The chapter presents the extraordinary developments in the now broad field of refractive surgery,
emphasizing the state of the art methods that every
clinical ophthalmologist can apply to his/her practice.
Further progress is being made through modifications of
already highly successful surgical techniques such as
LASIK and further improvements in corneal topography, microkeratomes, surgical nomograms, and laser
delivery systems will allow for more user-friendly
procedures and improvement of results in the future.
In this special Atlas, you will find an evaluation
of all the presently available methods, their indications,
limitations, advantages, disadvantages, surgical techniques, complications and their management.
