Complex Cases Using Corneal Inlays
7 Complex Cases Using Corneal Inlays Jessica Heckman, OD and Y. Ralph Chu, MD Corneal inlay technology has expanded the realm of surgical near vision correction. New technology comes with…
Complex Intraocular Lens Cases
12 Complex Intraocular Lens Cases Arun C. Gulani, MD, MS and Tracy Schroeder Swartz, OD, MS, FAAO, Dipl ABO Unhappy premium intraocular lens (IOL) patients may result from problems with…
Laser Scleral Microporation Procedure
14 Laser Scleral Microporation Procedure AnnMarie Hipsley, PhD, DPT; David H. K. Ma, MD, PhD; Karolinne M. Rocha, MD, PhD; and Brad Hall, PhD There are several available treatment options…
Scleral Inserts
13 Scleral Inserts Barrie Soloway, MD; Y. Ralph Chu, MD; and Jessica Heckman, OD While Von Hemholtz’s1 lenticular-based theory from 1855 of accommodation and presbyopia continues as the mainstay of…
Shape-Changing Inlays: Synthetic Inlays and Allogenic Inlays
5 Shape-Changing Inlays Synthetic Inlays and Allogenic Inlays Michael Endl, MD; Soosan Jacob, MS, FRCS, DNB; and Amar Agarwal, MS, FRCS, FRCOphth Increased demand for visual independence in presbyopes has…
Extended Depth of Focus Intraocular Lenses
11 Extended Depth of Focus Intraocular Lenses Robert M. Kershner, MD, MS, FACS Sir Harold Ridley, acting on the suggestion of one of his registrars (residents), Steve Parry, invented and…
Excimer and Femtosecond LASER for Treatment of Presbyopia
3 Excimer and Femtosecond LASER for Treatment of Presbyopia Tracy Schroeder Swartz, OD, MS, FAAO, Dipl ABO and Michael Duplessie, MD It is not surprising that once surgeons enjoyed the…
Future of Presbyopia Treatment
16 Future of Presbyopia Treatment Ming Wang, MD, PhD and Nathan Rock, OD, FAAO Modern refractive surgeons are challenged by patients who wish to be free of glasses at all…
History of Refractive Surgery
1 History of Refractive Surgery Lisa Martén, MD, MPH; David I. Geffen, OD, FAAO; Tracy Schroeder Swartz, OD, MS, FAAO, Dipl ABO; Monica Youcefi, OD; Amanda J. Setto, OD; and…
Presbyopia Correction With a Small-Aperture Inlay
4 Presbyopia Correction With a Small-Aperture Inlay Jay S. Pepose, MD, PhD and Mujtaba A. Qazi, MD In this chapter, we discuss the clinical indications for the small-aperture corneal inlay…
