Guide for Corneal Ophthalmic Surgeons discusses diagnostic techniques and their set up, presents treatment options (medical, surgical, and minimally invasive procedures), addresses post-surgery recovery, aftercare patient flow, and future developments. It includes visuals and illustrations to enhance understanding of complex concepts and surgical procedures for the cornea, along with techniques and instructions for the implementation of new diagnostic and therapeutic tools. Finally, the book contains updates on existing technologies, unpublished experiences, and results in the field of bioengineering for biosynthetic corneal endothelial corneal grafts.
In addition, the book dedicates multiple sections to updates on the most recent commercially available imaging techniques.
In addition, the book dedicates multiple sections to updates on the most recent commercially available imaging techniques.
Table of Contents
Section 1: Clinical tools for the cornea specialist1. History taking
2. Documentation and annotation of anterior segment findings
3. Corneal shape assessment
4. Corneal cells morphology assessment
5. Imaging the ocular surface vascularization
6. Counselling patients with anterior segment disease
Section 2: Surgical tools for the cornea specialist
7. Essential surgical tools and their use
8. Advanced surgical tools and their use, Augmented reality in the operating room
9. Intraoperative & clinical dyes
10. Communication with tissue providers
Section 3: Pharmacological knowledge
11. Topical and systemic antimicrobial drugs
12. Topical and systemic anti-inflammatory drugs
13. Topical blood derivative
14. Topical medical devices
Section 4: Microbiology and Pathology
15. Scraping or biopsy and reading microbiological and histological reports
Section 5: Red eye & irritable eyes
16. Dry eye
17. Allergic eye conjunctivitis
18. Conjunctival and scleral lesions
19. Pain management
Section 6: Red eye & visual loss
20: Infectious keratitis
21. Non-infectious keratitis
22. Diagnosis not to miss: anterior uveitis, acute glaucoma
23. Corneal injury
Section 7: White eye & visual loss
24. Alterations of corneal shape and biomechanics
25. Alterations of corneal transparency
Section 8: Common anterior segment complications after intraocular surgery
26. Persistent epithelial defect, Pseudophakic Bullous Keratopathy & Toxic anterior segment syndrome
Section 9: Surgery
27. Corneal cross linking
28. Ocular surface reconstruction
29. Perforating and anterior lamellar keratoplasty
30. Endothelial keratoplasty
31. Anterior segment reconstruction
32. Corneal substitutes and future directions
Authors
Vito Romano Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Spedali Civili Brescia, Italy. Dr. Romano's clinical expertise is in corneal and ocular surface diseases, and in particular, patients with keratoconus and endothelial dysfunction. His research interests are in strategies to improve graft survival, keratoconus and cornea and ocular surface imaging, particularly in patients with corneal neovascularisation and ocular surface inflammatory diseases. Matteo Airaldi Universit� degli Studi di Brescia, Italy.Matteo Airaldi is an ophthalmologist and PhD student at the University of Brescia, Italy, and a cornea fellow at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK. He is a fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology and a member of the most relevant scientific societies in ophthalmology. He has authored or co-authored over 20 peer-reviewed journal publications. His research currently focuses on multimodal corneal imaging, real-world outcomes of corneal transplantation, corneal endothelial cell viability and development of deep-learning applications to corneal surgery.
