1. Introduction -- 2. Basic optics of hyperopia and presbyopia / Michael K. Smolek and Stephen D. Klyce -- 3. Helmholtz mechanism of accommodation / Adrian Glasser -- 4. Schachar's theory of the mechanisms of accomodation / Jay S. Pepose and Moonyoung S. Chung -- 5. Aging and the crystalline lens : review of recent literature (1998-2001) / Leo T. Chylack, Jr. -- 6. Hyperopia / Ivo John Dualan and Penny A. Asbell -- 7. Surgical treatment options for hyperopia and hyperopic astigmatism / Paolo Vinciguerra and Fabrizio I. Camesasca -- 8. Laser thermokeratoplasty and wavefront-guided LTK / Shahzad I. Mian and Dimitri T. Azar -- 9. Conductive keratoplasty for the correction of low to moderate hyperopia / Marguerite B. McDonald.[and others] -- 10. Intracorneal segments for hyperopia / Laura Gomez and Arturo S. Chayet -- 11. Anterior chamber phakic intraocular lenses in hyperopia / Georges Ba ikoff -- 12. Hyperopic phakic intraocular lenses / Thanh Hoang-Xuan and Fran ʻcois Malecaze -- 13 Hyperopia and presbyopia : topographical changes / Stephen D. Klyce.[and others] -- 14. Corneal surface profile after hyperopia surgery / Damien Gatinel -- 15. Wavefront changes after hyperopia surgery / Maria Regina Chalita and Ronald R. Krueger -- 16. Contrast sensitivity changes after hyperopia surgery / Lavinia C. Coban-Steflea, Tommy S. Korn, and Brian S. Boxer Wachler -- 17. Wound healing after hyperopic corneal surgery : why there is greater regression in the treatment of hyperopia / Renato Ambr Oosio, Jr. and Steven E. Wilson -- 18. Monovision refractive surgery for presbyopia / Dimitri T. Azar.[and others] -- 19. Multifocal corneal approach to treat presbyopia / Janie Ho and Dimitri T. Azar -- 20. Scleral relaxation to treat presbyopia / Hideharu Fukasaku -- 21. Scleral expansion procedure / Chris B. Phillips and Richard W. Yee -- 22. Multifocal IOLs for presbyopia / Hiroko Bissen-Miyajima -- 23. Refractive lens exchange with a multifocal intraocular lens / I. Howard Fine, Richard S. Hoffman, and Mark Packer -- 24. Limits of simultaneous ametropia correction in phaco-ersatz / Arthur Ho.[and others] -- 25. Accomodating and adjustable IOLs / Sandeep Jain, Dimitri T. Azar, and Rasik B. Vajpayee -- 26. Accomodative amplitude measurements after surgery for presbyopia / David L. Guyton -- 27. Complications of hyperopia and presbyopia surgery / Liane Clamen Glazer and Dimitri T. Azar -- 28. Future developments / Brian S. Boxer Wachler.