Corneal surgery : theory, technique, and tissue / lead editor, Frederick S. Brightbill ; co-editors, Peter J. McDonnell ... [et al.] ; illustrated by Laurel Cook Lhowe
Imprint
[St. Louis] : Mosby/Elsevier, c2009
Edition
4th ed
Descript
xxiv, 945 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM
CONTENT
Part 1: Introduction to corneal funtion and surgery -- Section 1: Ocular surface maintenance -- Section 2: Corneal stroma. -- Part 2: Testing and measuring corneal function. -- Part 3: Ocular surface surgery and reconstruction -- Section 1: Phototherapeutic keratectomy -- Section 2: Ocular surface reconstruction -- Section 3: Corneal protective procedures. -- Part 4: Techniques in corneal transplantation -- Section 1: Preoperative considerations -- Section 2: Anterior lamellar keratoplasty -- Section 3: Penetrating keratoplasty. -- Section 4: Endothelial keratoplasty. -- Part 5: Special situations in corneal surgery -- Section 1: Trauma and anterior segment neoplasms -- Section 2: Keratoprostheses, synthetic and bioengineered corneas. -- Part 6: Surgical correction of refractive errors -- Section 1: Principles of refractive surgery -- Section 2: Incisional keratotomy -- Section 3: Eximer laser ablations principles and ablation profiles -- Section 4: Intraocular lenses