Main description:

Femtosecond-assisted laser in-situ keratomileusis flaps have revolutionized refractive surgery since their introduction. The use of the femtosecond laser to create the LASIK flap has led to an improvement in the safety profile of the flap creation step as compared to the mechanical microkeratome. Although this laser is exceedingly safe, complications still do occur. LASIK Emergencies: A Video Primer focuses specifically on the different flap complications that are still known to occur and their management.

Designed as a narrated video-based book of ophthalmic surgeries, LASIK Emergencies covers the entire spectrum of Intralase flap complications. With 15 chapters, this book and accompanying website contains nearly 4 hours of state-of-the-art video teaching.

Drs. Samir Melki and Ali Fadlallah have designed LASIK Emergencies so that each chapter focuses on a specific complication and its management, and features multiple videos for each. Each video is edited in such a way that the viewer can quickly grasp all the relevant information without having to sit through extensive, unedited surgical videos.

Some Complications Covered:

Loss of suction
Air bubbles in the Anterior Chamber
Irregular Flaps
Subconjunctival hemorrhage and bleeding

Ophthalmologists, laser ophthalmic technicians, and optometrists alike will appreciate this unique resource, as LASIK Emergencies: A Video Primer covers the entire spectrum of LASIK complications in a detailed, yet digestible manner.

Contents:

Dedication

About the Authors

Preface

Foreword by Dimitri Azar, MD, MBA

Chapter 1.... The Normal LASIK Procedure: A Step-By-Step Surgical Approach

Chapter 2.... Loss of Suction

Chapter 3.... Air Bubbles in the Anterior Chamber

Chapter 4.... Buttonholed Flaps and Vertical Gas Breakthrough

Chapter 5.... Opaque Bubble Layer

Chapter 6.... Free Flaps

Chapter 7.... Flap Tears

Chapter 8.... Incomplete Flaps

Chapter 9.... Irregular Flaps

Chapter 10.. Epithelial Defect

Chapter 11.. Thin and Thick Flaps

Chapter 12.. Decentered Flaps

Chapter 13.. Subconjunctival Hemorrhage and Bleeding

Chapter 14.. Special Considerations

Chapter 15.. Management of Postoperative Complications

Index