Management of Problems with Descemet’s Membrane
35 Management of Problems with Descemet’s Membrane Randall J. Olson The basement layer of the corneal endothelium is quite inelastic and extremely strong. It is clearly much thicker and tougher than…
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery
48 Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery Harmanjit Singh and Iqbal Ike K. Ahmed The development of microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) over the last decade has brought this field to an exciting new era….
Aspheric Intraocular Lenses
38 Aspheric Intraocular Lenses Uday Devgan Photographers have known for many years that the key to great images is the optical properties of the lenses used in the cameras, almost all…
Positive Pressure
24 Positive Pressure Paul N. Arnold and James A. Davison Primarily because of the evolution of more gentle techniques with even fluidics and pressure control and secondarily because of lower intraoperative…
General Treatment Guidelines
52 General Treatment Guidelines Roger F. Steinert This chapter describes the key steps that I take for complication avoidance. Even so, complications do occur, so I also describe the less common…
Posterior-Segment Complications
22 Posterior-Segment Complications Matthew J. Welch, Leonard Joffe, William E. Smiddy, and Harry W. Flynn, Jr. Cataract surgery is one of the most common performed operations in the United States and…
Management of Astigmatism with Peripheral Corneal Relaxing Incisions and Toric Intraocular Lenses
43 Management of Astigmatism with Peripheral Corneal Relaxing Incisions and Toric Intraocular Lenses Jonathan B. Rubenstein The goal of modern cataract surgery has been evolving over the past few years aided…
Complications of Ophthalmic Anesthesia
1 Complications of Ophthalmic Anesthesia Kenneth J. Rosenthal Complications of regional and topical anesthesia for ophthalmic surgery have become increasingly rare, which can be attributed to our improved understanding of anatomy…
Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome
23 Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome Steven H. Dewey Board certification may be a nuisance, but some of the board questions surprisingly pop up in your everyday practice. Take this question, which…
Cortically Mature Lens: White Cataract
14 Cortically Mature Lens: White Cataract Brock K. Bakewell Cataract surgery performed for a cortically mature lens can be challenging even in the hands of an experienced surgeon. Therefore, having an…
