- Presents the controversial and complex issues surrounding treatment of keratoconus
- Provides comprehensive guidance on new techniques for diagnosis and treatment
- Summarizes tips, tricks and clinical pearls to improve surgical techniques
This book presents new technologies which are available now for the rehabilitation of visual acuity in patients suffering from keratoconusand for arresting the progression of this frustrating disease.
All these current treatment options in differing combinations aim to improve the quality of life of the patients and although successful, they are causing confusion for the ophthalmologists; what procedure to do and when? How to perform? Which combination of treatments to choose?
Controversies in the Management of Keratoconus provides the widely used treatment options for keratoconus including collagen corneal cross –linking (CXL) covering all the available techniques, intrastromal corneal ring segments (ICRS), phakic intra-ocular lenses (IOLs), photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) combined or not with CXL penetrating keratoplasty (PK) and deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty ( DALK).
Each treatment is addressed by more than one author with different points of view in order to present the various approaches, the logic behind them and the most relevant clinical data available. A chapter by the editor tries to put some light on how to navigate among these controversies.
This book will be of interest to trainees as well as the specialized ophthalmologists.
Table of Contents- Epidemiology of Keratoconus
- Chronic Ocular Inflammation and Keratoconus
- Monitoring of Keratoconus Progression
- Epithelium-Off Corneal Cross-Linking
- Epithelium-On Corneal Cross-Linking
- Accelerated Corneal Cross-Linking
- The Role of Oxygen in Corneal Cross-Linking
- Beyond the Dresden Protocol: Optimization of Corneal Cross-Linking for Visual Function
- Biomechanics of Stabilizing the Keratoconic Cornea
- Customized Corneal Cross-Linking
- The Logic Behind Customized Corneal Crosslinking
- Demarcation Line in Corneal Collagen Crosslinking and Its Clinical and Topographic Significance
- Corneal Cross Linking in Pediatric Keratoconus
- Re-evaluating the Effectiveness of Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking and Its True Biomechanical Effect in Human Eyes
- Alternative Corneal Cross-Linking Agents
- PRK and Corneal Cross-Linking in the Management of Keratoconus
- The Athens Protocol: Perform a Partial Topography-Guided Normalization Treatment Separate or Together with Corneal Cross-Linking? Cross-Linking and PRK: Sequential Versus Combined Strategy
- Combined Corneal Cross-Linking and Photoablation for KC-Risks of
- Intracorneal Ring Segments and Keratoconus
- Can Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments Halt Keratoconus Evolution?
- Can We Improve Visual Acuity After Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments Implantation for Keratoconus and Post LASIK Ectasia
- Phakic Intraocular Lens Implantation in Keratoconus
- Phakic Intraocular Lenses in Patients with Keratoconus, the Dilemma
- Toric IOLs in Keratoconus Patients with Cataract
- Why Perform Deep Anterior Lamelar Keratoplasty and Not Full-Thickness Keratoplasty for the Treatment of Keratoconus
- Why Full-Thickness Penetrating Keratoplasty and Not Deep Anterior Lamelar Keratoplasty for the Treatment of Keratoconus
- Bowman Layer Transplantation for Advanced Keratoconus
- Management of Keratoconus with Scleral Contact Lenses
- Navigating the Controversies in the Treatment of Keratoconus
- Should Pellucid Marginal Degeneration Be Managed Differently Than Keratoconus?
