The Scrub's Bible (2^nd Ed., 2nd ed. 2020) How to Assist at Cataract and Corneal Surgery with a Primer on the Anatomy of the Human Eye and Self Assessment

?The second edition of The Scrub's Bible is a timely, comprehensive resource, which will include extensive chapter and content updates, along with 50 new images and drawings. Updated sections will delve into subjects of endothelial transplantation, as well as cataract surgery and new medical and technological developments: femtosecond lasers, innovations in premium lens implant technologies, optiwave refractive analysis, and combined glaucoma and cataract surgery. Additional extensive chapter updates in the surgical tray, self-assessment, and corneal transplantation will be described in great detail as well.

?Directed at the growing number of untutored personnel aspiring to enter the disciplines of ophthalmic technicianry and surgical assisting, ?The Scrub's Bible, 2nd edition remains a key entry level guide to understanding the human eye, its basic anatomy, and physiology.  Absorbing this information serves as the foundation for the authors, who are all skilled and respected eye surgeons, educators, and surgery center owners, to draw the reader through the fundamentals of the two most common areas of ophthalmic surgery: cataract and corneal/refractive surgery. The Scrub's Bible? 2nd edition will build upon the first edition--remaining an easy-to-read tool that is broken down into discreet and understandable elements, meant to avoid the intimidating rhetoric of a standard reference. 

CONTENTS

1. Introduction 

2. The Evolution of Eye Surgery 

3. The Advent of Ambulatory Eye Surgery 

4. The Eye and its Anatomical Considerations 

5. How We See 

6. Contemplating Cataract Surgery 

7. How the Patient Gets From the Front Door of the ASC to Your OR Suite 

8. Decorum in the OR 

9. Infection Control 

10. Setting Up Your OR Suite 

11. The Phaco Machine 

12. Setting Up the Phaco Machine 

13. Trouble-Shooting the Phaco Machine 

14. Cataract Surgery: More Than One Way to Skin a Cat 

15. Femto Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery (FLACS) 

16. Performing Phaco 

17. Determining Lens Power and Design: Lens Implants and Implantation 

18. Glaucoma Treatment as an Adjunct to Cataract Surgery 

19. Complications Encountered, Instruments at the Ready: Here is a List of "What Ifs" and "What to Do's" 

21. Surgeon Specific Instruments 

22. Self-Assessment Test Cataract Surgery 

23. Surgical Checklist 

24. Secondary IOLs 

25. Corneal Surgery. The Cornea: How it Works 

26. Corneal Transplantation: Penetrating Keratoplasty 

27. Corneal Transplantation: Keratoprosthesis 

28. Corneal Transplantation: Endothelial Keratoplasty/DSAEK 

29. Corneal transplantation: Endothelial Keratoplasty/DMEK 

30. Pterygium Surgery 

31. Band Keratopathy Removal 

32. Complications Encountered, Instruments at the Ready: Here is a list of “What ifs” and “What to do’s 

34. Surgical Tray Keratoprosthesis 

35. Surgical Tray DSAEK 

36. Surgical Tray DMEK 

37. Surgical Tray Pterygium

38. Self Assessment Test Corneal Surgery

Richard S. Koplin MD, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY, USA

David C. Ritterband MD, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY, USA

Emily Waisbren MD, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY, USA

Elaine Wu MD, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY, USA

Accessible guide for self assessment and education directed at understanding cataract and corneal/refractive surgery

Written by leaders in the field for ophthalmologists/surgeons who own surgery centers, as well as administrative directors of Ambulatory Surgery? Centers and hospitals, as well as office and surgical technicians, and scrub nurses

A comprehensive yet easy-to-read tool that is broken down into discreet and understandable elements