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…
Eye Plastics Considerations for the Anterior Segment Surgeon: Indications and Techniques C. Robert Bernardino Peter A. D. Rubin EXPOSURE KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS Exposure keratoconjunctivitis is one of the most common anterior segment…
Scleral Transplantation William J. Power Andra S. Bobart The sclera has been successfully used for transplantation in dental, nasal, plastic-reconstructive, and ocular surgeries. Sclera may be transplanted for scleral ectasia,…
Ocular Surface Rehabilitation C. Stephen Foster Ocular surface rehabilitation efforts may be appropriate in a variety of circumstances, either with relatively limited goals, such as stabilization of the ocular surface…
Conjunctival Flaps Martin Filipec The creation of conjunctival flaps is a surgical procedure used in the management of corneal surface diseases when other medical or surgical therapy is not successful…
Tectonic Corneal Transplantation Beatrice E. Frueh Tectonic (from Latin tectum, “roof”) grafts, also called patch grafts, are either lamellar or perforating, and cover corneal stromal defects, restoring the structure of…
Tissue Adhesives C. Stephen Foster Coover and associates, studying the chemistry and characteristics of cyanoacrylate adhesives, published, in 1959, a seminal paper on the basic characteristics of these chemical compounds,…
Ectatic Disorders of the Cornea Yaron S. Rabinowitz DESCRIPTION Keratoconus is a clinical term used to describe a condition in which the cornea assumes a conical shape as a result…
