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Irregular astigmatism : diagnosis and treatment

Title

Irregular astigmatism : diagnosis and treatment / editor Ming Wang ; co-editor, Tracy Schroeder Swartz.

Format

Book

Published

Thorofare, NJ : SLACK, c2008.

Description

xix, 295 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.

Other contributors

Wang, Ming X., 1960- Swartz, Tracy Schroeder.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1 Introduction: a brief history of astigmatism / R.D. Hawkins
• Ch. 2 Ocular components of regular and irregular astigmatism / D. Horner, L. Thibos
• Ch. 3 Corneal biomechanics / S. Kakaria, T.S. Swartz, M. Wang
• Ch. 4. Evaluation of irregular astigmatism with Artemis VHF digital ultrasound scanning / D.Z. Rein stein, T. J. Archer, R.H. Silverman
• Ch. 5 Clinical evaluation of regular and irregular astigmatism / D.A. Kumar, S. Jacob, A. Agarwal, A. Agarwal
• Ch. 6 Keratoconus and pellucid marginal degeneration: etiology and clinical presentations of irregular astigmatism / J. I. Ou, C.N. Ta
• Ch. 7 Nonectatic corneal problems causing irregular astigmatism / T. S. Swartz et al
• Ch. 8 Etiology and clinical presentations of irregular astigmatism after keratorefractive surgery / J. Bradley Randleman
• Ch. 9 Etiology and clinical presentation of irregular astigmatism in other surgical settings / W. M. Munir, J. Kieval
• Ch. 10 Nonsurgical treatment for irregular astigmatism: contact lens options / H. Wagner, S.P. Byrnes
• Ch. 11 Principles of surgical treatment for irregular astigmatism: an overview / J.L. Alío
• Ch. 12 Indications for penetrating keratoplasty for irregular astigmatism / S.G. Hauswirth, D.R. Hardten, E.A. Davis
• Ch. 13 INTACS implantation / T.S. Swartz, B.S. Boxer Wachler, M. Wang
• Ch. 14 Lamellar keratoplasty / M. Duplessie
• Ch. 15 Corneal cross-linking with riboflavin and ultraviolet irradiation in unstable corneas with progressive irregular astigmatism / M. R. Jankov II, R.R. Krueger.

• Ch. 16 Treating sable corneas: wavefront-guided treatment for irregular astigmatism / R. Sun, D.R. Hardten, R.L. Lindstrom, E.A. Davis
• Ch. 17 Photorefractive keratectomy for the correction of corneal irregular astigmatism / L.T. Nordan, L. Chao
• Ch. 18 Photorefractive keratectomy for irregular astigmatism with and without modulators / E.C. Amesbury, R.A. Eiferman
• Ch. 19 Treating stable corneas: combined consideration of wavefront and topography-guided treatment / N. Alpins, G. Stamatelatos
• Ch. 20 Irregular astigmatism: WaveLight Allegretto Wave Topography-guided customized ablation treatment / M.R. Jankov II, A. Stojanović
• Ch. 21 Irregular astigmatism: LaserSight Ellipsoid model and topography-driven aspheric treatment / D.D. Liu et al
• Ch. 22 Treatment of irregular astigmatism: developing an ideal corneal surface with the iVIS suite / A. Stojanović, M.R. Jankov II
• Ch. 23 Topography-guided ablation with the Carl Zeiss Meditec MEL80 and CRS Master / D.Z. Reinstein, T. J. Archer, M. Gobbe
• Ch. 24 Irregular astigmatism: Custom-contoured ablation pattern treatment / W.W. Haw, E.E. Manche
• Ch. 25 Correcting irregular astigmatism after LASIK / J.P. Berdahl, A.N. Kuo, T. Kim, R.S. Rubinfeld
• Ch. 26 Management of astigmatism during lens-based surgery / E. Yeu, J. B. Rubenstein
• Ch. 27 Conductive keratoplasty treatment for astigmatism / S. Jacob, D.A. Kumar, A. Agarwal, A. Agarwal
• Ch. 28 Principles of surgical treatment of irregular astigmatism in unstable corneas / A. Gulani
• Ch. 29 Asymmetrical surgical treatment using vector planning / N. Alpins, G. Stamatelatos
• Ch. 30 Optimal treatment of the normal cornea: topographically-guided LASIK for myopia using the NIDEK customized aspheric treatment zone / G. Warring et al
• Ch. 31 Future direction: technological development and treating the problem at its source / M. Wang.

Subject headings

Astigmatism--Diagnosis. Astigmatism--Treatment.

Medical subjects

Astigmatism--diagnosis. Astigmatism--therapy. Astigmatism--etiology. Cornea--surgery. Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures--contraindications.

ISBN

9781556428395 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1556428391 (hardcover : alk. paper)