Editor Amar Agarwal MS FRCS FRCOphth
Athiya Agarwal MD FRSH DO
Soosan Jacob MS FRCS DNB MNAMS
Agarwal's Group of Eye Hospitals and Eye Research Centre
Chennai, India dragarwal@vsnl.com
Foreword David R Hardten MD
Minneapolis, MN
Jitendar P Vij
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7Contributors
- Amar Agarwal ms frcs frcophth
- Dr Agarwal's Group of Eye Hospitals and
- Eye Research Centre, 19 Cathedral Road, Chennai, India
- Athiya Agarwal md frsh do
- Dr Agarwal's Group of Eye Hospitals and
- Eye Research Centre, 19 Cathedral Road, Chennai, India
- Soosan Jacob ms frcs dnb mnams
- Dr Agarwal's Group of Eye Hospitals and
- Eye Research Centre, 19 Cathedral Road, Chennai, India
- Gaurav Prakash md
- Dr Agarwal's Group of Eye Hospitals and
- Eye Research Centre, 19 Cathedral Road, Chennai, India
- Dhivya Ashok Kumar md
- Dr Agarwal's Group of Eye Hospitals and
- Eye Research Centre, 19 Cathedral Road, Chennai, India
- Rahul Tiwari dip nb, ferc, fico
- Dr Agarwal's Group of Eye Hospitals and
- Eye Research Centre, 19 Cathedral Road, Chennai, India
No field has changed the field of Ophthalmology so dramatically in the last 10 years as has refractive surgery, led in advances by laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). It has been difficult to keep up with all the advances in the field with many textbooks continually attempting to fill gaps in our knowledge while remaining pertinent to changing standards.
In this new work “Mini Atlas LASIK” by Drs Amar Agarwal, Athiya Agarwal and Soosan Jacob, a long-lasting addition to the field is evident. This atlas fills a much needed gap in the educational materials available for our field. Ophthalmology is a very visual field, and images convey a thousand words each, which makes this work packed with information and help us all clinicians in our daily work with refractive surgery.
This work lives up to the historical excellence in writing and images by the editors and is a must for the libraries of refractive surgeons and ophthalmologists and other eye care providers that need to be aware of the nuances of the refractive surgery patients' clinical findings.10
The authors have put together the standard images that are needed for the preoperative assessment, management of the patient with the newest wavefront and femtosecond technology, and also for the management of complications of LASIK.
Continue to grow your knowledge and awareness of refractive surgery by putting this work to use in your practice. You will be thankful that you did. As a surgeon and clinician, keep advancing the field of refractive surgery.
David R Hardten MD
Minneapolis, MN
11Preface
A Mini Atlas on LASIK has basically been written by keeping in mind that one is nowadays extremely busy to read big books. One needs a small mini atlas which explains with figures and photos how one can perform LASIK and how to manage complications of LASIK.
This book has been divided into 4 sections. The first section covers how to preoperatively assess the patient. Examination by the Orbscan, Anterior Segment OCT or Pentacam are all covered in this section. The second section covers LASIK, Wavefront Guided LASIK and also Femtosecond Lasers. The third section helps you to overcome the complications with LASIK. The final section covers Miscellaneous Topics which includes other alternatives to LASIK.
Dear reader, we hope that you will enjoy this book.
We would like to thank Shri Jitendar P Vij, (Chairman and Managing Director) and Mr Tarun Duneja (Director-Publishing), M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi for publishing this book.
Amar Agarwal
Athiya Agarwal
Soosan Jacob