Dedication
About the Authors PrefaceForeword by Dimitri Azar, MD, MBA
Chapter 1.... The Normal LASIK Procedure: A Step-By-Step Surgical Approach
Chapter 2.... Loss of Suction
Chapter 3.... Air Bubbles in the Anterior Chamber
Chapter 4.... Buttonholed Flaps and Vertical Gas Breakthrough
Chapter 5.... Opaque Bubble Layer
Chapter 6.... Free Flaps
Chapter 7.... Flap Tears
Chapter 8.... Incomplete Flaps
Chapter 9.... Irregular Flaps
Chapter 10.. Epithelial Defect
Chapter 11.. Thin and Thick Flaps
Chapter 12.. Decentered Flaps
Chapter 13.. Subconjunctival Hemorrhage and Bleeding
Chapter 14.. Special Considerations
Chapter 15.. Management of Postoperative Complications
Index
Biography
Samir A. Melki, MD, PhD, is the founder and medical director of the Boston Eye Group. He is an attending physician on the Cornea and Refractive Surgery Service at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Harvard Medical School). Dr. Melki obtained his BSc from the American University of Beirut followed by an MD, PhD degree from Vanderbilt University. He completed his residency at Georgetown University and additional fellowship training at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Dr. Melki’s special interests lie in refractive, corneal, and cataract surgery.
Ali Fadlallah, MD, MSc, MPH, is a fellow of the Harvard Medical School and holds an ophthalmology specialized diploma from Paris-Sorbonne University. He became a European board-certified ophthalmologist after his training in the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris, one of the oldest hospitals in Europe. He holds a medical diploma from Saint Joseph University in Beirut, from where he graduated as a laureate and magna cum laude. Dr. Fadlallah is a clinical instructor at Saint Joseph University, Faculty of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon, and a cornea consultant in affiliated hospitals. He is also an attending LASIK specialist at the North American LASIK Eye Surgery Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
