Look to the authority on LASIK complications for the latest developments involving this corrective procedure. LASIK Complications: Trends and Techniques, Third Edition thoroughly reviews preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative complications and the management of these complications. As with previous editions, LASIK Complications maintains the concise and practical format that makes it invaluable for the office and operating suite. By utilizing this approach, Drs. Howard V. Gimbel and Ellen E. Anderson Penno clearly explain the most popular surgical procedures available to LASIK surgeons and successful strategies used by expert surgeons. Informative tables and a comprehensive index are provided for easy navigation and understanding of various complications. New to this third edition are the popular topics of wavefront mapping, custom ablation, LASEK, and ultrafast lasers in refractive surgery. Articles from experts complement information on patient testing, treatment, and outcomes for each of these topics. Surgeons looking to keep pace with the optimum ways to manage complications and complicated cases will find these sections particularly informative. With the inclusion of dynamic new procedures, effective strategies to manage complications, and informative tables, LASIK Complications: Trends and Techniques, Third Edition is the one resource LASIK surgeons need by their side. New Topics Include: The Wavefront Revolution Custom Ablation LASEK Ultrafast Lasers in Refractive Surgery Special LASIK Cases

Foreword Ch. 1 State of the art 3 Ch. 2 The wavefront revolution 9 Ch. 3 Custom ablation 19 NAVEX platform custom ablation 24 Ch. 4 Laser-assisted subepithelial keratomileusis 29 LASEK 33 Ch. 5 Ultrafast lasers in refractive surgery 39 Clinical advantages of the IntraLase 41 Ch. 6 Patient selection and preoperative workup 51 Comanagement issues for the primary eye care provider 61 Ch. 7 Standard LASIK techniques 65 Ch. 8 Intraoperative complications 77 Ch. 9 Early postoperative complications : 24 to 48 hours 105 Diffuse lamellar keratitis 113 Ch. 10 Late postoperative complications 125 Ch. 11 Lasik retreatment : simple enhancements, mixed enhancements, and special cases 141 Refractive surgical enhancement following the STAAR implantable contact lens 148 Patient examples 155 Preoperative Intraoperative Postoperative Late postoperative Special cases