Lasik

This text on LASIK features pieces from renowned ophthalmic surgeons, who detail this rapidly evolving technique. It is believed that LASIK is to PRK what phacoemulsification was to extracapsular extraction. Dr Pallikaris, the innovator of the technique, discusses preoperative surgery, the LASIK procedure and postoperative management, while the contributors present their individual results of the technique. The book explains the intrastromal excimer laser and reviews no-laser keratomileusis, as well as keratomes and special laser modifications for LASIK. Surgical plans; preoperative management; techniques and results in low, moderate and high myopia; hyperopia; and topographical changes seen after LASIK are all addressed. In a special section, complications and their management are presented, including the most common, remote and historical complications encountered during the early stages of the development of the technique. Concluding the book are chapters regarding indication, timing and initial results of reoperations, as well as future work-up. Topics include: keratomes; LASIK vs.
PRK in moderate myopia; comparison limits with LASIK; noninvasive keratomes; complications and their management; reoperation following LASIK; picosecond laser; postoperative management; YAG laser; frozen keratomileusis; correction of high myopia; topography in LASIK; the plano scan LASIK technique; treatment of eccentric ablation; intrastromal excimer laser; LASIK for the correction of hyperopia; and LASIK - the Latin experience.