Preoperative Considerations: Patient Selection and Evaluation Sandeep Jain Margaret Chang Preoperative evaluation for refractive surgery follows a structured sequence that includes patient interview followed by a complete ophthalmologic examination (Table…
Keratoprosthesis Surgery Claes H. Dohlman Mahnaz Nouri Why should we attempt to develop keratoprostheses (KPro) for corneal opacity when standard corneal transplantation is so well established and relatively safe? If…
Posterior Lamellar Endothelial Keratoplasty Nicoletta Fynn-Thompson Dimitri T. Azar Posterior lamellar endothelial keratoplasty refers to the removal of the diseased posterior corneal layers and their replacement by partial-thickness donor tissue….
Phototherapeutic Keratectomy Lee A. Snyder Aaleya F. Koreishi Christopher Starr Walter J. Stark The advent of the 193-nm argon-fluoride (ArF) excimer laser has provided corneal surgeons with a major therapeutic…
Penetrating Keratoplasty Michele Mabon Helene Boisjoly Penetrating keratoplasty (PK) is the surgical removal of diseased cornea with replacement by full-thickness corneal donor tissue. The procedure is performed for either optical…
Intrastromal Implants for Keratoconus Joseph Colin Keratoconus is a noninflammatory, progressive, ectatic, and thinning disease of the cornea that has been studied extensively, but the underlying mechanisms of stromal thinning…
Lamellar Keratoplasty John D. Goosey Christopher W. Sturbaum The history of lamellar keratoplasty covers more than 100 years, beginning with the first successful lamellar corneal transplantation performed by Arthur von…
Pterygium and Its Surgery Gurinder Singh DEFINITION Pterygium (From the Greek pterygos, meaning “wing”; plural, “pterygia”) is a triangular, wing-shaped, degenerative, fibrovascular, hyperplastic proliferative tissue actively growing from the conjunctival…
Limbal Stem Cell Transplantation Erik Letko C. Stephen Foster The objective of limbal stem cell transplantation is to restore the corneal surface with normal corneal epithelium. Normal corneal epithelium is…
Amniotic Membrane Transplantation Erik Letko C. Stephen Foster Amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) is indicated for numerous ocular surface disorders, the spectrum of which has been expanding recently (Table 58-1). The…
