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lntraoperative Considerations |
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Results (Pilot Study) |
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LASIK AFTER PREVIOUS |
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LASIK AFTER PKP |
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CORNEAL SURGERY |
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Performing Excimer Laser After PKP |
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Preoperative Considerations |
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General Considerations After RK |
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Indications |
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High Risk Cases & LASIK Contraindications |
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Residual Myopia After RK |
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Preoperative Medications |
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Hyperopia After RK |
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When to Operate |
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The Cornea After RK |
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Intraoperative Considerations |
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LASIK AFTER RK |
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Conclusions |
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Preoperative Considerations |
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LASIK AFTER ALK |
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Contraindications |
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The Cornea After ALK |
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Performing LASIK After ALK |
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Results (Pilot Study) |
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Preoperative Considerations |
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LASIK AFTER AK |
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The Cornea After AK |
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Conclusions |
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Performing LASIK After AK |
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LASIK AFTER EPIKERATOPHAKIA |
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Preoperative Considerations |
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LASIK AFTER CORNEAL TRAUMA |
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Results (Pilot Study) |
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LASIK AFTER PRK |
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FUTURE OF LASIK AFTER OTHER |
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The Cornea After PRK |
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CORNEAL SURGERIES |
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Performing LASIK After PRK |
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Preoperative Considerations |
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Intraoperative Considerations |
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Postoperative Treatment |
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PEDIATRIC LASIK |
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Results (Pilot Study) |
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LASIK AFTER LTK |
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Patient Selection |
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The Cornea After LTK |
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Surgical Technique |
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Performing LASIK After LTK |
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Ablation Parameters |
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Preoperative Considerations |
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Results |
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SECTION IV
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LASIK COMPLICATIONS |
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OF LASIK COMPLICATIONS |
AFTER LASIK BY LOCAL FREEZING |
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Incidence - Relation to Multiple Variables |
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Sequence of Events |
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Classification |
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Intraoperative Complications |
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Management Techniques Presently Available |
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Early Postoperative Complications |
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The New Non-Invasive Method |
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Late Postoperative Complications |
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Technique Step by Step |
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Results |
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FLAP COMPLICATIONS |
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COMPLICATIONS AFTER LASIK |
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New Microkeratomes |
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DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS (DLK) |
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Classification of Complications |
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SYNDROME (SANDS OF SAHARA) |
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Intraoperative |
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Causative Agents |
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Early postoperative period |
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Clinical Findings |
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III) Late postoperative period |
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DLK Staging |
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Management of Variety of |
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Diagnosis &Differential Diagnosis |
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Flap Complications |
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Treatment |
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Sands of Sahara Syndrome |
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Prevention |
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Dry Eye Syndrome |
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Conclusions |
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Epithelial Ingrowth |
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INFECTIOUS KERATITIS |
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The Hansatome (“Down-Up”) |
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Microkeratome |
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FOLLOWING LASIK |
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Main Advantages and Disadvantages |
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Clinical Findings |
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Cleaning of the Instrument |
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Causative Organisms |
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PEARLS TO ASSIST WITH THE MAKING |
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Diagnosis & Differential Diagnosis |
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OF A GOOD FLAP |
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Treatment |
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Prognosis |
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Prevention |
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FOLDS AND STRIAE OF THE DISC
POST LASIK
Definition |
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Treatment of: |
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Striae |
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Surgical Technique |
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TREATMENT OF FLAP STRIAE
SURGICAL TREATMENT |
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Massaging the Flap Using: |
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Direct Massaging |
