICS, INSTRUMENTATION AND PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT.1. The History of Refractive Surgery.2. Corneal Topography and the Orbscan3. Anterior Keratoconus4. Posterior Corneal Changes in Refractive Surgery5. Pentacam6. Visante Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography in Evaluation of Patients for Refractive Surgery.7. Corneal Topographers and Wavefront Aberrometers: Complementary Tools.8. Aberrometry and Topography in the Vector Analysis of Refractive Laser Surgery.9. Endothelial Evaluation Role in Refractive Surgery.10. The Importance of a Preoperative Examination in LASIK and PRK.SECTION TWO: SURFACE ABLATIONS11. Excimer Laser: Fundamental Concepts.12. Painless Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK)13. From LASEK to Epi-LASEK14. Advanced Surface Ablation in Thin Corneas15. Phototherapeutic Keratectomy (PTK)SECTION THREE: ABERROPIA.16. Aberropia: A New Refractive Entity17. Differences between Various Aberrometer Systems18. Corneal Wavefront-guided Excimer Laser Surgery.19. Ocular Higher-order Aberration Induced Decrease in Vision: AberropiaSECTION FOUR: LASIK, CUSTOMISED LASIK AND FEMTOSECOND LASER.20. Predictive Formulas for LASIK21. Microkeratomes for LASIK22. Automatic Corneal Shaper23. Care and Handling of Microkeratomes24. LASIK: The Technique25. Down-up LASIK26. Pediatric LASIK.27. Femtosecond Lasers28. Ziemer FEMTO LDV™ Femtosecond Laser29. Presbyopic LASIK30. Presbyopia Correction with Central PresbyLASIK Techniques.31. SBK (Sub-Bowman Keratomileusis): Thin Flap LASIK.(Technique and Enhancement Procedure)32. Topographic and Aberrometer-guided Laser.33. NAVWave: Nidek Technique for Customised Ablation.34. Pearls for Successful Refractive SurgerySECTION FIVE: LENS-BASED REFRACTIVE SURGER Y.35. Mirlex- Bimanual Phaco/Phakonit/MICS: Surgical Technique.36. Microphakonit Cataract Surgery with a 0.7 mm Tip37. Correcting Astigmatism through the Use of Limbal Relaxing Incisions.38. Refractive Cataract Surgery.39. IOL Power Calculation in Standard and Refractive Surgery Cases40. No Anesthesia Cataract/Clear Lens Extraction.41. Phakic IOL42. Posterior Chamber Implantable Collamer Lens ICL and Toric ICL.43. BiopticsSECTION SIX: COMPLICATIONS44. Flap Complications45. Flap Complications and Mitomycin C46. Post-LASIK Iatrogenic Ectasia47. Diffuse Lamellar Keratitis48. Diffuse Lamellar Keratitis: Making the Correct Diagnosis and Preventing Treatment Errors49. Decentered Ablation50. Femtosecond Laser-associated Complications51. Vitreoretinal Complications of Refractive Surgery.SECTION SEVEN: MISCELLANEOUS.52. Conductive Keratoplasty53. Intacs™: Refractive Correction with an Intracorneal Device.54. Surgical Reversal of Presbyopia55. Presbyopic Inlays.56. Use of Platelet-rich Plasma in Ophthalmology and Refractive Surgery.57. General Medicine Diseases and Refractive Surgery.Index