Refractive Surgery - Hardcover

Azar MD, Dimitri T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 032303599X ISBN 13: 9780323035996

Publisher: Mosby, 2006

Synopsis

Three leading ophthalmology experts, together with an international team of refractive surgeons, provide practical, clinically focused coverage of the latest advances in this rapidly changing field. Abundant photographs and line drawings offer step-by-step guidance on a wide range of common refractive procedures, and a DVD-included with the text-uses high-quality surgical video clips to demonstrate a variety of surgical techniques. The book's concise and practical format makes it ideal for reference in the OR.

• Utilizes a highly accessible approach emphasizing the "hands-on" application of refractive surgery techniques.
  
• Presents more than 400 high-quality photographs-350 in full color-that facilitate patient evaluation and technique selection.
  
• Addresses initial as well as ongoing management of patients.
  
• Includes tables of indications, preferences, hot tips, and management of complications throughout, making guidance quick and easy to access.

• Features a multi-platform DVD-ROM containing video clips demonstrating common refractive surgical techniques performed by experts . figures downloadable to PowerPoint® for presentations . references linked to PubMed . and more.
  
• Offers new chapters on variations in surface anatomy/topography and gender differences, as well as age and ethnic differences.

About this title

About the Author

est praticien hospitalier, chef du service chirurgie réfractive, de la cataracte et du segment antérieur de la Fondation Rothschild (Paris).

Edition details

• Publisher: Mosby
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 032303599X
• ISBN 13: 9780323035996
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 608
• Editor: Gatinel MD Damien, Hoang-Xuan MD Thanh