Mastering Endothelial Keratoplasty DSAEK, DMEK, E-DMEK, PDEK, Air pu
Volume 1 of this edited book covers basics of endothelial keratoplasty and various surgical techniques currently in use. Chapters on DSAEK, DMEK, big bubble, air pump-assisted and endoilluminator assisted DMEK/PDEK, pre-Descemet’s endothelial ke
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Mastering Endothelial Keratoplasty
Soosan Jacob Editor
Mastering Endothelial Keratoplasty DSAEK, DMEK, E-DMEK, PDEK, Air pump-assisted PDEK and others Volume I
Editor Soosan Jacob Director and Chief Dr. Agarwal’s Refractive and Cornea Foundation Dr. Agarwal’s Group of Eye Hospitals Chennai India
ISBN 978-81-322-2816-5 ISBN 978-81-322-2818-9 DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-2818-9
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Foreword
We are now witnessing the natural progression of the management of corneal endothelial disease from full thickness penetrating keratoplasty to endothelial transplantation. With any new disruptive surgical technique there are pioneers who provide the leadership and direction to take an innovative idea and create the transformation that will change the future of our specialty. Dr. Soosan Jacob is one of these individuals. She is an undisputed innovator, educator and international leader in anterior segment surgery who constantly looks at surgical dilemmas and discovers solutions to the most difficult problems facing anterior segment surgeons today. Her surgical techniques have changed the face of ophthalmology and have been adapted worldwide to the betterment of our patients. Her videos, often in collaboration with her mentor Dr. Amar Agarwal, are masterpieces of innovation that have helped educate an entire generation of ophthalmologists and have won numerous international awards. In addition she is a prolific writer editing 15 textbooks, writing 200 book chapters and authoring 80 peer-reviewed publications. She is a superb surgeon with many innovative in
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