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Appearance of the Cornea After Treatment |
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Outcome |
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KERATECTASIA INDUCED BY
MYOPIC LASIK
Corneal Stromal Changes |
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Induced by LASIK |
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Corneal Evaluation Using the |
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Orbscan Topography System |
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How the Orbscan Helps Evaluating High |
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Risk Cases for LASIK and FFK |
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PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF LASIK COMPLICATIONS
INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS |
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Flap Complications |
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Ablation Complications |
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POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS |
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VITREORETINAL COMPLICATIONS OF
REFRACTIVE SURGERY
Preoperative Evaluation |
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Indications for Prophylaxis of Retinal |
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Breaks and Degenerations |
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Theoretical Mechanisms Resulting in |
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Retinal Breaks and Detachment |
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Anterior Chamber Shallowing |
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Vitreoretinal Complications of PRK & LASIK |
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Retinal Detachment After PRK |
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Retinal Detachment After LASIK |
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Macular Hemorrhage |
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Nerve Fiber Layer Damage |
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Endophthalmitis |
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Dislocated Intraocular Lenses |
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SECTION V
BEYOND CONVENTIONAL LASIK
Corneal Custom Ablation Guided by Wavefront Mapping
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REFINING CUSTOM ABLATION |
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WAVEFRONT ANALYSIS AND |
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THROUGH WAVEFRONT MAPPING |
CUSTOM ABLATION |
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Wavefront Analysis |
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Promising Achievements |
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Mapping a Profile of the Whole Eye |
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Principle of Wavefront Analysis |
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Development of Wavefront Technology |
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Availability of Technology |
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The Mechanisms of Wavefront Devices |
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Custom Intraocular Lens |
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Benefits of Wavefront Analysis |
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Goal in Mind |
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Linking Diagnostic Information from |
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Wavefront Mapping to Laser Treatment |
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Wavefront Analysis in Conjunction |
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THE ROLE OF DIFFERENT ABERRATIONS |
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Personalized LASIK Nomograms |
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IN WAVEFRONT ANALYSIS |
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COMPUTERIZED CORNEAL
TOPOGRAPHY AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO
WAVEFRONT TECHNOLOGY
Corneal Topography and Wavefront Analysis |
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Current Status of Custom Ablation |
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CUSTOMIZED CORNEAL ABLATION THROUGH WAVEFRONT MAPPING The Quest for Bionic or Super Vision
Promising New Technology |
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Attaining Bionic or Super Vision |
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Generating the Wavefront Map |
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Wavefront Analysis & Corneal Topography |
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What Do We Mean by Wavefront Sensing Analysis?
What do we Understand as an Aberration of the Optical System?
How Do Different Aberrations Affect Vision in Humans?
Do Aberrations Contribute to Sight in Any Positive Way?
Principles for the Study and Diagnosis of Aberrations
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What is Wavefront Technology? |
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Current Ocular Refraction Evaluation |
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Systems |
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Phoroptor and Autorefractors |
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Corneal Topography |
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20/10 Perfect Vision Wavefront System |
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Other Wavefront Sensing Devices |
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How the Visx 20/10 Wavefront |
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System Works |
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How to Read a Wavefront Map |
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The Shortcomings of Shack-Hartmann |
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Wavefront Analysis |
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Clinical Examples |
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Technical Development of PALM |
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Technique |
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ZYOPTIX |
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PERSONALIZED LASER VISION |
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CORRECTION |
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CUSTOMIZED ABLATIONS IN LASIK |
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Performing Zyoptix Treatment |
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Orbscan II (Elevation Topography) |
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Present Role of Customized Ablations |
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The Zywave Aberrometer |
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Technique of TopoLink |
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Excimer Laser |
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Examples of Uses of TopoLink |
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Zyoptix Patient Case |
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Results of TopoLink in Repair Procedures |
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The Bausch & Lomb Aberrometer |
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Wavefront-Deviation Guided LASIK |
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ZYOPTIX |
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Preoperative Procedure |
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Zywave Aberrometer |
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Elevation Topography (Orbscan) |
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Zylink |
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Preparing the Laser |
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Treatment |
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Principles of Eye Aberration |
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Measurements with the Hartmann-Shack |
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Clinical Cases |
