Mastering the Techniques of Lens Based Refractive Surgery (Phakic IOLs) (2005) by Ashok Garg PDF

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All ophthalmologists, including corneal refractive surgeons, are showing increasing interest in lens related refractive surgery. This is a result of the recognition that any surgical alterations to the cornea, including the most sophisticated customized refractive surgery, will over time be degraded by changing spherical aberration in the human crystalline lens. In addition, there does not seem to be an acceptable means for addressing presbyopia with corneal surgery. Increasing sophistication in regard to new IOL technologies are leading us to not only an ability to address presbyopia, but also an ability to address higher order corneal aberrations with a resultant dramatic improvement in functional vision on the part of the patient. This is coupled with the fact that new techniques are now available for removing clear lenses utilizing a bimanual microincision technique with an ability to maintain the position of the vitreous face throughout the procedure. All of these changes foretell an extremely exciting new renaissance within cataract surgery and within ophthalmic surgery in general. Drs Garg, Alio, Dementiev and Marinho have put together an excellent book which addresses all components of lens-related refractive surgery from an overview of techniques and technology, to patient selection, pre-operative measurements, surgical techniques and follow-up care. In addition, they have looked beyond what is available today with some thought to what is to be anticipated in the not-to-distant future. This is an extremely useful book with an interactive CD for all ophthalmologists interested in refractive lens surgery, and cataract surgery as indeed over the past decade, cataract surgery itself has become a part of refractive lens surgery. I Howard Fine MD

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