Acknowledgments | p. VII |
Introduction | p. IX |
Contributing Authors | p. X |
From keratomileusis to LASIK | p. 3 |
Preparation for surgery | p. 9 |
Why LASIK? | p. 38 |
Upper limits of LASIK | p. 39 |
Preoperative pachimetry in LASIK | p. 41 |
Intraoperative pachimetry | p. 43 |
Preoperative pupillometry in LASIK | p. 44 |
Training the LASIK surgeon | p. 45 |
LASIK surgical instruments and accessories | p. 47 |
General LASIK surgical technique | p. 61 |
LASIK learning curve | p. 89 |
LASIK with a nasal hinge | p. 93 |
Down-up LASIK with the Hansatome: personal technique | p. 119 |
The Alcon LADARVision Laser and SKBM microkeratome: personal LASIK techniques | p. 151 |
Interface irrigation and flap repositioning in LASIK | p. 159 |
Complications of LASIK | p. 161 |
Thin flaps and buttonholes | p. 224 |
Free caps | p. 226 |
Intraoperative epithelial complications | p. 228 |
Flap displacement | p. 232 |
Managing recurrent epithelial ingrowth | p. 233 |
Microbial keratitis following LASIK | p. 234 |
Infective keratitis in LASIK | p. 238 |
Corneal melting in refractive lamellar surgery | p. 240 |
DLK and other forms of keratitis | p. 242 |
Infectious keratitis after LASIK | p. 247 |
Treating decentered ablations | p. 249 |
Treating eccentric ablations | p. 253 |
LASIK central islands: spontaneous evolution | p. 255 |
Central islands and peninsulas in LASIK | p. 257 |
PTK after LASIK | p. 262 |
Causes of overcorrection | p. 268 |
Differentiating undercorrection, regression and ectasia | p. 269 |
Corneal ectasia following LASIK | p. 271 |
Night glare and halos | p. 275 |
Alteration of the tear film following photoablative refractive surgery | p. 277 |
Confocal in vivo microscopy to image complications of laser in situ keratomileusis | p. 282 |
Postoperative follow-up | p. 289 |
Developing a refractive surgery database and surgical nomogram | p. 294 |
Confocal analysis of the cornea after LASIK: studying anatomy and thickness | p. 298 |
Contact lenses: when and where in LASIK | p. 300 |
Enhancement and LASIK in special cases | p. 303 |
The art of LASIK enhancement | p. 320 |
Recutting a LASIK flap | p. 322 |
LASIK on the flap: corneal sparing LASIK | p. 323 |
Managing small deep eyes and large bulging eyes with LASIK | p. 325 |
Inadequate exposure | p. 327 |
LASIK for patients with decentered pupils | p. 330 |
LASIK and PRK for patients with nystagmus | p. 332 |
LASIK associated dry eye | p. 335 |
LASIK for monovision as a correction of presbyopia | p. 343 |
Presbyopia and laser in situ keratomileusis | p. 345 |
LASIK after phakic IOL implant | p. 347 |
LASIK after previous corneal surgery | p. 349 |
LASIK after previous radial keratomy | p. 357 |
LASIK after penetrating keratoplasty | p. 359 |
LASIK after keratoplasty | p. 361 |
LASIK in PK | p. 371 |
LASIK after epikeratophakia | p. 374 |
ICR following LASIK | p. 375 |
Homoplastic keratoplasties | p. 382 |
PTK and lamellar surgery to treat corneal opacities and scars | p. 386 |
The Excimer Laser | p. 391 |
Eye trackers | p. 429 |
Effective optical zone and visual function | p. 432 |
Ablation zone, pupil diameter, requested correction | p. 433 |
Abnormal pre-operative topography (with Orbscan) and prognosis for surgery | p. 435 |
Optical aberrations of the eye | p. 445 |
Optical aberrations | p. 453 |
Aberrometry and its role in customized ablation | p. 456 |
Variations of the corneal profile and the aberrations induced by the flap in LASIK | p. 462 |
Overview of wavefront sensing and custom ablation platforms | p. 469 |
The Bausch & Lomb Zywave aberrometer: theory, application and results | p. 476 |
Super-vision with LASIK surgery | p. 482 |
Quality of vision after LASIK | p. 484 |
The impact of corneal biomechanics on outcomes in laser refractive surgery | p. 489 |
Biomechanical effect of LASIK flap | p. 492 |
An introduction to wavefront guided refractive surgery: "custom vision" | p. 497 |
Comparing standard LASIK to customized LASIK | p. 508 |
Standard versus customized laser ablation | p. 511 |
Wavefront guided ablations: the Zyoptix System | p. 515 |
Results of Zyoptix wavefront-guided customized ablation in virgin and retreated corneas | p. 521 |
The early results of Zyoptix wavefront correction in normal eyes | p. 527 |
Clinical results with Alcon LADARWave linked to Alcon LADARVision | p. 531 |
Customized corneal ablation (CustomCornea) using LADARVision 4000 system | p. 539 |
The Asclepion-Meditec experience with Wavefront sensing | p. 545 |
Microkeratomes | p. 555 |
Various microkeratomes | p. 588 |
Nidek MK-2000 microkeratome | p. 590 |
The Innovatome microkeratome | p. 591 |
Amadeus microkeratome | p. 593 |
Moria microkeratome complications | p. 595 |
Disposable microkeratomes: the Flapmaker - Steritome | p. 601 |
Carriazo-Barraquer microkeratomes (CB and CB-M2) | p. 603 |
The Moria M2 microkeratome and LASIK technique | p. 611 |
Visx S-3 ActiveTrak laser in situ keratomileusis technique | p. 621 |
LASIK flaps with the femtosecond laser | p. 627 |
Hyperopic LASIK | p. 635 |
Conductive keratoplasty using the Refractec ViewPoint CK System | p. 643 |
Wound healing after hyperopic corneal surgery | p. 645 |
Treatment of astigmatism | p. 655 |
LASIK: treating on the astigmatism axis | p. 666 |
LASIK for mixed astigmatism | p. 668 |
Treatment of hyperopic astigmatism | p. 673 |
Vector planning for customized LASIK treatment incorporating corneal and optical astigmatism parameters | p. 680 |
LASIK correction of irregular astigmatism | p. 685 |
Myopic and hyperopic LASIK enhancements | p. 699 |
LASIK enhancement following other surgical procedures | p. 709 |
Treatment of epithelial ingrowth | p. 717 |
Treatment of flap folds and striae following LASIK | p. 725 |
Striae on the flap | p. 728 |
Prevention and management of corneal flap striae | p. 729 |
Avoiding complications: the physiology and pharmacology of LASIK | p. 731 |
Diffuse lamellar keratitis: recognition and management | p. 745 |
Pearls of my LASIK technique | p. 751 |
Phakic intraocular lenses: current trends and complications | p. 759 |
Posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens implantation and bioptics for extreme refractive errors | p. 777 |
Intracorneal lenses in hyperopia | p. 787 |
LASIK decentration and treatment | p. 793 |
Index | p. 800 |
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