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Present Technologies for Optimizing |
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PRESBYOPIA
Surgical Correction - Current Trends
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Myopia and Presbyopia |
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Hyperopia and Presbyopia |
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Emmetropia with Presbyopia |
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Description of Operations on the Sclera to |
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PRESBYOPIA
Theories of Accommodation |
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Treatment with Optical Devices |
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Surgical Methods |
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SCLERAL TECHNIQUES |
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Anterior Ciliary Sclerotomy (ACS) |
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Scleral Expansion Band - Schachar´s Technique |
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INTRACORNEAL TECHNIQUE |
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Intracorneal Implants |
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INTRAOCULAR TECHNIQUES |
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LASER TECHNOLOGY TECHNIQUES |
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SECTION VI I
ALTERNATIVES TO LASIK
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NO ANESTHESIA CATARACT /
CLEAR LENS EXTRACTION
NUCLEUS REMOVAL TECHNIQUES |
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Karate Chop |
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Soft Cataracts |
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Agarwal Chopper |
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Step by Step Technique |
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NO ANESTHESIA CLEAR LENS |
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PHAKONIT AND LASER PHAKONIT
Three Basic Styles of Phakic IOL'S |
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ANTERIOR CHAMBER PHAKIC IOL'S |
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THE ARTISAN LENS |
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Step by Step Technique |
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THE NU-VITA ANTERIOR |
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POSTERIOR CHAMBER PLATE LENSES |
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THE BARRAQUER PRE-CRYSTALLINE LENS 485 |
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Step by Step Technique |
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THE POSTERIOR CHAMBER |
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FOLDABLE PLATE PHAKIC LENS |
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Step by Step Technique |
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Phakonit to Correct Refractive Errors |
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LASIK vs PHAKIC LENS IMPLANTATION |
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TECHNIQUE OF PHAKONIT |
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TO CORRECT MYOPIA |
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Surgical Technique Step by Step |
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PHAKONIT IN CLEAR LENS |
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Ophtec Artisan Myopia Implant |
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Surgical Technique Step by Step |
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Surgical Technique: LASIK |
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The Study: Ophtec Artisan Myopia |
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Implant vs. LASIK |
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Results |
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MANAGEMENT OF HIGH MYOPIA |
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Limitations of LASIK in Very |
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INTRACORNEAL DEVICE |
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Contributions of Phakic IOL's |
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Surgical Procedure |
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Advantages Over Corneal |
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Clinical Outcomes |
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Limitations of Phakic IOL's |
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Safety Assurance and Further Indications |
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Zyoptics, Personalized Laser Visual Correction
UNDERSTANDING REFRACTIVE LASERS
Chapter 1
UNDERSTANDING REFRACTIVE LASERS
Benjamin F. Boyd, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Therapeutic Principles of Excimer
Lasers
The most significant advance in the past three years has been the emergence of the excimer laser and its rapid rise to dominate refractive corneal surgery. The excimer laser is a source of energy that is very difficult to control and apply to the human eye with the assurance of safety.
Harnessing this laser to safely perform corneal surgery has been a major technical achievement.
The argon fluoride (ArF) 193 nanometer excimer laser is a pulsed laser that has wide potential because it can create accurate and very precise excisions of corneal tissue to an exact depth with minimal disruption of the remaining tissue. Fig. 1-1 presents the comparative mechanisms of the excimer laser vs various other lasers commonly used in ophthalmology.
Figure 1-1 Comparative Mechanisms of the Various Lasers Used in Ophthalmology
(1) The argon and krypton lasers employ a thermal mechanism whereby the laser
(L) heats the chorioretinal photocoagulated tissue and produces scarring (arrow). Retina (R), choroid (H) and pigment epithelium (E). (2) The YAG laser works by photodisruption of tissues, creating small acoustical explosions that produce openings (arrow) such as we make in posterior capsulotomy (P). A plasma screen of ions (+ and -) is created. (3) Excimer ultraviolet laser works by photoablation. Small amounts of tissue (T), essentially the stroma in cases of LASIK, are removed from the cornea (C - arrow) with each pulse. (After Boyd´s
"Atlas of Refractive Surgery").
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Ophthalmic excimer lasers use ultraviolet radiation at a wavelength of 193 nanometers. It is a wavelength that practically does not heat the tissue but actually breaks interand intramolecular bonds. The molecules in the area of ablation explode away from the surface (Fig. 1-2).
The concept of ablative surgery is that by removing small amounts of tissue from the anterior surface of the cornea (Fig. 1-3) a significant change of refraction can be attained. The effect in myopes is achieved by flattening the anterior dome of the central cornea over a 5 mm disc shaped area.
ADVANCES IN EXCIMER LASER TECHNOLOGY
Scanning Lasers
As pointed out by Peter McDonnell, M.D.,
Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthal-
Figure 1-2: Excimer Laser - Effects on the
Tissue
The high intensity energy of ultraviolet light from an excimer laser during tissue ablation breaks inter and intramolecular bonds, causing the molecules of the area of ablation to explode away from the surface. Please observe that there is minimal disruption of the remaining surrounding tissue.
(After Boyd´s "Atlas of Refractive Surgery").
mology, University of California, Irvine, and Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of Refractive Surgery at the Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California at Los Angeles, in most parts of the world broad beam lasers still predominate in the laser market (Fig. 1-3). Recently, however, scanning or flying spot lasers have gained attention. Instead of using an iris diaphragm to control a broad beam, some scanning lasers use a small slit that is scanned across the corneal surface (Fig. 1-4). Flying spot is another type of scanning laser. Instead of a slit that scans the surface , flying spot lasers (Fig. 1-5) have a small circular or elliptical spot perhaps 1 mm to 2 mm in diameter that is moved across the surface of the cornea by computercontrolled galvanometric mirrors.
