i Forewords I. Howard Fine; Amar Agarwal
ii Preface
Chapter 1
Evolution of Cataract Surgery
Mark Packer, Richard L. Lindstrom, and Elizabeth A. Davis
Chapter 2
Current Outcomes with Cataract Surgery - Can We Do Better?
David F. Chang
Chapter 3
Femtosecond Laser Fundamentals
Holger Lubatschowski, Ronald R. Krueger, and David Smadja
Chapter 4
Challenges of Femtosecond Laser Technologies for Cataract Surgery
Tibor Juhasz
Chapter 5
Imaging Systems and Image-Guided Surgery
Stephen D. Klyce, Daniel V. Palanker, Keith H. Edwards and Ronald R. Krueger
Chapter 6
The Patient Interface: Setting the Stage for Treatment
Katrina B. Sheehy and Jonathan H. Talamo
Chapter 7
Laser Capsulotomy
Madeleine C. O'Meara, Jonathan H. Talamo, Neil J. Friedman, Douglas D. Koch
Chapter 8
Nucleus Fragmentation and Disassembly in Laser Refractive Cataract Surgery
Harvey S. Uy and Ronald R. Krueger
Chapter 9
Primary Transcorneal Laser Incisions
Roger F. Steinert and James C. Loden
Chapter 10
Section A
Corneal Laser Relaxing Incisions
Sonia H. Yoo and Ana P. Canto
Section B
Conic Intrastromal Relaxing Incisions (CIRI)
A New Surgical Technique
Roberto Zaldivar and Roger Zaldivar
Chapter 11
Femtosecond Laser versus Phacoemulsification
Zoltan Z. Nagy and Robert Cionni
Chapter 12
Economics of Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Refractive Cataract Surgery
Marketing a New Technology to Your Patients
Richard L. Lindstrom and Shareef Mahdavi
Chapter 13
Step-by-Step: Starting Your Laser Cataract Surgery Practice
Stephen G. Slade
Chapter 14
Global Implications of Laser Refractive Cataract Surgery
Michael A. Lawless and Christopher Hodge
Chapter 15
Commercially Available Systems: Alcon/LenSx
Zoltan Z. Nagy
Chapter 16
Commercially Available Systems: LensAR
Harvey S. Uy, Ronald R. Krueger, Keith H. Edwards, Randy Frey, and Simone Schneider
Chapter 17
Commercially Available Systems: OptiMedica's Catalys Precision Laser System
William W. Culbertson (with an introduction by Mark J. Forchette)
Chapter 18
Commercially Available Systems: The TECHNOLAS Femto - Cataract Approach
Prasad Reddy and Kristian Hohla
Chapter 19
The Future of Femtosecond Laser Refractive Cataract and Lens Surgery
Ronald R. Krueger, Jean Marie A. Parel, Krystel R. Huxlin, Wayne H. Knox, and Kristian Hohla
About the Author: Ronald R. Krueger, MD, MSE Professor of Ophthalmology Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Medical Director of Refractive Surgery, Cole Eye Institute 9500 Euclid Ave./i32 Cleveland, OH 44195 Jonathan H. Talamo, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology Harvard Medical School Talamo Laser Eye Consultants Reservoir Place, Suite 184 1601 Trapelo Road Waltham, MA 02451 Richard L. Lindstrom, MD Adjunct Professor Emeritus University of Minnesota, Dept of Ophthalmology Founder and Attending Surgeon Minnesota Eye Consultants 9801 Dupont Ave South, Bloomington, MN 55431
