| Description |
1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits |
| Contents |
A history of refractive surgery / Lucio Buratto, Stephen G. Slade, and Marco Tavolato -- The preoperative visit / Lucio Buratto, Stephen G. Slade, and Marco Tavolato -- The excimer laser / Lucio Buratto, Stephen G. Slade, and Marco Tavolato -- The femtosecond laser / Lucio Buratto, Stephen G. Slade and Marco Tavolato -- Outpatient LASIK Procedures / Lucio Buratto, Stephen G. Slade, and Marco Tavolato -- Complications / Lucio Buratto, Stephen G. Slade, and Marco Tavolato -- Indications for LASIK with the microkeratome / Lucio Buratto, Stephen G. Slade, and Marco Tavolato -- Wavefront-Guided LASIK Procedure / Steve Schallhorn -- Wavefront-guided LASIK: preoperative workup / Steve Schallhorn -- Additional applications of wavefront-guided technology / Steve Schallhorn -- Femtosecond LASIK: practical pearls from 5 years of experience / Anastasios John Kanellopoulos -- US experience with LASIK with the Technolas Perfect Vision Customflap 520F Femtosecond Laser / Mike Endl -- Femto-LASIK with the Zeiss platform / Jose Guell and Daniel Elies -- Femto-LASIK with the new Technolas perfect Vision Femtosecond Laser: the Technolas Femtosecond Workstation 520F (80 kHz) / Mark Tomalla -- Technolas 520F flaps and Zyoptix Personalized Treatment Advanced with Advanced Control Eye-tracker Technology / Erik Mertens -- Corneal refractive correction with MEL80 Excimer Laser and/or VisuMax Femtosecond Laser / Jose Guell and Daniel Elies -- A new refractive method: ReLEx FLEx / Rupal Shah and Samir Shah -- Minimally invasive ReLEx-SMILE / Rupal Shah and Samir Shah -- LASIK correction in high myopia / Jorge L. Alio and Alfredo Vega-Estrada -- Bioptics for extreme refractive errors / Daniel S. Durrie and Erin Stahl -- Femto-LASIK for hyperopia nd hyperopic astigmatism: practical pearls from 8 years of experience with topography-guided corrections for hyperopic LASIK / Anastasios John Kanellopoulos -- LASIK after intraocular procedures / Daniel S. Durrie and Erin D. Stahl -- LASIK after radial keratotomy / Jose Guell and Daniel Elies -- LASIK after penetrating keratoplasty / Rafael I. Barraquer and Juan Alvarez de Toledo -- Nonlinear aspheric ablation profiles for presbyopic LASIK using the MEL80 and CRS Master Laser Blended Vision Module / Dan Z. Reinstein, Timothy J. Archer and Marine Gobbe -- SUPRACOR: new algorithm for the treatment of presbyopia / Jorge Castanera -- Central presbyLASIK / Jorge L. Alio and David P. Pinero -- First Asian experience with INTRACOR / Vincent W. Lee and Victor C. Woo -- Treatment of flap folds and striae following LASIK / Rafael I. Barraquer and Marinka Kargacin |
| Summary |
Lucio Buratto, Stephen G. Slade and Marco Tavolato takes you on a journey through the latest in laser and wavefront technology, as well as the most recent surgical procedures that include various complex cases, complications, and management. All surgeons will benefit from the format in which basic surgical procedures are explained, as well embracing the latest information available such as advanced laser procedures with ablations, femtocecond lasers, and excimers. With more than 250 color illustrations demonstrating the various procedures and concepts, the book will help ophthalmologists develop a more thorough understanding of LASIK. This book is perfect for the surgeon interested in learning the concepts, developing the skills, and preparing for the surgical procedure. It also contains a detailed description of the basic technique of LASIK and the special techniques devised by Dr. Lucio Buratto, Dr. Slade, Dr. Tavolato, and a group of highly acclaimed international surgeons experienced with encountering standard and unusual circumstances. The multitude of LASIK techniques that have emerged and the technological advancements that have made them possible and is a necessary text for all surgeons aspiring to improve their surgical results using the latest techniques available today |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
LASIK (Eye surgery)
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Cornea -- Laser surgery.
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Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ
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Corneal Surgery, Laser
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MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
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Cornea -- Laser surgery
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LASIK (Eye surgery)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Buratto, Lucio
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Slade, Stephen, 1953-
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Tavolato, Marco
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| ISBN |
9781617116537 |
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161711653X |
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