Contents:

SECTION I: CORNEAL STRUCTURE.

1. Cornea: Structural Features and Wound Healing

2. New Concepts in the Structural Aspects of the Human Cornea.SECTION II: OVERVIEW OF LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY.

3. Central Lamellar Keratoplasty: From Past to Present.

4. Classification of Lamellar Corneal Surgery

SECTION III: OPTICAL ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY.

5. Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty and "Peeling-off" Technique

6. Intrastromal Air Injection in Deep Lamellar Keratoplasty

7. Intrastromal Air, Big-Bubble Technique.

8. Intrastromal Fluid Technique (Hydrodelamination)

9. Planned Near-Descemet's Dissection in Deep Lamellar Keratoplasty, Using Air and Fluid

10. Viscoelastic Dissection in Deep Lamellar Anterior Keratoplasty.

11. Divide and Conquer Technique for Deep Lamellar Keratoplasty

12. Trypan Blue Staining of the Human Cornea for Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty.

13. Indocyanine Green and Forced Hydrodissection in Total Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty.

14. Keratoconus: Inlay Lamellar Keratoplasty

15. Keratoconus: Onlay Lamellar Keratoplasty-Epikeratoplasty.

16. Anterior Lamellar Techniques for Keratoconus..

17. Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty with Vacuum-dried Corneal Tissue: A Versatile Approach

18. Microkeratome-assisted Lamellar Keratoplasty.

19. Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty with a Microkeratome and Deep Anterior Lamellar

Keratoplasty Using a Peeling Technique

20. New Surgical Techniques of Microkeratome and Excimer Laser-assisted Anterior.Lamellar Keratoplasty for Keratoconus and Corneal Stromal Opacities: (1) Stromal Sandwich, (2) Epikeratoplasty

21. Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty Combined with Phacoemulsification.

22. Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty Combined with Pars Plana Vitrectomy.

23. Two-Stage Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty.

24. Comparison of Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty to Penetrating Keratoplasty.

25. Use of Mechanical and Femtosecond Laser Microkeratomes and an Artificial Anterior.Chamber for Harvesting Donor Corneal Lenticules

26. Tissue Adhesive Technique: Sutureless Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty.Using Human Fibrin Tissue Adhesive.SECTION IV: OPTICAL POSTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY

27. Deep Lamellar Endothelial Keratoplasty: Large Incision Technique

28. Manual Posterior Lamellar Keratoplasty: A Newer Surgical Modality for Corneal Endothelial Disorders

29. Deep Lamellar Endothelial Keratoplasty: Small Incision Technique Combined with Phacoemulsification and Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens Implantation

30. Use of Indocyanine Green in Deep Lamellar Endothelial Keratoplasty.

31. Upside-down Phacoemulsification in Deep Lamellar Endothelial Keratoplasty

32. Microkeratome-assisted Posterior Lamellar Keratoplasty with a Hinged Flap: A Retrospective.

33. Deep Lamellar Endothelial Keratoplasty Combined with Scleral-fixated Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens Implantation

34. Posterior Lamellar Keratoplasty using the Femtosecond Laser (Femto-PLAK)

35. Descemetorhexis with Endokeratoplasty

SECTION V: TECTONIC AND THERAPEUTIC LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY.

36. Tectonic Lamellar Keratoplasty: Surgical Techniques

37. Lamellar Keratoplasty for Recurrent Pterygium

38. Deep Lamellar Keratoplasty in Corneal Perforation.

39. Tectonic Intralamellar Patch with Onlay Graft for Paracentral Corneal Perforations

40. Two-step Annular Tectonic Lamellar Keratoplasty for Severe Terrien's Marginal Degeneration

41. Tectonic Lamellar Keratoplasty for Pellucid Marginal Degeneration

42. Lamellar Keratoplasty in Perforated Pellucid Marginal Degeneration

43. Lamellar Keratoplasty in Mooren's Ulcer

44. Tectonic Lamellar Keratoplasty for Mooren's and Mooren's-like Corneal Ulcers

46. Lamellar Keratoplasty for Trachomatous Keratopathy

47. Lamellar Keratoplasty for Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia.

48. Lamellar Surgery for Fungal Keratitis

49. Tectonic Lamellar Keratoplasty using a Microkeratome and an Artificial Chamber.

50. Large-diameter Lamellar Keratoplasty in Severe Ocular Chemical Burns.

51. Sclerokeratoplasty: Lamellolamellar and Lamellopenetrating Procedures

52. Use of Fibrin Glue in Modified Sclerokeratoplasty

SECTION VI: PEDIATRIC LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY.

53. Lamellar Keratoplasty for Anterior Corneal Scarring in Infants and Young Children.SECTION VII: LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY AFTER REFRACTIVE SURGERY

54. Automated Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty for the Management of Complications in Refractive Surgery

55. Big-bubble Deep Lamellar Keratoplasty for Post-LASIK Ectasia

SECTION VIII: AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE IN LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY.

56. Amniotic Membrane Transplantation Combined with Keratoplasty in Neurotrophic Corneas

57. Use of Amniotic Membrane with Lamellar Keratoplasty in Recurrent Mooren's Ulcer.

58. Lamellar Keratoplasty in AlphaCor Artificial Cornea Implantation

SECTION X: SPECIFIC ISSUES.

59. Use of Pericardium and sclera in Corneal-scleral Melts.

60. Management of Complications of Anterior and Posterior Lamellar Keratoplasty.

61. Postoperative Management of Lamellar Keratoplasty: Optical and Tectonic

62. Deep Lamellar Keratoplasty Combined with Autologous Limbal Grafting in Treating

Unilaterally Severe Burnt Eye

63. Artificial Anterior Chambers

Index