Author: Michelle Hanratty
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Keywords: optometrists, handbook, lasik
Number of Pages: 172
Published: 2005-05-14
List price: $83.95
ISBN-10: 0750688092
ISBN-13: 9780750688093

Intensely practical and highly accessible, this essential handbook provides a key reference for any optometrist needing to give objective information to patients considering laser eye surgery. It follows a typical patient journey through the LASIK procedure and covers the normal outcomes as well as any complications. All aspects of the optometrist’s role are covered, from pre-selection, referral and data collection through to counselling, procedures and aftercare. If you want to give your patients an informed opinion about refractive surgery or are co-managing LASIK patients, you cannot

Author: Louis E. Probst MD
Publisher: Slack Incorporated
Keywords: custom, controversies, advances, lasik
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 2003-11-12
List price: $228.95
ISBN-10: 1556426542
ISBN-13: 9781556426544

TLCVision, Ann Arbor, MI. Answers questions such as: How will the technology evolve? What will happen with retail pricing? How will custom LASIK affect the practitioner? and more. Discusses preoperative advancements, the Artemis anterior segment ultrasound, and more. Includes pearls, presentation of complex cases, and high-quality illustrations. DNLM: Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ

Authors:Jeffery J. Machat MD, Louis E. Probst MD, Stephen G.
Publisher: Slack Incorporated
Keywords: lasik, art
Number of Pages: 520
Published: 1999-01-15
List price: $261.95
ISBN-10: 1556423861
ISBN-13: 9781556423864

Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Provides the most up-todate techniques and results of the LASIK procedure. More that 800 full-color photographs, including 250 detailing complications, fundamentals, complex situations, and cases. Previous edition: Excimer Laser Refractive Surgery: Practice and Principles, c1996. DNLM: Myopia--surgery.

Authors:Robert S. Feder, Christopher J. Rapuano,
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilki
Keywords: approach, based, case, handbook, lasik
Number of Pages: 277
Published: 2006-10-25
List price: $89.00
ISBN-10: 0781762081
ISBN-13: 9780781762083

Unique in its focus on the patient rather than the technology, this handbook is a practical, accessible guide to LASIK surgery. Expert surgeons detail each step of patient evaluation, surgical planning, procedure, and management of complications, discuss the pros and cons of commonly used equipment, and demonstrate the nuances of technique. Emphasis throughout is on correct decision-making, preoperatively, intraoperatively, and postoperatively. The book features 75 actual cases with expert discussion of effective strategies for each case. Indexes help readers quickly locate cases by symptom/fi

Author: Howard V. Gimbel MD MPH FRCSC FACS Diplomate A
Publisher: Slack Incorporated
Keywords: techniques, trends, complications, lasik
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2004-04-19
List price: $98.95
ISBN-10: 1556426364
ISBN-13: 9781556426360

Look to the authority on LASIK complications for the latest developments involving this corrective procedure. LASIK Complications: Trends and Techniques, Third Edition thoroughly reviews preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative complications and the management of these complications. As with previous editions, LASIK Complications maintains the concise and practical format that makes it invaluable for the office and operating suite. By utilizing this approach, Drs. Howard V. Gimbel and Ellen E. Anderson Penno clearly explain the most popular surgical procedures available to LASIK surge

Authors:Paolo Vinciquerra, Fabrizio Camesasca MD,
Publisher: Slack Incorporated
Keywords: lasik, custom, ptk, retreatment, epi, lasek, surface, ablation, prk, refractive
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2006-11-01
List price: $146.95
ISBN-10: 1556427131
ISBN-13: 9781556427138

With surface treatments gaining in popularity, a book that addresses in-depth analysis of the latest advancements is essential. Refractive Surface Ablation: PRK, LASEK, Epi-LASIK, Custom, PTK and Retreatment offers step-by-step information on everything from the patient selection process to performing the procedures to patient management. Dr. Paolo Vinciguerra, along with over twenty renowned international contributors, weaves together multiple topics on surface ablations inside this all-inclusive, yet concise text—answering the questions on the mind of even the most experienced refractive