LASIK: The Evolution of Refractive Surgery takes you on a journey through the latest in laser and wavefront technology, as well as the most recent surgical procedures that include various complex cases, complications, and management.

Dr. Lucio Buratto is joined by Drs. Stephen Slade and Marco Tavolato, along with a team of 23 world-renowned surgeons, to produce a complete book specifically designed to improve the patient's quality of vision with LASIK.

All surgeons will benefit from the format in which basic surgical procedures are explained, as well as embracing the latest information available such as advanced laser procedures with ablations, femtosecond lasers, and excimers.

With more than 250 color illustrations demonstrating the various procedures and concepts, the book will help ophthalmologists develop a more thorough understanding of LASIK.

LASIK: The Evolution of Refractive Surgery is perfect for the surgeon interested in learning the concepts, developing the skills, and preparing for the surgical procedure. LASIK: The Evolution of Refractive Surgery contains a detailed description of the basic technique of LASIK and the special techniques devised by Dr. Lucio Buratto, Dr. Slade, Dr. Tavolato, and a group of highly acclaimed international surgeons experienced with encountering standard and unusual circumstances.

Contents

Part I

Chapter 1: A History of Refractive Surgery

Lucio Buratto, MD; Stephen G. Slade, MD, FACS; and Marco Tavolato, MD

Chapter 2: The Preoperative Visit

Lucio Buratto, MD; Stephen G. Slade, MD, FACS; and Marco Tavolato, MD

Chapter 3: The Excimer Laser

Lucio Buratto, MD; Stephen G. Slade, MD, FACS; and Marco Tavolato, MD

Chapter 4: The Femtosecond Laser

Lucio Buratto, MD; Stephen G. Slade, MD, FACS; and Marco Tavolato, MD

Chapter 5: Outpatient LASIK Procedures

Lucio Buratto, MD; Stephen G. Slade, MD, FACS; and Marco Tavolato, MD

Chapter 6: Complications

Lucio Buratto, MD; Stephen G. Slade, MD, FACS; and Marco Tavolato, MD

Chapter 7: Indications for LASIK With the Microkeratome

Lucio Buratto, MD; Stephen G. Slade, MD, FACS; and Marco Tavolato, MD

Part II

Chapter 8: Wavefront-Guided LASIK Procedure

Steve Schallhorn, MD

Chapter 9: Wavefront-Guided LASIK: Preoperative Workup

Steve Schallhorn, MD

Chapter 10: Additional Applications of Wavefront-Guided Technology

Steve Schallhorn, MD

Chapter 11: Femtosecond LASIK: Practical Pearls From 5 Years of Experience

Anastasios John Kanellopoulos, MD

Chapter 12: US Experience With LASIK With the Technolas Perfect Vision Customflap 520F Femtosecond Laser

Mike Endl, MD

Chapter 13: Femto-LASIK With the Zeiss Platform

José Güell, MD and Daniel Elies, MD

Chapter 14: Femto-LASIK With the New Technolas Perfect Vision Femtosecond Laser: The Technolas Femtosecond Workstation 520F (80 kHz)

Mark Tomalla, MD

Chapter 15: Technolas 520F Flaps and Zyoptix Personalized Treatment Advanced With Advanced Control Eye-Tracker Technology

Erik Mertens, MD, FEBOphth

Chapter 16: Corneal Refractive Correction With MEL80 Excimer Laser and/or VisuMax Femtosecond Laser

José Güell, MD and Daniel Elies, MD

Chapter 17: A New Refractive Method: ReLEx FLEx

Rupal Shah, MS and Samir Shah, MTech, MS

Chapter 18: Minimally Invasive ReLEx-SMILE

Rupal Shah, MS and Samir Shah, MTech, MS

Chapter 19: LASIK Correction in High Myopia

Jorge L. Alio, MD, PhD and Alfredo Vega-Estrada, MD

Chapter 20: Bioptics for Extreme Refractive Errors

Daniel S. Durrie, MD and Erin D. Stahl, MD

Chapter 21: Femto-LASIK for Hyperopia and Hyperopic Astigmatism: Practical Pearls From 8 Years of Experience With Topography-Guided Corrections for Hyperopic LASIK

Anastasios John Kanellopoulos, MD

Chapter 22: LASIK After Intraocular Procedures

Daniel S. Durrie, MD and Erin D. Stahl, MD

Chapter 23: LASIK After Radial Keratotomy

José Güell, MD and Daniel Elies, MD

Chapter 24: LASIK After Penetrating Keratoplasty

Rafael I. Barraquer, MD, PhD and Juan Alvarez de Toledo, MD

Chapter 25: Nonlinear Aspheric Ablation Profiles for Presbyopic LASIK Using the MEL80 and CRS Master Laser Blended Vision Module

Dan Z. Reinstein, MD; Timothy J. Archer, BA, MA; and Marine Gobbe, MST(Optom), PhD

Chapter 26: SUPRACOR: New Algorithm for the Treatment of Presbyopia

Jorge Castanera, MD, PhD

Chapter 27: Central PresbyLASIK

Jorge L. Alio, MD, PhD and David P. Piñero, PhD

Chapter 28: First Asian Experience With INTRACOR

Vincent W. Lee, FCOPHTH and Victor C. Woo, FCOPHTH

Chapter 29: Treatment of Flap Folds and Striae Following LASIK

Rafael I. Barraquer, MD, PhD and Marinka Kargacin, MD


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