Product Description

As recent developments and advancements in lamellar and penetrating keratoplasty surgery continue to rise, today’s surgeon involved with the treatment of various corneal disorders needs a solid text to stay on the cutting edge. Answering this call is the Atlas of Microkeratome Assisted Lamellar Keratoplasty.

Drs. Massimo Busin and Robert C. Arffa have compiled a comprehensive and unique resource that thoroughly describes the techniques of posterior and anterior lamellar keratoplasty surgery.

Inside the Atlas of Microkeratome Assisted Lamellar Keratoplasty,you will not only learn the essential details involved with the techniques, you will understand how these new procedures can improve surgical outcomes for the patient. Most surgical procedures described use a microkeratome to dissect both recipient and donor corneas, thus obtaining interfaces with optical quality compatible with 20/20 vision. Others use the microkeratome to dissect the donor, but not the recipient.

Advantages over conventional keratoplasty surgery discussed inside include:

• Surgical standardization
• Faster post-keratoplasty visual rehabilitation
• Minimization of post-keratoplasty refractive error

Additionally, Atlas of Microkeratome Assisted Lamellar Keratoplasty contains step-by-step intraoperative photographs and illustrations of techniques clearly depicting the surgery, as well as methods of avoiding and managing common pitfalls.

The novice ophthalmologist, beginning surgeon, and ophthalmic personnel looking to learn, acquire, and refine the latest and most effective treatment options available for various corneal disorders will all benefit from this pioneering text.

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Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Herbert E. Kaufman, MD
Introduction

Chapter 1. Practical Corneal Physiology for the LK Surgeon
Chapter 2. Equipment for Automated Lamellar Therapeutic Keratoplasty
Chapter 3. Superficial Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (SALK)
Chapter 4. Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK)
Chapter 5. Lamellar Keratoplasty for Keratoconus
Chapter 6. Endokeratoplasty and Lap-Joint Keratoplasty
Chapter 7. Descemet's Stripping and Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK)
Francis W. Price, Jr., MD and Marianne O. Price, PhD
Chapter 8. Mushroom Keratoplasty
Chapter 9. Microkeratome-Assisted Correction of High-Degree
Post-Keratoplasty Astigmatism

Index

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Review

"The writing is succinct, easily understandable and accompanied by excellent clinical photographs. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this atlas and highly recommend it to those surgeons who want to offer their patients a safer, faster healing, optically superior and more comfortable alternative to PK. This is the new world of corneal transplantation, and this book is essential to begin this journey."

— G. Richard Cohen, MD, Ocular Surgery News

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