Surface Ablation: Techniques for Optimum Results

Product Description
With Surface Ablation: Techniques for Optimum Results, refractive surgeons will learn efficient pre- and post-op routines that optimize chair time and lead to improved safety and excellent results for patients.

Inside Surface Ablation: Techniques for Optimum Results, Dr. Ellen Anderson Penno is joined by 12 contributors who offer a practical approach with clinically useful tips including patient counseling and post-operative care that will improve patient satisfaction. This up-to-date book is an excellent resource for patient assessment of candidacy for refractive surgery or in post-operative co-management.

In addition to chapters with information on patient selection, surgical techniques, post-op care, and prevention and management of complications, Surface Ablation: Techniques for Optimum Results includes several articles, contributed by leaders in the refractive surgery field, covering a variety of topics including surface ablation in keratoconus patients, corneal cross-linking, and ectasia.

Surface Ablation: Techniques for Optimum Results is a clinically-oriented resource for residents and new refractive surgeons as well as the many seasoned refractive surgeons, general ophthalmologists following the increasing trend of transitioning away from LASIK towards surface ablation for many of their patients

Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments 
About the Author
Contributing Authors
Foreword by Howard V. Gimbel, MD, MPH, FRCSC, FACS 
Introduction

Chapter 1 Back to the Surface: The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of Surface Ablation 

Article: The Role of Surface Ablation in the Treatment of Keratoconus 
Alejandro Lichtinger, MD and David S. Rootman, MD, FACS

Chapter 2 Corneal Flap Versus No-Flap Refractive Surgery: LASIK, Intra-LASIK, and
Sub-Bowman’s Keratomileusis Versus Photorefractive Keratectomy, LASEK, and Epi-LASIK

Article: Techniques of Mechanical Epithelial Removal 
Ioannis Pallikaris, PhD, MD; Maria Kalyvianaki, PhD, MD; and Harilaos Ginis, PhD

Chapter 3 Patient Selection and Preoperative Work-Up: Top 10 Red Flags 

Chapter 4 Epithelial Removal Techniques: Photorefractive Keratectomy, LASEK, Epi-LASIK, Transepithelial Photorefractive Keratectomy 

Article: Techniques for Faster Recovery After Photorefractive Keratectomy 
Daniel S. Durrie, MD and Theodore A. Pasquali, MD

Chapter 5 Phototherapeutic Keratectomy 

Chapter 6 Laser Ablation: Standard, Topography-Guided, Wavefront-Optimized, Wavefront-Guided 

Chapter 7 Early Postoperative Care 

Article: Advanced Surface Ablation 
Richard J. Duffey, MD

Chapter 8 Postoperative Care in the First 6 Months 

Article: The Risk of Ectasia After Surface Ablation 
Rupa D. Shah, MD and J. Bradley Randleman, MD

Chapter 9 Retreatment Following Surface Ablation 

Chapter 10 Complications of Surface Ablation

Chapter 11 Special Cases 

Article: Simultaneous Collagen Cross-Linking With Photorefractive Keratectomy or IntraLase LASIK
Howard V. Gimbel, MD, MPH, FRCSC, FACS and David P. Chan, MD

Chapter 12 Factors Affecting Patient Satisfaction

Conclusion 
Appendix 
Glossary
Financial Disclosures 
Index