DESCRIPTION:
The diversity of procedures that characterize modern refractive surgery makes it, both for the beginner and the experienced surgeon, necessary to have well established guidelines to face refractive complications. This lavishly illustrated guide is written by international opinion leaders with extensive experience in the practice of refractive surgery. It offers the reader practical pearls to the solution and prevention of the different complications of corneal and refractive surgery.
This book provides ophthalmic surgeons with appropriate solutions for the most frequent problems they would face in their daily practice.
Surgical complications are described and illustrated from their pathogenesis to various treatment modalities. Complications covered include: Intraoperative complications (e.g. those encountered during femtosecond laser, SMILE and LASIK, corneal refractive surgery, refractive lens exchange, and intraocular refractive procedures) early post-operative complications and late post-operative complications.
CONTENTS:
1. Refractive Surgery Outcomes and Frequency of Complications
2. Influence of Refractive Surgery Complications on Quality of Life
3. Thin, Irregular, Buttonhole Flaps
4. Intraoperative Flap Complications in LASIK: Prevention and Management of Free Flaps
5. Management of the Distorted Flap
6. Scarring
7. Infections After Refractive Surgery
8. Diffuse Lamellar Keratitis (DLK)
9. Pressure-Induced Interlamellar Stromal Keratitis and Persistent Epithelial Defect (PED) Masquerade Syndrome
10. Prevention and Management of Flap Striae After LASIK
11. Marginal Sterile Corneal Infiltrates After LASIK and Corneal Procedures
12. Melting
13. Dry Eye
14. Post-LASIK Corneal Dysesthesia
15. Epithelial Ingrowth
16. Corneal Ectasia
17. Ptosis
18. Refractive Miscalculation with Refractive Surprise: Sphere
19. Astigmatism Surprise After Refractive Surgery
20. Causes of Higher-Order Aberrations Induction in Excimer Laser Surgery
21. Night Vision Disturbances Following Refractive Surgery: Causes, Prevention, and Treatment
22. Decentration
23. Corneal Irregularity Following Refractive Surgery: Causes and Therapeutic Approaches
24. Optic Neuropathy and Retinal Complications After Refractive Surgery
25. Effect of Refractive Surgery on Strabismus and Binocular Vision
26. Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) Complications
27. Complications Related to Femtosecond Laser-Assisted LASIK
28. Complications of Laser Epithelial Keratomileusis (LASEK)
29. Corneal Haze After Refractive Surgery
30. Complications of Anterior Chamber Angle-Supported Phakic Intraocular Lenses: Prevention and Treatment
31. Complications of Iris-Supported Phakic IOLs
32. Complications of Posterior Chamber Phakic IOLs
33. Retinal Detachment
34. Refractive Lens Exchange and Choroidal Neovascularisation
35. Complications of Multifocal Intraocular Lenses
36. Refractive Surprise After Cataract Following Corneal Refractive Surgery
37. Complications of Refractive Keratotomy
38. Management Complications of Intracorneal Ring Segment Implantation
39. Corneal Inlays: Complications
40. Complications of Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking
