Research Catalog

Title

Principles and practice of refractive surgery / Richard E. Elander, Larry F. Rich, Jeffrey B. Robin ;illustrations by Harwin Studios.

Author

Elander, Richard.

Publication

Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders, [1997], ©1997.

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Additional Authors

• Rich, Larry F.
• Robin, Jeffrey B.

Description

xx, 629 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Subject

• Cornea > surgery
• Refractive Surgical Procedures
• Refractive keratoplasty

Contents

• 1. History of Refractive Surgery / Larry F. Rich -- 2. Comprehensive Refractive Surgery / J. Charles Casebeer -- 3. Corneal Optics, Nutrition, and Alloplastic Material Dynamics / Bernard E. McCarey -- 4. Optical Aspects of Refractive Surgery / Kurt A. Buzard -- 5. Histopathology of Refractive Surgery / Rey Pangilinan and Peter J. McDonnell -- 6. Radial Keratotomy - Evolution and Basics / Leo D. Bores -- 7. Patient Selection for Radial Keratotomy / Richard Elander -- 8. Instrumentation / Larry F. Rich -- 9. Radial Keratotomy: Surgical Technique / Kerry K. Assil -- 10. Radial Keratotomy Patient Management - Preoperative and Postoperative / Kurt A. Buzard -- 11. Radial Keratotomy Surgery Planning and Results / James J. Salz -- 12. Complications of Radial Keratotomy / Richard A. Villasenor -- 13. A Personal History of Astigmatism Surgery / Richard C. Troutman -- 14. Surgical Correction of Natural Astigmatism / Richard L. Lindstrom --
• 15. Refractive Cataract Surgery / Troy Elander -- 16. Corneal Graft Astigmatism Control - Operative and Postoperative / Sandra C. Belmont and Douglas R. Lazzaro -- 17. Hexagonal Keratotomy / Stanley C. Grandon -- 18. Hexagonal Keratotomy: Counterpoint / Lee T. Nordan -- 19. Keratomileusis of Barraquer / Lee T. Nordan -- 20. Keratophakia Using Natural Tissue / Ricardo Q. Guimaraes, Marcia Reis Guimaraes and Raul D. Castro -- 21. Alloplastic Materials in Lamellar Surgery / Bernard E. McCarey -- 22. Myopic Keratomileusis In Situ: Automated Lamellar Keratoplasty for Myopia / Edward E. Manche and Robert K. Maloney -- 23. Hyperopic Lamellar Keratoplasty: Automated Lamellar Keratoplasty for Hyperopia / Edward E. Manche and Robert K. Maloney -- 24. Lamellar Surgeries: Counterpoint and Complications / Albert C. Neumann and Arun C. Gulani -- 25. Nonfreeze Lenticular Lamellar Keratoplasty / Casimir A. Swinger --
• 26. History and Development of Excimer Lasers / Francis A. L'Esperance, Jr. -- 27. Patient Selection for Photorefractive Keratectomy / Marguerite B. McDonald and Michael J. Borodkin -- 28. Laser Surgeries: Instrumentation / Larry F. Rich, Scott M. MacRae and Michael W. Belin -- 29. Photorefractive Keratectomy Surgical Technique / Daniel S. Durrie, Paul E. Cutarelli and Andy A. Aziz -- 30. Photorefractive Keratectomy: Preoperative and Postoperative Patient Management and Further Treatments / Michael R. Deitz -- 31. Results of Myopic Photorefractive Keratectomy / Richard Elander -- 32. Complications of Excimer Laser Photorefractive Keratectomy / Jeffrey B. Robin -- 33. Regulation of Refractive Lasers in the United States / Scott M. MacRae -- 34. Laser Myopic Keratomileusis / Stephen G. Slade, John F. Doane and Luis A. Ruiz -- 35. Laser In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK): Counterpoint / Donald G. Johnson --
• 36. Surface Photorefractive Keratectomy and LASIK for Correction of Hyperopia / Casimir A. Swinger -- 37. Phototherapeutic Keratectomy / Donald M. Miller, Richard A. Eiferman and Dale P. DeVore -- 38. Epikeratoplasty: Where Did We Fail? / Theodore P. Werblin -- 39. Synthetic Epikeratoplasty / Keith P. Thompson and Jan Daniel -- 40. Intrastromal Corneal Ring / David J. Schanzlin and Steven M. Verity -- 41. Holmium: YAG Laser Thermal Keratoplasty for Refractive Surgery / Syed E. Husain, Thomas Kohnen and Daniel S. Durrie [et al.] -- 42. Counterpoint to Thermakeratoplasty/Holmium Laser / J. James Rowsey -- 43. Refractive Phakic Intraocular Lenses / Georges D. Baikoff -- 44. Clear Lens/Cataract Extraction for Refractive Purposes / Theodore P. Werblin -- 45. Phakic Intraocular Lenses and Clear Lens Extraction for High Myopia: Counterpoint / Stephen C. Kaufman and Herbert E. Kaufman -- 46. Principles of Corneal Topography / Cynthia Roberts --
• 47. Clinical Applications / Stephen D. Klyce -- 48. Non-Placido Disk Corneal Topography / Miles H. Friedlander and Nicole S. Granet -- 49. Rasterphotogrammetry and the PAR System of Corneal Topography / Michael W. Belin, James L. Cambier and John R. Nabors [et al.] -- 50. Technological Future of Corneal Topography / Michael L. Gilbert -- 51. Medicolegal and Insurance Issues in Refractive Surgery / Richard L. Abbott, C. Gregory Tiemeier and Paul Weber -- 52. Legal Implications of Refractive Surgery - Regulatory Issues / Alan E. Reider -- 53. Business Issues in Refractive Surgery / Gilbert H. Kliman -- 54. Refractive Surgery in Japan and the Far East / Kazuo Tsubota -- 55. Refractive Surgery in Australia / Michael A. Lawless -- 56. Refractive Surgery in Mexico and Central America / Arturo S. Chayet and Marcela Espinosa-Lagana -- 57. Refractive Surgery in South America / Carmen J. Barraquer --
• 58. Refractive Surgery in Greece and the Mediterranean Area / Ioannis G. Pallikaris and Dimitrios S. Siganos.

ISBN

0721665527

LCCN

96017646

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries