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Author:   Edna Almodin ,  Belquiz Amaral Nassaralla ,  Jordana Sandes
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   2.077kg
ISBN:  

9783030853600

ISBN 10:   3030853608
Pages:   1029
Publication Date:   28 October 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part I. Keratoconus diagnosis 1. Clinical presentation and evolution of keratoconus 2. Natural Progression of Keratoconus 3. Prospective Biomarkers in Keratoconus 4. The Role of Thyroid Gland Dysfunction in the Development of Keratoconus 5.  Eye Rubbing and Keratoconus 6. Early diagnosis of keratoconus: When should one suspect? 7. Algorithms and other gears for keratoconus Diagnosis 8. Corneal Topography for keratoconus Diagnosis 9. Pentacam for Keratoconus Diagnosis 10. Galilei™ for Keratoconus Diagnosis 11. Corneal Biomechanics in Keratoconus Diagnosis 12. Corneal Tomography and Biomechanical Integration 13. What is new in contrast sensitivity for keratoconus diagnosis 14. How to Follow the Patient after Keratoconus Diagnosis 15. Assessing Keratoconus Progression 16. Controversies in Keratoconus Diagnosis 17. Artificial intelligence in keratoconus diagnosis Part II. Treatment 18. Preoperative Evaluation of Keratoconus 19. Keratoconus Treatment Flowchart 20.  Drug Therapy in Keratoconus Patients 21. Step By Step in Performing Manifest Refraction and Tips in the Prescription of Glasses in Keratoconus Patients 22. Contact lenses in keratoconus - possibilities and flowchart 23. Soft Contact Lenses for Keratoconus. When to Indicate Them? 24. Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lens Fitting in Keratoconus 25. Piggy Back With Contact Lenses for Keratoconus 26.  Scleral and Mini Scleral Lenses for Patients With Keratoconus 27. What is new in contact lenses for keratoconus? 28. Contact Lens Fitting After Intracorneal Ring Segment Implantation 29. Contact lens fitting in Pellucid Marginal Degeneration 30. Contact Lens Fitting Following Corneal Graft Surgery 31. Corneal Cross-Linking: Indications and contraindications 32. Corneal Collagen Crosslinking Controversies 33. Intrastromal Cornealring Segments Implantation and Crosslinking: When and How? 34. Corneal Crosslinking Complications: How to Manage Them 35. Continued Long-Term Flattening After Corneal Crosslinking for Keratoconus 36. Corneal Cross-Linking: standard vs. accelerated protocols 37. Transepithelial Cross-linking 38. Cross-Linking in Ultra Thin Corneas 39. Corneal Cross-linking for Keratoconus in Childreen 40. Corneal Crosslinking in Down Syndrome Patients 41. The History of Ferrara Ring 42. Indications and contraindications 43. Ferrara Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments Nomogram 44. Mediphacos Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments Nomogram 45.  Intracorneal ring segments implantation outcomes using two diferent manufactures’ nomograms for keratoconus surgery 46. Refractive and Visual Outcomes After Intacs And Other Intrastromal cornealring segments implantation according to the literature 47. ICRS Surgical Planning: An Easy and Objective Way 48. Intrastromal Corneal Rings Types 49. Long-Arc Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segment 50. Asymmetric intrastromal corneal rings 51. New Designs Of Asymmetric Rings 52. Ferrara HM: A New intrastromal Corneal Ring Segment Associated to Photorefractive keratectomy to Correct Moderate to High Myopia 53. Manual technique (golden tips) 54. Femtosecond laser-assisted technique. Peculiarities of the different types of Femtosecond lasers 55. Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments After Corneal Graft Surgery 56. Postkeratoplasty astigmatism treatment by the association of Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments (ICRS) and Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK) 57. Intra-stromal Corneal Ring and Crosslinking for Treatment of Post Refractive Surgery Ectasia 58. Intrastromal Corneal Ring in Pellucid Marginal Degeneration and Pellucid-Like Keratoconus 59. ISCRS implantation in Keratoconus Children 60. Intra Corneal Ring implantation for early keratoconus 61. Intrastromal corneal ring segment (ICRS) implant to refractive and visual outcomes 62. Intra Corneal Ring Segment implantation for advanced keratoconus 63. Extreme Corneal Remodeling Using Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments 64. Intra stromal corneal ring and PRK 65. Intrastromal corneal ring and CXL: When and How? 66. Intrastromal corneal ring and phakic lens 67. Association of Keratoconus treatment and phacoemulsification 68. Intrastromal Corneal Ring and Toric IOL 69. Intraocular lens Power Calculation in eyes with Keratoconus and Intrastomal Corneal Ring Segments implantation 70. Complications in intrastromal corneal Ring segments implantation 71. Refractive Lens Exchange With Small Aperture Intraocular Implants 72. Advanced surface ablation in Mild keratoconus 73. Redefining form fruste keratoconus 74. Indications and Contraindications for Corneal Transplantation in Keratoconus 75. DALK: Manual technique 76. DALK: How to achieve the bubble formation in all cases? 77. DALK Assisted by Femtosecond Laser 78. How to Deal With Type 2 bubble in DALK 79. DALK: How to Avoid Conversion to Penetrating Keratoplasty 80. Complications in Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty 81. Bowman's layer transplantation for keratoconus 82. Current indications of Penetrating Keratoconus Transplantation 83. High Ametropy Post Penetrating Keratoplasty 84. Acute Keratoconus treatment procedure (Descemetopasty) Part III. Advances in keratoconus treatment 85. Femtosecond laser-assisted intrastromal corneal lenticule implantation for treatment of advanced keratoconus 86. Corneal Epithelial Thickness Map in Keratoconus 87. Lenticular intrastromal keratoplasty for keratoconus 88. Intrastromal Corneal RIng Segments Combination for Refinement of Ametropia Correction

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Edna Almodim, MD is currently director of the Provision Eye Hospital of Maringá, PR, Brazil and the Brazilian Society of Cataract and Intraocular Implants general secretary and Member of the Brazilian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Deliberative Council. She is a former president of Brazilian Society of Administration in Ophthalmology (SBAO) and the founder of the Umuarama Eye Bank. In 2019, she was elected president of the Brazilian Society of Ophthalmology. Dr. Almodin has a great experience in Ophthalmology, especially in the field of cataract surgery, refractive surgery, keratoconus, high myopia, and strabismus. She has been invited to speak and teach several national and international meetings. Belquiz Amaral Nassaralla, BSc, MD, PhD has a Bachelor Degree in Biomedical Sciences (1980) and Licentiate Degree in Biology (1983), from the University of Brasilia. She holds a fellowship  in Cornea and External Eye Diseases at the Hilton Rocha Institute (1991), fellowship in Oculoplastic Surgery at the Hilton Rocha Institute (1992), and a research fellowship in Cornea and Refractive Surgery at the University of Southern California / Doheny Eye Institute, USA (1994). In 2000, Dr. Nassaralla holds her Ph.D. in Ophthalmology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. She has published several international peer-reviewed journal articles and 32 book or book chapters. She is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Goiania Eye Institute with sub-specialties in Cornea, Refractive Surgery, Cataract Surgery, External Eye Diseases and Plastic Eye Surgery. She has been invited to speak and teach several national and international meetings and has won awards for her contribution. Jordana Sandes Barbosa, MD, PhD completed a cornea and external eye diseases fellowship at the Federal University of Goias (2010-2012) and received her specialist degree in ophthalmology from the Brazilian Medical Association (AMB), Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology (CBO). She holds her master's degree in Health Sciences at the Federal University of Goias (2014-2016) and her PhD in Health Sciences at the same institution (2017-2021). She is a preceptor member of the cornea department at the Federal University of Goias. Dr Jordana is co-director of the Bueno Medical Center Oftalmologia and also works as ophthalmologist at the Núcleo de Medicina Ocular.  She has experience in the field of Ophthalmology with emphasis on cataracts, cornea, keratoconus and external eye diseases. Dr. Jordana is heavily involved in the practice and research of keratoconus management and has published several peer-reviewed articles in the field. She has been invited to speak and teach several national and international meetings. 

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