Management of Complications in Refractive Surgery

This illustrated guide is written by international opinion leaders with extensive experience in the practice of refractive surgery. Devoted to refractive complications, it provides ophthalmic surgeons with the most adequate solutions for the most frequent problems.

This illustrated guide is written by international opinion leaders with extensive experience in the practice of refractive surgery. It is the first book devoted to refractive complications (with practical hints and case reports on outcomes) to provide ophthalmic surgeons with the most adequate solutions for the most frequent problems. All complications are described and lavishly illustrated. The book provides ophthalmic surgeons with the most adequate solutions for the most frequent problems they face in their daily practice.

Refractive surgery outcomes and frequency of complications - Influence of refractive surgery complications in quality of life - Intraoperative complications. - Early post-operative complications - Late post-operative complications - Refractive miscalculation with refractive surprise - Optical aberrations. - Other complications. - Femtosecond complications: LASIK - Complications of PRK. - Complications of LASEK. - Complications of RK-AK - Phakic IOL complications: - Complications of refractive lens exchange - Complications of intracorneal segments. - Complications of intracorneal inlays - Predicting the unhappy patient and patients' expectations - A ten year classified review on refractive complications