Hyperopia and Presbyopia
  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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About this book

Examining established and emerging treatments for the correction of hyperopia and presbyopia, this reference offers guidance on technologies such as thermal or conductive keratoplasty, corneal implants, laser scleral relaxation, scleral expansion rings, intraocular lenses, and LASIK modifications.

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Yes, you can access Hyperopia and Presbyopia by Kazuo Tsubota,Brian S. Boxer Wachler,Dimitri T. Azar,Douglas Koch in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Surgery & Surgical Medicine. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2003
eBook ISBN
9781040171240

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. REFRACTIVE SURGERY
  5. Preface
  6. Contents
  7. Contributors
  8. 1: Introduction
  9. 2 : Basic Optics of Hyperopia and Presbyopia
  10. 3 : The Helmholtz Mechanism of Accommodation
  11. 4 : Schachar’s Theory of the Mechanisms of Accommodation
  12. 5 : Aging and the Crystalline Lens
  13. 6 : Hyperopia
  14. 7 : Surgical Treatment Options for Hyperopia and Hyperopic Astigmatism
  15. 8 : Laser Thermokeratoplasty and Wavefront-Guided LTK
  16. 9 : Conductive Keratoplasty for the Correction of Low to ModerateĀ Hyperopia
  17. 10 : Intracorneal Segments for Hyperopia
  18. 11: Anterior Chamber Phakic Intraocular Lenses in Hyperopia
  19. 12: Hyperopic Phakic Intraocular Lenses
  20. 13: Hyperopia and Presbyopia
  21. 14: Corneal Surface Profile After Hyperopia Surgery
  22. 15: Wavefront Changes After Hyperopia Surgery
  23. 16: Contrast Sensitivity Changes After Hyperopia Surgery
  24. 17: Wound Healing After Hyperopic Corneal Surgery
  25. 18: Monovision Refractive Surgery for Presbyopia
  26. 19: Multifocal Corneal Approach to Treat Presbyopia
  27. 20: Scleral Relaxation to Treat Presbyopia
  28. 21: The Scleral Expansion Procedure
  29. 22: Multifocal IOLs for Presbyopia
  30. 23: Refractive Lens Exchange with a Multifocal Intraocular Lens
  31. 24: The Limits of Simultaneous Ametropia Correction in Phaco-Ersatz
  32. 25: Accommodating and Adjustable IOLs
  33. 26: Accommodative Amplitude Measurements After Surgery forĀ Presbyopia
  34. 27: Complications of Hyperopia and Presbyopia Surgery
  35. 28: Future Developments