Table of Content
Chapter 1: Introduction Key Words Chapter 2: The Evolution of Eye Surgery Chapter 3: The Advent of Ambulatory Eye Surgery Chapter 4: Anatomical Considerations Orbit, lids, and extraocular muscles Conjunctiva, sclera, and tear film Cornea Anterior chamber, aqueous, and iris Posterior chamber and crystalline lens Vitreous Retina, choroid, and optic nerve Chapter 5: Infection Control Instrument cleaning Sterilization Chapter 6: How the patient gets from the front door of the ASC to your OR suite The necessary bureaucracy Pre-operative area procedures Chapter 7: Decorum in the OR Chapter 8: Setting up in the OR Scrubbing Anesthesia Patient prep Draping Instrumentation Basic instrument table How to hand instruments to your surgeon Chapter 9: Contemplating Cataract Surgery Why a patient undergoes cataract surgery What is a cataract operation Chapter 10: Cataract Surgery The Operation Entry into the eye Intraocular anesthetic Viscoelastic Performing a capsulotomy Hydrodissection and hydrodelineation Phacoemulsification The phaco machine The components Setting up the phaco machine What you will typically find on the phaco system''s menu options Trouble-shooting the phaco machine Principles of phaco surgery Phaco fragmentation techniques Phaco machine settings Irrigation and aspiration Capsule polish The lens implant and implantation Refractive or premium IOL Understanding IOL power selection Insertion of a posterior chamber lens implant Closing the wounds Concluding the procedure Chapter 11: Complications encountered, instruments at the ready: here is a list of "what ifs" and "what to do''s" Chapter 12: The surgical tray for cataract surgery Chapter 13: Surgeon specific instruments Chapter 14: Ocular biometry Chapter 15: Self assessment test cataract surgery Chapter 16: Surgical checklist Chapter 17: Corneal Surgery The cornea; how it works Surgery of the cornea Patient prep and anesthesia Contemplating corneal surgery Chapter 18: Corneal transplantation: penetrating keratoplasty Chapter 19: Corneal transplantation: keratoprosthesis Chapter 20: Corneal transplantation: endothelial keratoplasty Chapter 21: Pterygium surgery Chapter 22: Band keratopathy removal Chapter 23: Complications encountered, instruments at the ready: here is a list of "what ifs" and "what to do''s" Chapter 24: The surgical tray for penetrating keratoplasty Chapter 25: The surgical tray for endothelial keratoplasty Chapter 26: Self assessment test corneal surgery Chapter 27: Resource materials Chapter 28: Medications list Appendix A: Surgeon instrument preferences note cataract surgery Appendix B: Patient identification wall note Glossary of terms