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Advantages of Scanning Lasers
Scanning lasers (Figs. 1-4 and 1-5) have several potential advantages over broad beam
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Figure 1-3 (above): Concept of Broad Beam Laser Application for Refractive Surgery
The most common type of excimer laser is the broad beam laser (L1). The method of application uses a widening diaphragm or pre-shaped ablatable mask (M) through which the laser beam (L2) passes. To produce more ablation of the cornea in the center (C) than in midperiphery (P), the thinner central portion of the mask allows the laser to ablate the central cornea longer. As the disk is ablated in a peripheral direction (arrows), the cornea is shaped accordingly in a desired gradient fashion.(After
Boyd´s "Atlas of Refractive Surgery").
UNDERSTANDING REFRACTIVE LASERS
Figure 1-4 (below): Concept of the Scanning
Type Laser for Refractive Surgery
Another type of excimer laser uses a scanning laser beam. The laser beam (L1) strikes a moving mask (M-arrow) which has a slit through which the beam passes (L2) in a predetermined fashion. More ablation occurs centrally (C) and less peripherally (P) to achieve the desired corneal reshaping. (After Boyd´s "Atlas of Refractive Surgery").
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Figure 1-5 (left): Concept of the "Flying Spot" Scanning Laser Application for Refractive
Surgery
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A third type of excimer laser application is known as the "flying spot". A small laser beam (L) moves across the cornea (arrow) in a predetermined, computer driven pattern to ablate more tissue centrally (C) than in the mid-periph- ery (P). This type of laser application is very flexible with regard to the type of ablation pattern that can be applied. (After Boyd´s "Atlas of Refractive Surgery").
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lasers (Fig. 1-3). The postoperative corneal surface may be smoother, resulting less often in a healing response which can progress to corneal haze or opacity. A higher quality of vision and improved visual acuity may also result from the smoother and more uniform corneal surface when using scanning lasers.
McDonnell emphasizes that another possible advantage of scanning technology is increased flexibility in the ablation profile or algorithm. The profile can produce aspheric rather than only spherical ablations (Figs. 1-6 and 1-7). Larger diameters of ablation can be made. The possibility of using topographical maps of the cornea to guide the ablation is a distinct advantage, which will allow for more flexibility in treating astigmatism. Some patients do not have perfect symmetry of the cornea, particularly those with surgically induced astigmatism after penetrating keratoplasty or cataract surgery, or those with keratoconus. Broad beam lasers do not take the asymmetry of irregular astigmatism into account; they treat all corneas the same. The scanning technology allows the possibility of a customized ablation that is unique for every cornea (Fig. 1-7).
Figure 1-6: Flexibility of the "Flying Spot" Scanning Laser May Provide Customized Ablation
The "Flying Spot" type excimer laser has an advantage over other broad beam and slit scanning lasers by providing increased flexibility in the ablation profile. The profile can be altered to provide aspheric as well as spherical ablations. The mid-peripheral cornea (red shaded area-P) can be treated with the laser (L) to produce a different curvature than that of the central cornea (D - blue line shaded area). This allows the possibility of a customized ablation unique for every cornea. A lamellar corneal flap (B) is retracted. (After Boyd´s "Atlas of Refractive Surgery").
(Note from the Editor in Chief: this flexibility of ablating different profiles in the same cornea is being utilized by some surgeons to create or "sculpt" the so-called "multifocal cornea" which is a significant step forward when it works but of increased risk to the patient's quality of vision when even a minor error in the sculpting occurs. This procedure is experimental).
It may even be possible to improve upon the naturally occurring corneal surface, with improvement in best corrected visual acuity, bringing patients who are 20/20 with correction preoperatively to 20/15 uncorrected postoperatively. We still need more experience to know more definitively whether scanning lasers can actually fulfill their early promise.
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Currently Available Scanning Lasers
Several companies are now working on developing scanning lasers. Chiron (now a division of Bausch & Lomb) has the Technolas laser.
Autonomous Technologies, recently purchased by Summit, the company that manufactured one of the first broad beam lasers, also manufactures a superior quality scanning laser. This indicates
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