Examining established and emerging treatments for the correction of hyperopia and presbyopia, this reference offers guidance on technologies such as thermal or conductive keratoplasty, corneal implants, laser scleral relaxation, scleral expansion rings, intraocular lenses, and LASIK modifications.

Frequently asked questions

Simply head over to the account section in settings and click on “Cancel Subscription” - it’s as simple as that. After you cancel, your membership will stay active for the remainder of the time you’ve paid for. Learn more here.

At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.

Both plans give you full access to the library and all of Perlego’s features. The only differences are the price and subscription period: With the annual plan you’ll save around 30% compared to 12 months on the monthly plan.

We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.

Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.

Yes, you can access Hyperopia and Presbyopia by Kazuo Tsubota, Brian S. Boxer Wachler, Dimitri T. Azar, Douglas Koch in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Surgery & Surgical Medicine. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher

CRC Press

Year

2003

ISBN

9780824755232

Edition

Topic

Medicine

Subtopic

Surgery & Surgical Medicine

Front Cover
Preface
Contents
Contributors
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Basic Optics of Hyperopia and Presbyopia
Chapter 3. The Helmholtz Mechanism of Accommodation
Chapter 4. Schachar’s Theory of the Mechanisms of Accommodation
Chapter 5. Aging and the Crystalline Lens
Chapter 6. Hyperopia
Chapter 7. Surgical Treatment Options for Hyperopia and Hyperopic Astigmatism
Chapter 8. Laser Thermokeratoplasty and Wavefront-Guided LTK
Chapter 9. Conductive Keratoplasty for the Correction of Low to Moderate Hyperopia
Chapter 10. Intracorneal Segments for Hyperopia
Chapter 11. Anterior Chamber Phakic Intraocular Lenses in Hyperopia
Chapter 12. Hyperopic Phakic Intraocular Lenses
Chapter 13. Hyperopia and Presbyopia
Chapter 14. Corneal Surface Profile After Hyperopia Surgery
Chapter 15. Wavefront Changes After Hyperopia Surgery
Chapter 16. Contrast Sensitivity Changes After Hyperopia Surgery
Chapter 17. Wound Healing After Hyperopic Corneal Surgery
Chapter 18. Monovision Refractive Surgery for Presbyopia
Chapter 19. Multifocal Corneal Approach to Treat Presbyopia
Chapter 20. Scleral Relaxation to Treat Presbyopia
Chapter 21. The Scleral Expansion Procedure
Chapter 22. Multifocal IOLs for Presbyopia
Chapter 23. Refractive Lens Exchange with a Multifocal Intraocular Lens
Chapter 24. The Limits of Simultaneous Ametropia Correction in Phaco-Ersatz
Chapter 25. Accommodating and Adjustable IOLs
Chapter 26. Accommodative Amplitude Measurements After Surgery for Presbyopia
Chapter 27. Complications of Hyperopia and Presbyopia Surgery
Chapter 28. Future Developments
Back Cover